09-01-2020, 09:34 PM
Just turned the game on and Reds down 8-0 in 2nd. Early Knock Out,
That about does it on short season play-offs. The Cubs and Cardinals are just better than the Reds in 2020. The Reds have won against Brewers, but 3rd place play-offs are going to East and West with Central left out.
The problem for Reds in 2020 start with no hitting as in 2019. Just awful batting averages. Too many games of no runs. Then there is a bullpen that blew too many games Reds should have won. Then there is starting pitching which has been Bauer and Gray pitching great but nobody else with Castillo a 2020 flop. Bauer and Gray have came crashing back to earth and now all the starters are struggling,
The Cubs got way out in front in Central. Then the Cardinals finally came back from long Covid missed weeks to show they may be better than the Cubs.
3rd place play-offs look to be going to West for sure and maybe East. The Brewers or Reds just will not win enough games.
So the play-offs will be 3 teams from NL West for sure. 3 teams from NL East probably. 2 teams from NL Central and Cubs & Cardinals are just better in 2020.
I think September is going to be Reds taking a good look at who might be on this team in 2021.
Votto had a good career as a Red. A Reds Hall of Fame Player. Not a MLB Hall of Fame Player. He won't have the Stats. A Reds Hall of Fame player. ....but when does his contract end. Reds need to free up the money they pay Votto. When do they finally get out of this contract holding the team down ?
I look at Tampa and they make all the right moves as a small market team to be a tough team in AL East. If Cincinnati was in AL East they would never win a game. One thing Tampa does not do is make Ken Griffey Jr or Joey Votto contracts that run years taking most of team payroll. I don't know how Tampa has years they beat Big Money Yankees & Red Sox, but they are the Little Train That Could. Whatever small market Tampa does, Cincinnati needs to copy. I do know Tampa almost never makes the big long run contracts that Reds have got sucked into over the last 20 years. The Votto Contract has been holding the Reds back for years. There was a period after the Griffey Contract and before the Votto Contract that the Reds had play-off ball teams. Big Super Star contracts cement Reds into Last Place, be it Griffey Jr or Votto.
That about does it on short season play-offs. The Cubs and Cardinals are just better than the Reds in 2020. The Reds have won against Brewers, but 3rd place play-offs are going to East and West with Central left out.
The problem for Reds in 2020 start with no hitting as in 2019. Just awful batting averages. Too many games of no runs. Then there is a bullpen that blew too many games Reds should have won. Then there is starting pitching which has been Bauer and Gray pitching great but nobody else with Castillo a 2020 flop. Bauer and Gray have came crashing back to earth and now all the starters are struggling,
The Cubs got way out in front in Central. Then the Cardinals finally came back from long Covid missed weeks to show they may be better than the Cubs.
3rd place play-offs look to be going to West for sure and maybe East. The Brewers or Reds just will not win enough games.
So the play-offs will be 3 teams from NL West for sure. 3 teams from NL East probably. 2 teams from NL Central and Cubs & Cardinals are just better in 2020.
I think September is going to be Reds taking a good look at who might be on this team in 2021.
Votto had a good career as a Red. A Reds Hall of Fame Player. Not a MLB Hall of Fame Player. He won't have the Stats. A Reds Hall of Fame player. ....but when does his contract end. Reds need to free up the money they pay Votto. When do they finally get out of this contract holding the team down ?
I look at Tampa and they make all the right moves as a small market team to be a tough team in AL East. If Cincinnati was in AL East they would never win a game. One thing Tampa does not do is make Ken Griffey Jr or Joey Votto contracts that run years taking most of team payroll. I don't know how Tampa has years they beat Big Money Yankees & Red Sox, but they are the Little Train That Could. Whatever small market Tampa does, Cincinnati needs to copy. I do know Tampa almost never makes the big long run contracts that Reds have got sucked into over the last 20 years. The Votto Contract has been holding the Reds back for years. There was a period after the Griffey Contract and before the Votto Contract that the Reds had play-off ball teams. Big Super Star contracts cement Reds into Last Place, be it Griffey Jr or Votto.
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