Reds go into June with 29 wins.  Reds have chance to win Cubs series today and get win 30 for a good start to June.

GOOD NEWS on the Diaz trade.  Dodgers do pay his contract now.  That is much better than Reds paying Phillips millions to play for another team or Reds paying Moose millions to play for another team.  Finally, if you are going to trade somebody, make the team getting the player pay his salary from now on.  This is a good dump of payroll by Reds.  Now if they could dump Candelario contract on some team, even better.  Why pay millions to two players doing the Reds and Terry Francona no good in 2025 ?   I'm so glad to read The Dodgers are going to pay Diaz salary now.  Reds are finally getting smart on how to dump payroll.  If a team is willing to pay the salary, you trade not asking much for player in return, the goal is to dump payroll on a player making millions not helping the team. You trade for a bag of peanuts if a team like Dodgers is willing to pay the salary.  Reds just made 3 million dollars, plus what they don't have to pay him to 2027.   Not bad for an injured pitcher floundering in Reds minor leagues.  Dump him and put the 3 million back in the bank.  Now if they could find a sucker to pay Candelario not hitting anymore. 

(06-01-2025, 08:54 AM)kevin Wrote: Reds go into June with 29 wins.  Reds have chance to win Cubs series today and get win 30 for a good start to June.

GOOD NEWS on the Diaz trade.  Dodgers do pay his contract now.  That is much better than Reds paying Phillips millions to play for another team or Reds paying Moose millions to play for another team.  Finally, if you are going to trade somebody, make the team getting the player pay his salary from now on.  This is a good dump of payroll by Reds.  Now if they could dump Candelario contract on some team, even better.  Why pay millions to two players doing the Reds and Terry Francona no good in 2025 ?   I'm so glad to read The Dodgers are going to pay Diaz salary now.  Reds are finally getting smart on how to dump payroll.  If a team is willing to pay the salary, you trade not asking much for player in return, the goal is to dump payroll on a player making millions not helping the team. You trade for a bag of peanuts if a team like Dodgers is willing to pay the salary.  Reds just made 3 million dollars, plus what they don't have to pay him to 2027.   Not bad for an injured pitcher floundering in Reds minor leagues.  Dump him and put the 3 million back in the bank.  Now if they could find a sucker to pay Candelario not hitting anymore. 

I think you're right about Diaz.  He wasn't going to help them this year.  

Now they need to reallocated some of those savings into major league roster help.  

0 runs scored and 2 hits in last 16 innings. That’s not going to cut it.

EDLC with a bomb on a rough day personally (death in the family but didn't hear who) for him.

We're not shut out!

It was Eli's older sister that died. The Cubs are just a better team and that is why they are in first place.

(06-01-2025, 07:32 PM)guyofthetiger Wrote: The Cubs are just a better team and that is why they are in first place.

Their 26 man roster payroll is almost double that of the Reds.
https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/_/year/2025

$166,254,867 Chicago (#8 in MLB)
$84,651,571 Cincinnati (#22 in MLB)

It's crazy that the Mets and Marlins are in the same division
$255,920,476 Mets
$44,557,986 Marlins
That's almost 6 times more on the payroll, predictably theMarlins are 2-4 vs the Mets and, like the Reds, 2-4 vs the Cubs.

Lux batting 2nd tonight.

He threw Stevenson a 2 strike pitch RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE and he stood there and looked at it!!!

Well, not a great start to the series.

(06-02-2025, 10:44 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Well, not a great start to the series.

And you know what that means. We've lost like 38, 39 series in a row when we lose the first game, dumbfounding! Add in that it's the Brewers and we'll probably get swept.

Singer just keeps slipping away.

(06-03-2025, 07:24 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: And you know what that means. We've lost like 38, 39 series in a row when we lose the first game, dumbfounding! Add in that it's the Brewers and we'll probably get swept.

Singer just keeps slipping away.

On top of that,  0-27 when losing after 7 innings. There is no hope this year again.

(06-03-2025, 07:51 AM)Timanky12 Wrote: On top of that,  0-27 when losing after 7 innings. There is no hope this year again.

Agree

Losing both series to the lowly Pirates and W. Sox confirmed to me - this ain't our year, AGAIN. With our basically brutal June schedule it's all downhill from here.

Not quite sure what it is with this team but they just don't have that I dunno? mo-jo ? They just can't get that timely hit when needed, that sacrifice bunt, that double play inducing pitch.

Then add in the errors and they're just way too inconsistent. Hopefully Francona can help steer them out of this funk. 

Game on the line, 2 outs in the ninth. Garret Hampson (0-3 at this point with a pair of KS) is NOT pinch hit for. I mean, we don't have much better on the bench, but still...Garret Hampson...

But enough of that. I'm just so incredibly proud of the boys for not getting shut out. I don't even care about wins anymore. I just want the Castellini's to make good money. That's what matters.

(06-03-2025, 08:23 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Not quite sure what it is with this team but they just don't have that I dunno? mo-jo ?

Sums up the entire organization for me: I don't know what it is with this team?

I love baseball, but there just doesn't seem much to discuss about the Reds unless posting about specific in-game moments. As an organization, they continue to be irrelevant. Ownership isn't any good and the overall state of baseball's salary structure doesn't seem to facilitate the same parity we see in the NFL.

(06-02-2025, 10:44 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Well, not a great start to the series.

The next time i don't have to see Joe and Hampson in the lineup at the same time...or at all...can't happen soon enough. 

(06-03-2025, 08:30 AM)The D.O.Z. Wrote: Game on the line, 2 outs in the ninth. Garret Hampson (0-3 at this point with a pair of KS) is NOT pinch hit for. I mean, we don't have much better on the bench, but still...Garret Hampson...

But enough of that. I'm just so incredibly proud of the boys for not getting shut out. I don't even care about wins anymore. I just want the Castellini's to make good money. That's what matters.

Preach it brother. 

(06-03-2025, 08:30 AM)The D.O.Z. Wrote: Game on the line, 2 outs in the ninth. Garret Hampson (0-3 at this point with a pair of KS) is NOT pinch hit for. I mean, we don't have much better on the bench, but still...Garret Hampson...

2nd time it happened in the last 5 games. 

Game 3 of the Royals series, trying for a sweep, 9th inning down by 1 run Hampson bat for himself.

(06-03-2025, 12:37 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: The next time i don't have to see Joe and Hampson in the lineup at the same time...or at all...can't happen soon enough. 

Sounds like Hays, CES, and Candelario may be back soon.  Not all world-beaters, but also not Joe or Garret the Hamster Hampson.  

I'm not throwing in the towel the first week of June, but at some point they will need to look at this as a time to evaluate for 2026.  They've made some decent trades in-season during down years ie Rolen and Bauer.  Would be nice to see some of that magic.  

(06-03-2025, 01:12 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: 2nd time it happened in the last 5 games. 

Game 3 of the Royals series, trying for a sweep, 9th inning down by 1 run Hampson bat for himself.

I remember seeing that and thinking WFT is going on here? Then it was deja vu all over again.