Reds June 2023 thread

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(06-29-2023, 09:56 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: In what has become an unsurprising phenomena at this point, Luke Weaver pitched like shit, but we still won.

That's 6 straight games where Weaver has played horribly and we still end the night with a win.

At some point, one of those baseball historical statisticians needs to start tracking this because it must be a rare occurrence. How can a guy who pitches so poorly not only avoid the loss for 6 straight games but also have the end result of the game be a win for all 6 games? And 3 of those games have gone to extra innings! 

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Weaver settled down after the 1st inning but, my lord, seeing the entire lineup in the first inning is brutal.

In other news, TJ Friedl is incredible, Will Benson continues to impress and Elly De La Cruz had a multi hit night.

Yes, the 3 Ks were not great and his swing and miss % is...frustrating (whiff % is 30.2%, league average is 24.8%), but he is still taking a fair number of looking strikes. In the 4th inning, his strikeout was 2 balls and 3 looking strikes. That's 5 pitches where he did not lift the bat off of his shoulder haha. 

I'd love for him to learn from Joey how to fight off pitches a bit better. It seems like, too often, he is not consistently defending the plate. Something that Votto was the master of in his prime.

As he matures, I think both situations (swinging and missing and looking at strikes) should improve. We'll have to see. Still, he remains electric on the base paths and with in field singles.

I'm trying to settle down LOL   but I got so damn mad watching Weaver getting rocked.......again. I fell asleep, mad, and woke up and turned the game back on like 7th inning. Then got mad again when we surrendered the lead and turned it back off. Then the wife, who's been sick, yelled homerun from our bedroom. And I figured well there you go. After like several seconds I asked "who hit a HR" ? She said us and I turned it back on. I've been getting her interested in the Reds/baseball this year. She's a big DLC fan.

Elly striking out looking gets boils my blood. But I hate guys striking out looking, always have. I believe though he's got to learn to quit swinging out of his shoes on every stroke. He's got the wrist strength and bat speed that he doesn't need to swing like he's trying to explode the baseball and the power is still there.

Just hoping Ashcraft can stop the pain this evening.