Reds June 2025 Thread

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(06-18-2025, 01:28 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Keep in mind not all ballparks are equal. In his 4 years at Philly, Castellanos has a 104 OPS+. He has been just 4% above average offensively.

Combine that with being rated very poorly defensively and he's had 1.7 WAR total in his 4 years in Philly (2 of the 4 years in negative WAR)... for $80m so far with $20m to go.

He has also hit .225/.268/.419 (.687 OPS) in 138 playoff PA for the Phillies.


He's taken a lot of PA for them so he has some counting numbers, but he's been kind of a bad player for them.

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Twins are putting out a 4.40 ERA/1.38 WHIP pitcher tonight. Need to jump on him early and often.

I'll just pivot the topic so it doesn't seem like I'm all-in for Castellanos specifically.
I just want better, consistent RF.
I don't care who it is.

Same with DH.
It feels like the Reds really just rotate who fills in to hit and get an off-day in the field.
Over the past 10 games, it's been Lux x6, EDLC, Steer, and Stephenson x2.
Lux has primarily split time between LF and DH with some time at 2B, SS, and 3B this season too.
Lux is doing ok as primary DH I guess, but I'd really like more pop in that role.
Maybe I just have an outdated mindset of DH like back in the day in the AL when it was really just an older, bigger guy who you really didn't want to put out in the field anymore but still can swing the bat fine.