09-06-2020, 06:22 PM
Jim Day surprisingly said that coming into today, since August 13th, the Reds had the best bullpen ERA in the NL . . . Quite shocking. Not shocking is that before that they were the 2nd worst in the entire league, 29th.
To put it in perspective, I'm also an Angels fan and although they won the game with 3 runs in the 9th last night . . . they also blew their 11th save of the season as a team. That's pathetic in such a short period of time. This bullpen is just OK with occasional fits of brilliance.
Lorenzen being put in late in the game is another mistake by Bell. That forced Iglesias to go more than one inning. He also should have walked the bases loaded to have a force at home. If the bases were loaded and the play still happened where Iglesias got Hayes in the rundown, it woulda/coulda/shoulda been a 1-2-3 double play.
Overall summary . . . if it's not a home run, the Reds don't score and that doesn't work well with an erratic bullpen and an overwhelmed manager.
To put it in perspective, I'm also an Angels fan and although they won the game with 3 runs in the 9th last night . . . they also blew their 11th save of the season as a team. That's pathetic in such a short period of time. This bullpen is just OK with occasional fits of brilliance.
Lorenzen being put in late in the game is another mistake by Bell. That forced Iglesias to go more than one inning. He also should have walked the bases loaded to have a force at home. If the bases were loaded and the play still happened where Iglesias got Hayes in the rundown, it woulda/coulda/shoulda been a 1-2-3 double play.
Overall summary . . . if it's not a home run, the Reds don't score and that doesn't work well with an erratic bullpen and an overwhelmed manager.
Only users lose drugs.
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