(06-06-2017, 10:57 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Scooter my daisy heads!

First Red to ever hit 4 home runs in a single game. 

Nine RBI's ain't too bad either.

(06-08-2017, 12:49 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: What's sad is if this team had a true top tier ace on the pitching staff and perhaps another decent #3 or 4 we'd be running away with the division.

(06-14-2017, 06:27 AM)kevin Wrote: What a horrible West Coast Trip....OK, I could see LA Dodgers beating Reds, but NOT the Padres...Reds go 1-3  in June and 8-11-2 on Season in Series play and suddenly the Good Ship Reds is Sinking.  ..Arroyo the other night showed why no other teams were interested in him this off season.  Good chance he is washed up, because he gets sent to the showers early enough by other teams hitters.

(06-14-2017, 10:18 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Injuries to three of the expected starting rotation for a good amount of games has really hurt this season, which sucks because the Reds have a good young offense.
I would imagine the starting rotation once Desclafani is back (assuming no more big injuries to pitching rotation by that point) will be Desclafani, Bailey, Finnegan, Adleman, Feldman/youngster. It's a shame that practically no young pitcher out of Reed, Stephenson, Garrett, Davis, Romano, etc has really established themselves as a quality pitcher yet.
The Reds need to capitalize on these cheap hitter contracts within the next few years and try to get 1-2 good pitchers via trade or better development.
Maybe the Reds could get a good pitcher for one of Winker, Duvall, Schebler, or Hamilton.

(06-14-2017, 10:51 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: If the Reds can reach the all star break within 2.5 games of the NL Central lead (sitting at 4 games out, with every single team in the division within striking distance), I think there's an argument to be made about being buyers at the deadline.

I would prefer we sell because, let's be honest, this team is a fluke largely hoisted upon the shoulders of Cozart's statistically inexplicable numbers right now (as in, his exit velocity, BABIP and Line Drive rates make his batting average and slugging numbers a statistical anomaly across the league).

If we sell him high for a quality pitcher or future prospect with high upside, that would be an incredible win for this team.

But, if we can take advantage of our start to the season and maybe sneak into the playoffs due to a down year in the division, I would say that is worth a Winker or an Alfredo Rodriguez (Who I'm not all that fond of anyway) if we get a quality starter in return.

At the same time, we are on the brink of getting Finnegan, Bailey and, later in the year, Disco and that should greatly improve our starting pitching, so a trade may not even be necessary in order to keep pace in the division.

I do still want to sell high on Cozart regardless though. He is bound to come back down to earth any day now and I want the Reds to cash in on his hype while it's still there. Imagine what we could have gotten if we had sold Frazier high a few years ago. Or if we had held onto Chapman and dealt him when the Yankees did last year. 

Selling high is not something that the Reds have been good at in the past few years. I really hope we buck that trend with Cozart and scoot his ass out of town while the value is there.

(06-16-2017, 08:49 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Yea, Bailey has been killing it too.

6IP 1H 6SO 1HBP 0BB 0WildP in A

5IP 3H 5SO 0HBP 1BB 1WildP in AA

Granted he should dominate the lower minor leagues.

But it's good that he's doing it.