2013 Cincinnati Reds Thread

[Rudi]

Chicken Alfredo Simon better never pitch another game for this team. He is SO bad.

 

[Rudi]

Good read on todays game from Hal McCoy

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blog...ld_and_bad_finish_for_the.html?cxtype=feedbot

Simon was basically the only guy left with Chapman and Ondrusek "unavailable"

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Could have used Bray, but its a minor gripe. He kinda had to use Simon.

The geeks saying Marshall should have been in are geeks. Not on the road.

 

[Rudi]

Oh i agree Marshall had to be saved if we got a lead. The main problem here is Simon shouldn't be on the team.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Simon must go. Call up literally anybody with options who can be sent back down when Masset is ready. ANYBODY.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Brackman, Hoover, Lotzkar and Villarreal are the four pitchers on the 40-man, with options, in the minors & healthy.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Reds could really use Jared Burton right about now.

 

[Rudi]

I never realized how many former Reds play for the Padres...volquez, alonso, MICAH OWINGS, CHRIS DENORFIA

 

[Rudi]

Chicken Alfredo Simon gained a little respect from me tonight. Still, this offense is trash so far.

 

[Rudi]

Man this team is really hard to watch right now. The offense is so bad, swinging at early pitches not getting any hits or anything. :cano:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

GREAT piece on Votto from the Toronto Sun, taking you through his thought process before signing the extension, and some awesome quotes from the Brenneman's, Hal McCoy, Votto, etc.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/14/joey-votto-legend-in-the-making

 

[Slateman]

Speaking as a Nationals fan ... Votto is amazing.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

4-6, here are my thoughts...

The Bad...

-Obviously the team is not hitting. Painful to watch at times.
-The bullpen is taxed because they seem to play extra innings every night. This day off couldn't have come at a better time.
-Even when they score a rare run, it ends up being bad news, as both Phillips & Cairo have pulled muscles rounding third base to score. Doh!

The Bright Side...

-The team has pitched well overall, especially the tired, beat up, taxed bullpen.
-This team has four wins, and would probably have ZERO if not for Aroldis Chapman being untouchable and shutting teams down for two inning chunks in three separate wins, and notching a hold in his other appearance.
-The hitting will come around. I would be concerned if this was a bad lineup, but we know this is a upper echelon offensive team.


Nick Masset can't come back soon enough. With Masset in the mix as the set up man, and Bray rounding into shape (I hear a rumor he would have started the year on the DL had Masset been healthy), Chapman can eventually replace Bailey or whoever gets hurt first in the rotation. But thank god he's been in the pen, or 1-9, 0-10 is a very realistic possibility.

 

[Rudi]

The Reds run total through 9 games was the lowest in franchise history [post 1900] :troy:

 

[Rudi]

via Mark Sheldon...the Reds have called up Todd Frazier aka The TODDFATHER. Not sure what the roster move is officially yet, but it is speculated to be Cairo to the DL

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Yeah, Frazier was on the same flight to STL as Sheldon. I guess the Reds are making sure the plane doesn't crash before they announce the move.

 

[Rudi]

Cairo to the 15 day DL, Frazier up. Official

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Reds "fans" are intolerable.

They rip Baker for the slow start, then he changes the lineup, and they still rip him.

Herp Derp, why is Cozart leading off, why is Strikeout Stubbs batting second Herp Derp!

Cozart has the highest batting average on the team, and Stubbs is in the middle of a 5-game hit streak. That wacky Dusty Baker, trying to get base runners on in front of Joey Votto! Fire him!

Entire lineup (except for Cozart & Stubbs, ironically) is in a slump. It will happen to everybody. It happened to the Reds out of the gate. They will hit their way out of it at some point. Blame the manager if you want, but its a waste of time.

 

[Rudi]

The Reds message boards are hilarious right now. I don't post on them I just read them for humour most of the time. There are already threads talking about who they want to replace Dusty, with names like Terry Francona and Tony Larussa being thrown around. :smh:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Ever notice that Arroyo ALWAYS spins around and grabs his cock when he gives up a dinger?


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