04-30-2022, 01:48 PM
April of 2022 ends as being one of the Worst months in Reds Baseball. All Pitchers are struggling. All Hitters walk to the plate with batting averages around .100 which is awful. The low batting averages have been a constant in this team for about 3 years or more. I really have to question just what in the heck this Hitting Coach does. He is sure no Ted Kluszewski om getting hitters back on track.
I would like to think injured players returning will help, but the fact is that this team is pretty bad. So bad that I think Hunter Greene needs to go back to Minors and come up later when he is really ready, and the same for Lodolo. Some more time in Triple A would help both of them. The Reds will stink with or without them, and some more time in the Minors seems needed for both. I think both will be very good pitchers, IF Reds don't ruin them as they have so many pitchers over the decades. I do not consider the Reds to be as good developing pitchers as say, The Dodgers franchise over the decades.
The losing is bad, but what would be even worse would be to ruin Greene and Lodolo by having them in the Majors too early, and that seems to be clearly the case. Both Greene and Lodolo have no Swag as they are finding out The Big's can hit a fast ball. They look shell shocked on the mound now. They are light years from the dominate look of a Bob Gibson, and just the opposite are looking like Kids in awe that Veterans can hit them. They have good pitches, but some Minor League fine tuning seems to be in order. Getting their brains beat in is the worst thing for these youths. I think Greene and Lodolo have Mario Soto and Tom Browning ability, but like SNL, they are the not ready for the prime time players at this point.
I would like to think injured players returning will help, but the fact is that this team is pretty bad. So bad that I think Hunter Greene needs to go back to Minors and come up later when he is really ready, and the same for Lodolo. Some more time in Triple A would help both of them. The Reds will stink with or without them, and some more time in the Minors seems needed for both. I think both will be very good pitchers, IF Reds don't ruin them as they have so many pitchers over the decades. I do not consider the Reds to be as good developing pitchers as say, The Dodgers franchise over the decades.
The losing is bad, but what would be even worse would be to ruin Greene and Lodolo by having them in the Majors too early, and that seems to be clearly the case. Both Greene and Lodolo have no Swag as they are finding out The Big's can hit a fast ball. They look shell shocked on the mound now. They are light years from the dominate look of a Bob Gibson, and just the opposite are looking like Kids in awe that Veterans can hit them. They have good pitches, but some Minor League fine tuning seems to be in order. Getting their brains beat in is the worst thing for these youths. I think Greene and Lodolo have Mario Soto and Tom Browning ability, but like SNL, they are the not ready for the prime time players at this point.
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