Reds May 2024 thread

[*bengalfan74*]

(05-07-2024, 03:38 PM)CJD Wrote:

The #Reds today announced the following transactions: pic.twitter.com/tzam7cqGVX

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? Friedl and Frankie are back ?

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Friedl is back and in the line up, Thompson and Martini are down and Conner Capel, who is hitting .267/.397/.567/.964 in AAA, is up. He profiles as a high contact player with almost as many walks (20) as strikeouts (21), which is good for a 16.4% BB rate and 17.2% K rate, which would be considered an average or slightly above average (as in good) K rate, but an excellent walk rate in the majors. He seems to have decent power too, with 7 HR and 8 doubles in 97 ABs. I'm obviously not expecting him to continue putting these numbers up in the majors, especially since he'll be a very minor role overall as a back up OF, but whatever he provides can't be much worse than what Martini and Thompson provided at the plate (.177/.200/.329/.529 and .111/.111/.167/.278, respectively).

SWEET !

This offense needs a big shot in the arm.