In case anybody cares, Reds play Nats today at 3.

43... Closing in on Pete.

 

Up to 45 now with a 1st inning BB today.

Reds will not lose 100 games but will get VERY close.

Have lost 8 straight, I believe.

Only three home games left. But a long year, but I have still enjoyed myself and this has been my personal most successful of the three seasons as a beer vendor.

Is this second half the blow it up many people were wanting at the start of the year? Is this enough like the Astros rebuild or do we need to feel more pain?

Not even in the realm of being close enough, but this is about what you can expect with this group.

 

If they were truly trying to "blow it up" Chapman and Bruce both would've been gone and we'd have seen the likes of Waldrop, Duran, Winker, Rodriguez, Reed, etc. in September.

 

Still a long ways to go. Need to find ways to move Chapman, Bruce, and Phillips in the offseason.

Is this second half the blow it up many people were wanting at the start of the year? Is this enough like the Astros rebuild or do we need to feel more pain?

 

We got about two more years of this if we want to be like the Astros.

Is it a good idea to bring up the really young guys or do you cause a setback by bringing them up before they are ready?

Thank goodness for the Braves and the Phillies.

Thank goodness for the Braves and the Phillies.

 

It ain't over yet.

Is it a good idea to bring up the really young guys or do you cause a setback by bringing them up before they are ready?

 

Depends on who you're talking about.

 

Stephenson and Winker 100% should be up here at the beginning of the season. Same goes for guys like Waldrop or Rodriguez, if they earn themselves a spot. I'd say Garrett, Reed, Duran, and Blandino are guys that should probably start the season in the system.

Why do we want to be like the Astros, they are tanking fast.

Not even in the realm of being close enough, but this is about what you can expect with this group.

 

If they were truly trying to "blow it up" Chapman and Bruce both would've been gone and we'd have seen the likes of Waldrop, Duran, Winker, Rodriguez, Reed, etc. in September.

 

Still a long ways to go. Need to find ways to move Chapman, Bruce, and Phillips in the offseason.

 

I look at a couple of those guys you have listed and don't think they will ever be a major league starter. Why would we waste time playing them?

Why do we want to be like the Astros, they are tanking fast.

 

The best young roster in baseball, one of the best 2-3 farm systems in the game, and in the playoff hunt. You're right, no reason at all to strive for that.