Reds have McLain....

[Goalpost]

playing in center field......

https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/news/arizona-fall-league-update-matt-mclain-starts-in-center-field-for-cincinnati-reds-01jbd8safrf1

[*bengalfan74*]

(10-30-2024, 01:09 PM)Goalpost Wrote: playing in center field......

https://www.si.com/mlb/reds/news/arizona-fall-league-update-matt-mclain-starts-in-center-field-for-cincinnati-reds-01jbd8safrf1

He should be playing at SS 

[SunsetBengal]

(10-30-2024, 08:49 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: He should be playing at SS 

If he has the legs for it, why not CF?

[Goalpost]

Reds are just light on outfield prospects and have a glut of infield players.  And, after their top 2 pitching prospects, Lowder and Burns,  is another wave of infielders....Collier, Arroyo, and Stewart.

[CJD]

If McLain works out at CF, that would mean we have our two best defenders in the two most important defensive positions on the field. So I approve of this. I often felt he was being wasted at 2nd base. Elly belongs at SS and moving him to 3B to get McLain at SS would have felt like a waste of defensive talent, but this is a really good alternative to maximize our defensive prowess.

[Goalpost]

A Reds name to follow pitching in the Arizona Fall League.

Top fastball velocities:

101.8 mph -- Luis Mey, CIN
101.7 mph -- Mey
101.7 mph -- Mey
101.6 mph -- Mey
101.5 mph -- Mey

The 23-year-old Mey is turning heads as the Fall League’s most electric closer for Glendale. He doesn’t only own the five hardest-tracked fastballs, he owns the top 16. No other player has eclipsed triple digits from the mound this fall other than Mey.

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(11-05-2024, 04:24 PM)Goalpost Wrote: A Reds name to follow pitching in the Arizona Fall League.

Top fastball velocities:

101.8 mph -- Luis Mey, CIN
101.7 mph -- Mey
101.7 mph -- Mey
101.6 mph -- Mey
101.5 mph -- Mey

The 23-year-old Mey is turning heads as the Fall League’s most electric closer for Glendale. He doesn’t only own the five hardest-tracked fastballs, he owns the top 16. No other player has eclipsed triple digits from the mound this fall other than Mey.

I see stats like that and my brain just starts screaming that it's an inevitability...