Reds June 2023 thread

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

Diamondbacks 5-1 over the Brewers . . . Reds up by 1.5 games! FIVE games over .500!

So for Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker the Reds got . . .

Justin Dunn - battling arm injuries but has good stuff - he'd be great in the pen for long relief
Brandon Williamson - bumped up due to injuries in the rotation - has been very solid in most stretches but still walking a bit too many
Jake Fraley - see below
and the "player to be named later" was Connor Phillips, so far, 2-2 3.23 ERA with 109 strikeouts in 64 innings at AA Chattanooga.

Suarez
2022 - 150 games - .236 - 31 HR - 87 RBI - . . . a career high 196 strikeouts led the league
2023 - 71 games - .215 - 7 HR - 39 RBI - . . . 87 strikeouts
Winker
2022 - 136 games - .219 - 14 HR - 53 RBI - . . . 103 strikeouts - traded in off-season to Milwaukee
2023 - 43 games - .200 - 1 HR - 16 RBI - . . . 38 strikeouts - picked up his 1st HR yesterday - very poor defender
Fraley
2022 - 68 games - .259 - 12 HR - 28 RBI . . . played injured early, came back up later and has been playing on the same level up through today
2023 - 59 games - .270 - 9 HR - 44 RBI

Fraley 90 total strikeouts in 127 games as a Red
Suarez 283 total strikeouts in 221 games as a Mariner
Winker 141 total strikeouts in 179 games since the trade

yearly .OPS since the trade . . . GABP is a hitter friendly park
Suarez - career .811 as a Red
2022 - .791
2023 - .641
Winker - career .888 as a Red
2022 - .688
2023 - .562
Fraley - career .656 as a Mariner
2022 - .812
2023 - .823

He was a throw in on the deal because the Reds needed a MLB ready outfielder to replace Winker. It would be like Cincinnati adding Stuart Fairchild in a trade, he gets injured and then he goes off. They got money off of their payroll with that trade, then had one terrible, terrible season and are now sitting pretty damn fortunate.