Reds June 2024 thread

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(06-18-2024, 08:14 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 2.1 innings in and we've hit 2 double plays and had a caught stealing.

Getting tons of baserunners and then just removing them.

Also on top of the 13 or whatever pickoffs the Reds have had against them this year, they also have guys like....
Jake Fraley (11 successes, 5 caught stealing)
Will Benson (9 successes, 6 caught stealing)
Jaimer Candelario (3 successes, 3 caught stealing)
Nick Martini (0 successes, 2 caught stealing)
....who are providing negative value as base stealers. You need at least a 3:1 (75%) success at stealing bases to be adding value rather than losing it. Can't keep just giving up base runners and outs. You can be aggressive while still being smart.


EDIT: 3rd double play in 3 innings.

As stated in my previous post, this was still sitting on a computer that I forgot to post before taking a nap a few days ago



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Our team in High School also had a running approach, but we were more disciplined than the Reds.

All of the guys on that list would have still been running, but most of their attempts would have been a Hit-N-Run instead of a straight steal. When you hear me complain about a guy not knowing how to hit a ground ball to the 2nd base side of the infield . . . that's where most of it comes from.

Barry Larkin made the Hall Of Fame by capitalizing on that open space or just simply moving a runner over from 2nd to 3rd. He was one of the most unselfish players with that "Team First" approach that the Reds have ever had. His career average would have been even higher if a ground ball to move the runner over counted as a sacrifice. I saw Elly try to hit one on the road recently(Col?, LAD?). He didn't succeed, but it still made me smile.

Needless to say that I was thrilled to see them utilize the Hit-N-Run the last two games.


Watching the Pirates re-broadcast . . . they are impressed with Steer in LF. Yeah, they liked his catch at the wall, commented on his route and concentration at the wall . . .  but they loved his fielding of the Brian Reynolds double to keep McCutchen at 3rd. "He played that like he's been here before." . . . "Every ball park is so unique and different these days. THAT'S why you spend your first day in a new city with the LF and RF batting first, that way they can spend the rest of batting practice learning the way the balls are bouncing down the line and taking a few extra shots sent down the lines by the coaches." And then when Steer moved to 1st base in the 8th "You mean that was a 1st baseman making those plays?"


Tell me if this would have happened in Cincinnati with David Bell and his "matchups" approach.
Left handed Falter went into the 7th inning. Who was he scheduled to face?
RH India- 2-2 with two shots, one was a 2B off of the wall.
RH Espinal - Two run HR- only runs given up
LH Fraley - 1-2

The broadcasters said that bringing him out in the 7th showed a lot of confidence in his pitcher by manager Derek Shelton and that kind of faith goes a long way in the player/manager relationship as the season progresses. I'm pretty sure that Falter would not have seen the 7th with David Bell. What was the result? A five pitch inning and one less inning on his bullpen. Give your pitcher enough credit to learn from his mistakes.

In yesterday's game vs Boston, Abbott strikes out Devers and gets pulled because the guy that hit a HR off of him was up next. Bell has more faith in Wong than in Abbott. Cruz then HAS to come in for one batter. That's how you burn through a bullpen 

Total game time . . . 2 hours and 6 minutes. A total of three walks in the game and Lodolo had zero.

The kid that caught the Hayes HR ball was seen earlier in the game holding a sign that said "It's my 12th birthday" so his enthusiasm was through the roof.



Watching the end of the Cubs- Giants game this stat popped up

The last 9 games . . .  Cubs starting pitching
1.81 ERA
49.2 innings
47 Ks - 11 BBs
.212 opponent average
3 HR
2 runs or fewer in all 9 starts
The Cubs are 4-5 in those 9 games after they won last night, 5-2. The 2 runs for the Giants? A 2 run double by Curt Casali who is now hitting .243.