Reds June 2024 thread

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(06-23-2024, 08:55 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: It's quite amazing that a regular player with 97 strike outs and a .192 batting average is still in the starting lineup every day. Just send 8 to the plate and take an automatic out. 

Until you remember that just last year they let Luke Weaver make 21 starts for them with a 6.87 ERA while only reaching 5.0 innings pitched in 3 of his final 13 starts and failing to reach even 4.0 in 6 of those 13. The year before that Mike Minor made 19 starts with a 6.06 ERA, while Joel Kuhnel made 54 appearances with a 6.36 ERA and Reiver Sanmartin made 45 appearances with a 6.32 ERA. The year before that you had Amir Garrett and Heath Hembree.

The Reds have a long proud history of riding a blatantly losing hand for longer than any sane team would allow. It saves the FO money by not having to pay those guys to not play for you while also having to pay for new guys who could potentially be better.