04-19-2022, 08:01 PM
I said early on not to expect much early with Reds starting at World Series Atlanta, at LA Dodgers and at San Diego. The good thing is the Reds are getting these road games off the schedule. I'm also glad Reds are not in Cincinnati in this snow and freezing lousy Ohio April weather.
So I've been looking ahead to The Reds in Cincinnati in their first Division Series of the year. The weatherman calls for 80 degrees in Cincy this weekend. The Cardinals, which is like Reds Steelers team.
Lodolo looks to me like Tom Browning when he first came up. Both lefty's with some off speed stuff, but a decent heater for a lefty. Hunter Greene looks like what Chapman could have been if Dusty hadn't moved him from starter to reliever. With his change-up, he is like Mario Soto. With his slider he is like Steve Carlton. To pitch deeper into games, he will have to learn NOT to throw the ball 100 mph every pitch. Like Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, mix the heater in with other pitches. Greene really has a Steve Carlton slider that has more curve than most curve balls, plus a Mario Soto type change-up.
I'm very excited about these two Reds #1 Pick Pitchers and the Reds #1 Pick Catcher in Stephenson. I want to see both of them against The Cardinals this weekend with Mahle in the middle on Saturday. Hit the Cardinals with Greene, Mahle, Lodolo, and I like Reds odds of winning the Cardinals series to start Division play this season.
Again, Lodolo looks like a rookie Tom Browning, and Greene looks like a rookie combo of Soto and Carlton. Now all those pitchers had to get their rookie learning in on the field to develop. Bengals would say Joe Burrow had to get his reps in. It is time for #1 Picks Greene, Lodolo and Stephenson to take the field and take the good and bad of learning to play every day at The Top Level, but The Talent Is There. Stephenson could be Reds best young hitting catcher since Bench, and catching a young Browning in Lodolo and catching a young combo of Soto and Carlton in Greene.
The Reds do need to score them some runs. I am hoping Reds can beat St Louis this weekend as Reds play their first Division Series. I did not expect much playing at Atlanta and LA Dodgers. I said before season that THE KEY SERIES in April is when Reds finally come home and play St Louis Cardinals. I want to see Greene, Mahle and Lodolo on the mound in that series. Maybe we get Castillo back at some point to go with them and make a decent rotation.
So I've been looking ahead to The Reds in Cincinnati in their first Division Series of the year. The weatherman calls for 80 degrees in Cincy this weekend. The Cardinals, which is like Reds Steelers team.
Lodolo looks to me like Tom Browning when he first came up. Both lefty's with some off speed stuff, but a decent heater for a lefty. Hunter Greene looks like what Chapman could have been if Dusty hadn't moved him from starter to reliever. With his change-up, he is like Mario Soto. With his slider he is like Steve Carlton. To pitch deeper into games, he will have to learn NOT to throw the ball 100 mph every pitch. Like Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, mix the heater in with other pitches. Greene really has a Steve Carlton slider that has more curve than most curve balls, plus a Mario Soto type change-up.
I'm very excited about these two Reds #1 Pick Pitchers and the Reds #1 Pick Catcher in Stephenson. I want to see both of them against The Cardinals this weekend with Mahle in the middle on Saturday. Hit the Cardinals with Greene, Mahle, Lodolo, and I like Reds odds of winning the Cardinals series to start Division play this season.
Again, Lodolo looks like a rookie Tom Browning, and Greene looks like a rookie combo of Soto and Carlton. Now all those pitchers had to get their rookie learning in on the field to develop. Bengals would say Joe Burrow had to get his reps in. It is time for #1 Picks Greene, Lodolo and Stephenson to take the field and take the good and bad of learning to play every day at The Top Level, but The Talent Is There. Stephenson could be Reds best young hitting catcher since Bench, and catching a young Browning in Lodolo and catching a young combo of Soto and Carlton in Greene.
The Reds do need to score them some runs. I am hoping Reds can beat St Louis this weekend as Reds play their first Division Series. I did not expect much playing at Atlanta and LA Dodgers. I said before season that THE KEY SERIES in April is when Reds finally come home and play St Louis Cardinals. I want to see Greene, Mahle and Lodolo on the mound in that series. Maybe we get Castillo back at some point to go with them and make a decent rotation.
1968 Bengal Fan
