Reds month of May games thread

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(05-04-2019, 07:05 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Bell has got to figure it out and fast ! He makes changes just for the sake of making changes. Pulling starters after 80 pitches when they're doing well, We've had a different starting lineup virtually every game ! Batting guys leadoff with a .125 average and .220 OBP. Votto has no business leading off right now, stop acting like this is little league and you need to get every player in the game.

Now that Kemp has been released ans Schebler sent down he'll stop playing musical lineup so much ? Get a damn starting 8 and stick to it. I get guys need rest but hell we're one month into the season and they're not that tired already. Iglesias or Winker need to leadoff, I don't care who's feelings get hurt bat the guys in the order they deserve, Votto needs to be 7th or 8th. Stop saving the starters arms with 80 pitch crap. It will matter not if we're 20 games out at the start of June what arm they have left in August. Stop acting like you're managing the 6th game of the World Series every night running thru the entire bullpen. 

Bell is way, way overmanaging !

I do think that we now have our solid 8.
I imagine the starting line up will, until further notice (not counting days off), be some variation of:
Senzel CF
Votto 1B
Winker LF
Suarez 3B
Puig RF
Iglesias/DD/Scooter 2B/SS
Peraza 2B/SS
Barnhart C
Pitcher's slot

Maybe throw Barnhart, Iglesias or Peraza in the 9 slot on occasion (though I'm generally not a big fan of that strategy).

I'm glad they cut Kemp. It was clear he didn't want to be here and played with no energy.

I'm also so glad they dropped Schebler down. He is pressing so hard right now. I think it'll be good for him to play in meaningless games for a while. Let him get used to seeing pitches without the pressure of the Reds' season on his shoulders. He looked blind in the vast majority of his ABs this year and I think it was because he felt like he didn't actually earn the job out of spring training.

Maybe in mid June he'll be called back up and be a good bench bat and reserve OF, which is what his role will likely be for the remainder of his career (as it should be.)