Mookie Betts

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(10-03-2019, 03:35 PM)Circleville Guy Wrote: Lol... Yep, he did look good. There are many ways to improve the team. The Reds will probably use half measures and compete for third place. I’m guessing that they’ll do enough to finally be above .500. The sad thing is that in Cincinnati, that’s good enough for the fans. It seems that it’s good enough in Cincinnati just to say they have Pro teams. The media are all buds with management of the teams so there’s rarely any media pressure put on the teams to do better. I think the Reds have had 4 winning seasons in the last 19. That’s really, really bad! It feels like just make the money as the team appreciates in value and care less of where we finish. It’s not that fun being a Cincinnati fan! I wish there was an ownership that made one of the teams fun.

If you look at the changes of personnel at the farm levels, it looks like the Reds are serious about turning things around.  Kyle Boddy is a big deal.  Huge Deal.  He is founder of Driveline think tank.  I believe Bauer trains with them.  They use biomechanics and data that will improve pitching at the farm level but also has had success at the MLB level.  The Reds will have the top pitching in the league at some point or at least near the top.  This meshes well with Bell's philosophy and data analysis.  Read the link below:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/10/reds-hire-kyle-boddy-driveline-baseball.html

The Reds fired Turner Ward which means they need to find a batting coach guru.  I see the Reds heading in the right direction and have a jump start on the Bengals.  

Give the Bengals 3 more years and they may be in the modern era of the "new" NFL along with LAR, KC, Saints.   At least I hope so.  Also, Mike Brown turned 84 this year.  He is approaching his 90's. His time of reigning the Bengals front office is approaching an end. It is hard to fathom that Mike is the son of Paul Brown.  What a waste of 30 years...