Reds month of May games thread

[kevin]

(05-04-2019, 08:04 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I do think that we now have our solid 8.
I imagine the starting line up will, until further notice (not counting days off), be some variation of:
Senzel CF
Votto 1B
Winker LF
Suarez 3B
Puig RF
Iglesias/DD/Scooter 2B/SS
Peraza 2B/SS
Barnhart C
Pitcher's slot

Maybe throw Barnhart, Iglesias or Peraza in the 9 slot on occasion (though I'm generally not a big fan of that strategy).

I'm glad they cut Kemp. It was clear he didn't want to be here and played with no energy.

I'm also so glad they dropped Schebler down. He is pressing so hard right now. I think it'll be good for him to play in meaningless games for a while. Let him get used to seeing pitches without the pressure of the Reds' season on his shoulders. He looked blind in the vast majority of his ABs this year and I think it was because he felt like he didn't actually earn the job out of spring training.

Maybe in mid June he'll be called back up and be a good bench bat and reserve OF, which is what his role will likely be for the remainder of his career (as it should be.)

They better be thinking in terms on playing Dietrich.  He keeps hitting homers.  

I like tonight that Roark gave them innings and they have a big lead.  I also like that they brought up and put in Cody Reed from minors.  I mentioned this after last night.  You can't pitch your best bullpen pitchers every game.  Every team needs some bum up from the minors that has one job, eat innings. Win or lose, eat innings, If his arm falls off, he can always say he once made it from the minors to the majors.  So I liked that they called up this guy from minors and tonight he is in eating the last innings as bullpen gets a rest. Every team needs a bum to be long relief mop up man, that is needed.  Without it you burn out your bullpen. 

So I'm glad Reds winning. I'm glad Roark ate innings. I'm glad they brought somebody up from minors to eat last innings with big lead as a long reliever.  I'm glad Dietrich was back in line-up and hit another home run. 

Bell made a HUGE mistake taking him out last night after hitting 2 homers in the game.  That was awful by Bell last night, but they seem to have learned from it, Maybe. I can't imagine a manager seeing a batter start game game with a 3 run homer, then bat again and hit another 3 run homer, and manager in dugout thinking, " Boy, I better get him out of the game ", which is what Bell did last night with Dietrich. Very stupid by Bell last night. Much better tonight though. Bell put Dietrich in and guess what, another homer tonight.

Reds Win.  Series tied. Get them Sunday and win this home series. 

Once again. I like bringing up a long reliever from Minors and he ate innings. Tonight he pitched OK. If next time out he gets clobbered, it doesn't matter. A long reliever has one job, eat innings and give a tired bullpen a game off. That's it. That's his job. Eat innings. Every team needs some bum up from the minors to do this as a mop up man long reliever. He is like a man with a mop and a mop bucket up from minors, for that mop up job, but every team needs a mop up guy or they will burn out their bullpen. They are very needed if your are down early 10 to 0. You had that guy his mop and it doesn't matter if you lose 100 to 0 at that point, he stays out there and mops. maybe taking one for the team. In a 162 game season, there are games you don't want to waste your bullpen on. Reed was good tonight, which is nice. Still, he needs to be Long Relief Mop Up. Reds need that.