07-07-2022, 08:55 PM
(07-07-2022, 08:48 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: I'm being optimistic here and I'm predicting not much of a drop off from either.
1) I think Moran will fill in just fine after Drury is traded and give them another left handed hitter in the lineup.
2) In the win/loss perspective, outside of the great Mario Soto, I'm not sure I've seen a more hard luck pitcher with the Reds than Luis Castillo.
This is just a guess as to how it must seem for him pitching for the Reds in any year of his career.
Reds runs scored game by game.
0 - Castillo pitching
7
5
6
9
2 - Castillo
4
7
12
5
1 - Castillo
I remember Mahle losing back to back road games 1-0 (Mets and Padres, maybe? Giants?) but Castillo is the hard luck loser of this generation of Reds pitchers. He had his fair share of poor pitching but the Reds lose a lot of his well pitched games.
True
I hope they go on a tear and end up with 75 wins or something kind of respectable all things considered. But I have my doubts.