Reds August 2023 thread

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(08-05-2023, 08:19 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: 3. McClain - 0 fer
4. Steer - 0 fer
5. Votto - 0 fer
6. CES - 0 fer
7. Bernson - 0 fer
8. Senzel - 0 fer

Hard to win like that

Senzel in his last 15 games is batting .138 with 4 hits and 4 RBI's, he has a couple HR's but other than that he's an easy out. I like many had high hopes for Senzel 4 years ago or whatever? And he had a little hot streak back in April and I was hoping somehow, he could finally live up a little bit to his billing. But it's just not there. Please put him back on bench ASAP

Votto just damn! Been a hell of a player for Reds, hell of a career. But you can't have a guy in the lineup batting .198 that hits a couple HR's every 10 -15 games or so.

With Fraley and India both on DL I know they're running out of options. Put Stephenson on 1st or something?

They have nobody better to replace him. You focus on the .198 BA, which is indeed bad, but overall he came into the game with a 113 OPS+, meaning he is 13% above league average even when adjusting for GAPB being more hitter friendly.

For comparison, India is at 98, Stephenson (your solution for a replacement) is at 84.

Coming into today, Votto had the 5th highest OPS+ on the team, and only 2 points behind Fraley for 4th.

You minimized it down to "a couple HRs ever 10-15 games or so" but his current pace this year, if given a 600 PA season, would be around 47 home runs and 123 RBI. Even with a bad BA, that still has a lot of value. A .301 ISO doesn't grow on trees as coming into today that was 7th in all of baseball (min 100 PA).

On the topic of his bad BA, Votto actually came into today hitting .371 with runners in scoring position this year. A 1.450 OPS. His problem is actually the inverse of India who can't hit for the life of him with runners on this year, Votto is hitting .136 with nobody on base.