Senzel to LF

[Hoofhearted]

(09-19-2018, 12:43 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Agree 1000% on that

I haven't been following the Reds to closely this last month but from what I gathered before they're basically planning on keeping the infield intact and building a team from it. All around it's a solid core. Granted the defense isn't stellar, especially Gennett but you could live with it if you had some pitching.

The problem is the outfield and the pitching - starting pitching being number 1 with a hundred bullets !

Your power has to come from the corners, when you get away from that model it falls apart quickly. You can get by with a so-so shortstop and center fielder on good teams but when you start having RF and 3rd being non power hitters (just as an example) it starts falling apart.

The Reds have needed more power from right and left field for awhile now.

This is the complete opposite from what I've always been taught/told. You have to have a strong middle of the field if you want to be good. 

Finding good starting pitching is like buying those scratch offs; sometimes you hit big (Castillo), and sometimes you don't.