Reds month of May games thread

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(05-04-2019, 07:06 AM)kevin Wrote: Bell took Derek Dietrich out of the game early to put a relief pitcher in that spot.  Dietrich was having a career night. He was the reason Reds had a big lead. His homers and RBI's in that game were the reason they had a big lead.  He should have been the last guy you take out of last nights game.  For some reason, and I don't know what it is, the Reds are determined NOT to play Dietrich.  As hot as he was, to take him out of the game early, makes no sense.  The Reds need to dump this thing the announcers talk about as their long range players for many years in the future, because some of those guys just aren't hitting.  Nobody has more clutch hits on Reds this season than Dietrich and last night he was just on fire hitting everything for homers. Besides taking out Dietrich early Bell also took Winker out early who has been hot last 7 games and was hot last night.  So in the late innings as Reds lost they weren't in line-up to bat. Votto was who went 0-7.  The Reds need to rethink what the heck they are doing and they better do it fast.  For some reason they are determined NOT to play the hot bats on a team that is in dire need of hitting. The worst hitting team in baseball could use these hot bats in the line-up. Reds need to rethink what the heck they are doing, and they need to do it fast.  Maybe throw out the window what their long range plans are, and play the hot bats now.  

As for the pitching, it has been the strong point.  Maybe Bell went to the bullpen once too often and too much last night.  Teams use to carry a 6th start long reliever, don't we have a guy like that anymore to eat some relief innings and give the pen a rest from time to time ?  I'm not down on the relievers last night because they did their jobs a lot lately but Reds scored no runs to help them in those games.

I can see the bullpen after so many good games having an off game, maybe being over used. What I can't see is taking out Dietrich early who was having a career night.  Will he even be in line-up Saturday ?  Reds better rethink what the heck they are doing.  Maybe Reds already have their minds made up Dietrich is only a short term add on, but he was way too hot last night to take out of the game.  2 homers and 6 or 7 RBI's, you don't take a guy having a game like that out early in the game, that was just stupid.

So get them Saturday and Sunday I guess, but the hot bats need to play and the cold bats need to sit.  Dietrich and Winker and Iglesias are hot bats and should be playing.  Reds better rethink their long range plans if these cold bats don't wake up.

Last nights game was around 4 and a half hours long.  I'm old school.  That is too long.  Baseball has too many of these 4 hour plus games. I turned the game off from time to time last night and didn't even watch the extra innings.  That game Thursday, I'm sorry Reds lost but the game time of around 2 hours long was the way games use to be played.  4 and a half hours is too long. The Mets didn't take their red hot player Syndergaard out Thursday and Reds should never have taken out red hot Dietrich Friday.

I think they ought to sign Dietrich and Iglesias to long term deals.  Dietrich is the new Gennett!