Reds June 2023 thread

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(06-26-2023, 12:27 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Yep, or at least won the series.

Our pitching staff consists of:

Greene - on IL who knows when he's coming back?

Abbott - who's been a breath of fresh air.

Ashcraft - who has been stinking the place up over like his last 7 starts 

And a mixture of ad hoc crap.

Weaver needs to go, he's part of the problem, not the solution. I agree with LL Ashcraft needs sent back to minors until like after All Star break. Get him a couple easy relaxed starts with no pressure and let him work on his issues.

Lodolo, who showed some promise, isn't going to be back until sometime in August. And who knows if he'll be effective? Overton, who has flashed a little bit of good is also on 60 day IL. Haven't heard anything about him?

Bell said Stoudt is good, and perhaps one day he will be? But he's not there yet and there's no sense in keep sending him out there getting curb stomped.

We have to hope Williamson can hold the fort down tonight.

But for this to have any kind of a chance competing this season they've got to trade for at least get one quality starter, and really probably two.

To be perfectly fair to Stoudt, he had one bad inning that got him pulled and, in that inning, Fraley sold out to try and catch a fly ball that ended up being a triple.

Having a guy on 3rd base with 0 outs is the best possible way to make a pitcher approach an at bat 100% differently because now they are completely unable to allow a fly ball, otherwise the guy on 3rd scores (which he ended up allowing).

He showed he has the stuff to get these guys out in the first two inning. He got 2 strikeouts, 3 ground outs and a pop out. He only gave up a single and an error let another man on base.

All three of his walks were on 3-2 counts so it's not like he was all over the place even at his worst. This was not a Ricky Karcher situation

It looked to me like they were planning on pulling Stoudt after the third anyway, since they called up Wynne prior to the game. Stoudt was only at 71 pitches and could have gone another inning, but it seems to me like the plan was always to have Stoudt and Wynne split the starter innings.

I think there's a starting pitcher in there. The Reds just need to coach it out of him.

I hope they give him another chance in next Saturday's game against San Diego.