Reds July 2023 thread

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(07-01-2023, 08:29 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Well, Suck Farmer showed up today. ruined a great performance from Williamson.

Alec Mills with a shitty first impression. Pretty much put the game out of reach.

Votto appears done and looks like he has no answers.

I've kept this back because they've been playing well but Bell's lineups are a joke. 4 lefties in the lineup, 2 sets of back to back lefties.
#5 Fraley
#6 Votto

#9 Benson
#1 Friedl
There's also 2 sets of back to back righties.
#2 McLain
#3 India

#7 Steer
#8 Stephenson
That's just setting up segments of your lineup for the other team to shut down or forcing yourself to use your bench.

Against a right handed pitcher
L Friedl
R McLain
S De La Cruz
R Steer
L Fraley
R Stephenson
L  Votto
R India
L Benson

Against a left handed pitcher
L Friedl
R McLain
R Steer
S De La Cruz
R Stephenson
R Senzel
L Votto
R India
R Newman

Friedl is the spark plug and doesn't seem to struggle against lefties. Quit moving him around if you're going to keep him in the lineup.

Abbott going tomorrow in his second to last start before the break. If there are no rainouts, Abbott is due to face Corbin Burnes in the opener of the final series before the break . . . they also face Milwaukee coming out of the break.

Remaining Reds rotation before the break
Abbott vs ???? - was supposed to be Darvish a few days ago
Weaver vs Irvin - @ Washington
???? vs Corbin
Ashcraft vs Gray
Williamson vs Gore
Abbott vs Burnes - @ Milwaukee
Weaver vs Rea
???? vs Teheran

Coming out of the break vs Milwaukee, I think you go Ashcraft 7 days rest, Abbott 6 days rest, Williamson 8 days rest . . . maybe even switch Abbott and Williamson to give all of them 7 days rest. 

I think Bell is coaching to protect egos at the moment. Moving India down would be a knock on his confidence after he apparently already felt a little weird when he heard fans discussing trading him because of unproven rookies coming up.

I think from a gameplay standpoint, moving India down is the objectively correct thing to do, but from a team management and locker room standpoint, Bell may fear damaging India's ego.

Also, it's worth mentioning that India had a similar issue last season where he was pretty cold in the month of June.
9 for 54, .167/.250/.296/.546
But he rebounded in July, .290/.365/.527/.892.
And, as a rookie, India batted .319/.470/.527/.998 in July. It was basically the month that caused him to win the rookie of the year.

So who knows. Maybe India bounces back in a big way in July. 

He started the month off well with a grand slam after all

As for Votto, I don't know what's going on with him. I feel bad because he's the face of our franchise, but he may be done. I still think they should give him a few weeks to acclimate, but it is discouraging, for sure. His OBP is still .300 though so...it's not like he's a dead spot in the line up. 5 BBs and 2 HBPs will help bolster a subpar batting average through 10 games.