01-21-2020, 01:17 AM
It'll be awhile before we get to see Burrow under center, but there's a lot of baseball between now and September.
I don't know how well the Reds may perform this upcoming season, but I seriously doubt they come out in an all around hitting funk like last season to start off. I think the starting pitching will be really good, the bullpen good to average, but I have to feel hitting will improve quite a bit with the additions of Akiyama, Mark Payton and of course Moustakas. I think Payton is gonna be a legit top of the lineup hitter despite his 30 HRs in AAA last year, but a lot of guys in AAA were bombing them out. He's got a .289 lifetime BA. We shall see. I don't necessarily expect to see HRs by the trainload from Aquino, but you never really know. Ideally Votto has a great bounceback, Akiyama gets on base a LOT and Payton finds a spot out there and gets on base for both Mouse, Suarez and even Aquino. All those would do my heart good..
Payton's worse stretch I could find was 56 games in Trenton with the yankees system, but no biggie. I like the kids potential. The problem is he's 28 and was a rule 5 pick so if he doesn't stick with the team this year he's back with the A's..
I don't know how well the Reds may perform this upcoming season, but I seriously doubt they come out in an all around hitting funk like last season to start off. I think the starting pitching will be really good, the bullpen good to average, but I have to feel hitting will improve quite a bit with the additions of Akiyama, Mark Payton and of course Moustakas. I think Payton is gonna be a legit top of the lineup hitter despite his 30 HRs in AAA last year, but a lot of guys in AAA were bombing them out. He's got a .289 lifetime BA. We shall see. I don't necessarily expect to see HRs by the trainload from Aquino, but you never really know. Ideally Votto has a great bounceback, Akiyama gets on base a LOT and Payton finds a spot out there and gets on base for both Mouse, Suarez and even Aquino. All those would do my heart good..
Payton's worse stretch I could find was 56 games in Trenton with the yankees system, but no biggie. I like the kids potential. The problem is he's 28 and was a rule 5 pick so if he doesn't stick with the team this year he's back with the A's..
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
