Reds September 1st to 15th Game Thread

[*bengalfan74*]

(09-09-2020, 02:39 PM)McC Wrote: The starting pitching has gone downhill, imo, from two things.  The first is the lack of hitting.  It wears pitchers down thinking they have to be perfect because they know run support will probably not be there.

The second is what looks for all the world like the team pitching philosophy, which is throwing way too many pitches.  Does any other pitching staff in baseball go to more full counts than the Reds? 

Whose idea is it that, when you get an 0-2 count on a hitter, the next three pitches have to be in the dirt or up out of the strike zone?  What is the deal with all the "throw away" pitches?  When a pitcher only has so many pitches in his arm over the course of a season or a career, just how many pitches does one want to waste?  It makes no sense.

As to the guys brought in, how is it that they forgot how to hit?  They knew how to hit for years but not, somehow, they can no longer do what they always could before.

There is something poisoning this team and I see no way that it is not coming from the top.  Fire Dumbbell today and just see if it turns around.

Agree, there is just zero chemistry on this team. I think Votto has to go as well, somehow, someway.