06-13-2023, 01:59 PM
What a crazy and fun game. Such a shame that the Reds ruined Chiefs night in Kansas City, but they will get used to disappointment when Cincinnati comes to town. As an Angels fan, I can honestly say that Perez is one of the most clutch hitters that I've ever seen in my life. I just laughed and shook my head when he tied the game with two outs in the bottom of the 9th because I've seen him do shit like that for years. Amazing player that did that after taking one hell of a beating behind the plate all night long.
I was kind of shocked when they knocked Grienke out in the 6th, he struck out India, DLC and Steer in the 4th with all three of them respectfully looking back at him like "Damn! He's good!". I think that the manager jumped the gun as Grienke was sitting at only 81 pitches. I would have trusted him to get out of that situation without more damage much more than trusting their bullpen.
Kind of a strange game, DLC and Steer go hitless(0-8) with no RBIs or no runs scored(DLC on base by FC and Steer by BB) and the Reds still won. I'm not sure that we're going to see that happen very much in the future. Another great team win.
Fairchild homers to bring his average back up to .230 and dropped an awesome sacrifice bunt in the 9th to set up Newman's sac fly for the 4-3 lead. That's how you stay in the lineup every day. And look at Benson now hitting .234. When the season started, Benson looked like he was trying out this new game that he had just heard about called baseball. Now, he's getting some seriously hard contact. Myers may wind up getting traded or DFA'd shortly after he's healthy. There was barely enough playing time for him when this team sucked and now that his replacements have improved on what he has to offer, I just don't see him contributing anything more than a bit player at most. Even his defense sucked.
And I'm guessing that the writing is also on the wall for Barerro. He's either going to be sent down or packaged in a trade. Hopkins is an easy choice to send back down when Senzel, Fraley, Votto and Myers all come back . . . Barerro is looking like he's running out of chances to get some playing time in Cincinnati. He'd look good in Kansas City with along with either Myers, Fraley or Senzel along with a minor league/MLB bullpen arm for Chapman. The bullpen has been pretty steady lately but this team still needs two legit set up men and Kansas City is going to be in sell mode pretty soon. Just a thought after Chapman just struck out the same three in the 8th that Grienke did in the 4th(India, DLC and Steer). I don't think that they planned on being this close to .500 along with the NL Central being so mediocre at the same time.
I don't know why but I still believe in Weaver. I see a lot of a young Tyler Mahle in him. Mahle would battle and battle all game but would have a couple of three to five pitch sequences in there that would backfire on him. Weaver makes a lot of great pitches every outing, but still shoots himself in the foot with the nibbling and the walks. Like Jeff Brantley pointed out in the broadcast, two of the three runs that Weaver gave up were bases on balls that came around to score. He only gave up five hits but had four walks. That can be fixed. If he can cut down on the free passes, he's a six or seven inning pitcher.
I was kind of shocked when they knocked Grienke out in the 6th, he struck out India, DLC and Steer in the 4th with all three of them respectfully looking back at him like "Damn! He's good!". I think that the manager jumped the gun as Grienke was sitting at only 81 pitches. I would have trusted him to get out of that situation without more damage much more than trusting their bullpen.
Kind of a strange game, DLC and Steer go hitless(0-8) with no RBIs or no runs scored(DLC on base by FC and Steer by BB) and the Reds still won. I'm not sure that we're going to see that happen very much in the future. Another great team win.
Fairchild homers to bring his average back up to .230 and dropped an awesome sacrifice bunt in the 9th to set up Newman's sac fly for the 4-3 lead. That's how you stay in the lineup every day. And look at Benson now hitting .234. When the season started, Benson looked like he was trying out this new game that he had just heard about called baseball. Now, he's getting some seriously hard contact. Myers may wind up getting traded or DFA'd shortly after he's healthy. There was barely enough playing time for him when this team sucked and now that his replacements have improved on what he has to offer, I just don't see him contributing anything more than a bit player at most. Even his defense sucked.
And I'm guessing that the writing is also on the wall for Barerro. He's either going to be sent down or packaged in a trade. Hopkins is an easy choice to send back down when Senzel, Fraley, Votto and Myers all come back . . . Barerro is looking like he's running out of chances to get some playing time in Cincinnati. He'd look good in Kansas City with along with either Myers, Fraley or Senzel along with a minor league/MLB bullpen arm for Chapman. The bullpen has been pretty steady lately but this team still needs two legit set up men and Kansas City is going to be in sell mode pretty soon. Just a thought after Chapman just struck out the same three in the 8th that Grienke did in the 4th(India, DLC and Steer). I don't think that they planned on being this close to .500 along with the NL Central being so mediocre at the same time.
I don't know why but I still believe in Weaver. I see a lot of a young Tyler Mahle in him. Mahle would battle and battle all game but would have a couple of three to five pitch sequences in there that would backfire on him. Weaver makes a lot of great pitches every outing, but still shoots himself in the foot with the nibbling and the walks. Like Jeff Brantley pointed out in the broadcast, two of the three runs that Weaver gave up were bases on balls that came around to score. He only gave up five hits but had four walks. That can be fixed. If he can cut down on the free passes, he's a six or seven inning pitcher.
Only users lose drugs.
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