Reds June 2023 thread

[CJD]

(06-19-2023, 11:26 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I'm hoping like hell we can take at least two from the Rockies. I mean I hope there's not a let up. The Rockies have the worst team ERA in the NL 5.45 funny the Reds are next to worst 4.88. Lets hope for a sweep because.

Next up the Braves have the 2nd best team ERA in NL 3.77 and have won 46 games soo... we'll be lucky to win more than one there.

I want to see 1st place, which I never would have dreamed a month or so ago. Brewers are facing Dbacks and they're pretty good so now is our time to make hay.

I was expecting to open up the Rockies home and away splits to see that their ERA is so bad because they play a mile above sea level.

But nope. Their home ERA is 5.74, but their away ERA is nearly as bad, 5.16.

So yea, I think we should take at least 2 of 3 against them.

The Braves, on the other hand, are one of the few teams that have not disappointed this season (looking at you Yankees, Mets, Padres, Phillies, Dodgers, Blue Jays, Cubs, Red Sox, White Sox, Cardinals and Astros). Among the teams that have a top 16 payroll for 2023, only the Braves and Rangers are leading their division.  There are 3 division leaders in the bottom 11 payrolls (Arizona, Milwaukee[soon to be Cincinnati, also a bottom 10 payroll team], and Tampa Bay) and 4 2nd place teams in the bottom 10 payrolls (Miami, Cincinnati [Soon to be Milwaukee], Cleveland and Baltimore).

If we can take 1 of 3 from the Braves, I'd be happy. 2 of 3, I'd be ecstatic and 3 of 3 and I'm calling for the WS .