Castillo back?

[fredtoast]

April and May.........1-8...... 7.22 ERA..... 1.78 WHIP
June......................2-2....... 1.71 ERA..... 0.98 WHIP

[cinci4life]

Yeah he's really turned it around and it's great to see!

[fredtoast]

Votto also looking better recently

first 31 games... .216 BA.... .405 SLG%.... 5 HR.... 18 RBI
Last 15 games... .296 BA.... .463 SLG%.... 3 HR.... 14 RBI

[*bengalfan74*]

I sure hope so. If this team is to stay any kind of competitive we need all the pitching we can get.

[*rfaulk34*]

(06-26-2021, 08:18 PM)fredtoast Wrote: April and May.........1-10..... 7.22 ERA..... 1.78 WHIP
June......................3-2....... 1.71 ERA..... 0.98 WHIP

Are those numbers right? I thought he was 3-10?

[Murdock2420]

Starting to come together for them, soon enough they'll have to make decisions. Sonny, Castillo, Miley, Mahle, Santillan, and Vladimir Gutiérrez. Not sure who you kick out of the group there. Hope they don't screw around with Vlad or Santillan and try to keep them up but in the pen. Rather see them stay in the rotation here or at Louisville to keep working on being a starter. Also have Hoffman nearing his return, of course that is a name you probably could toss into the long relief type of role.

[fredtoast]

(06-26-2021, 10:06 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Are those numbers right? I thought he was 3-10?

My mistake.  I was looking at the record of the games he started, not the decisions he took.

Post corrected.

[*bengalfan74*]

(06-26-2021, 08:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Votto also looking better recently

first 31 games... .216 BA.... .405 SLG%.... 5 HR.... 18 RBI
Last 15 games... .296 BA.... .463 SLG%.... 3 HR.... 14 RBI

I'm glad Votto finally decided to play baseball again.

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

(06-27-2021, 09:49 AM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I'm glad Votto finally decided to play baseball again.

100% agreed. One of the most frustrating stretches of any player I've ever rooted for . . . #2 in MVP to all of a sudden a passive, weak approach more focused on fouling strikes than actually trying to drive and attack pitches.

Now if the team could get back into the early season mentality of "I'm focusing on hitting line drives" instead of watching player after player strike out swinging underneath the fastball. I would love to tell Eugenio Suarez "Try hitting the top of the ball since you keep swinging underneath everything." but I guess Zinter is more of a prep coach and not much of an "in the flow" type of coach.

[fredtoast]

(06-29-2021, 07:51 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote:  a passive, weak approach more focused on fouling strikes than actually trying to drive and attack pitches.

A lot of people say this but it just is not true.  Last year Votto's HR% (4.9) was the third highest on his career behind only 2010 (5.7) and 2017 (5.1).


But I agree that Votto's decline was as sudden as it was mysterious.

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(06-26-2021, 08:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Votto also looking better recently

first 31 games... .216 BA.... .405 SLG%.... 5 HR.... 18 RBI
Last 15 games... .296 BA.... .463 SLG%.... 3 HR.... 14 RBI

Last 28 Days from BBR: .293/.369/.520 (.889)


That'll play. Think he's just starting to find what he can do despite aging. Having other guys there to take the offensive load off his shoulders probably helps, too.

He also had some absurdly unlucky ABs early in the season. He was absolutely mashing the ball with hard contact, just with little to show from it.

[fredtoast]

(06-26-2021, 08:18 PM)fredtoast Wrote: April and May.........1-8...... 7.22 ERA..... 1.78 WHIP
June......................2-2....... 1.71 ERA..... 0.98 WHIP

Update

July.......................0-0....... 1.29 ERA........ 0.57 WHIP

[fredtoast]

(06-26-2021, 08:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Votto also looking better recently

first 31 games... .216 BA.... .405 SLG%.... 5 HR.... 18 RBI
Last 15 games... .296 BA.... .463 SLG%.... 3 HR.... 14 RBI

Update

First 31 games... .216.... .405 SLG%.... 5 HR.... 18 RBI
Last 25 games... .315.... .573 SLG%.... 6 HR.... 21 RBI

[*bengalfan74*]

(07-07-2021, 12:07 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Update

July.......................0-0....... 1.29 ERA........ 0.57 WHIP

Castillo has done a complete 180. I didn't think he would, great !

Now if we just had a damn bullpen.

[Nicomo Cosca]

Let it be known that Luis Castillo has a 1.56 ERA in his last 10 starts! pic.twitter.com/Dzg3rOb0NM

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 25, 2021

[fredtoast]

(07-07-2021, 12:13 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Update

First 31 games... .216 avg.... .405 SLG%.... .310 OB%....5 HR.... 18 RBI

Last 38 games...... .307 avg.... .540 SLG%.... .399 OB%.... 8 HR.... 27 RBI