November 21, 200619 yr And the saga continues. It will be the same story unless they get some more pitching.
November 21, 200619 yr I love the move, he's a little sluggish behind the plate but who do the Reds have that would play SS day to day?
November 21, 200619 yr One error and the guy's a bum? No, 100 K's a year on top of only 4 seasons of over 130 games played makes him a bum. Well...maybe not a bum, but definitely overhyped. We can find a shortstop that will commit 20+ errors per year, get on base only 29% of the time, and strike out 100+ times for a lot less than 5million per year. It seems to me that the Reds are making moves for the sake of making moves.
November 21, 200619 yr The Cardinals won the World Series w/ Jeff Suppan and Weaver. That was an anomaly, most years 83 wins won't get you into the playoffs. They got hot at the right time.
November 21, 200619 yr Not sure except for PURE defense why this is a good move. He can't be any better than Castro defensively and he seems to be a poor hitter with no speed and no ability to get on base.:confused: :confused: Except for pure defensive reasons (CASTRO) I don't get this move.
November 21, 200619 yr Do we realize that we can now have over 100 k's from four regulars in the line-up and the potential for 200k's from another bat? The Red's defense is terrible, but their ability to put the ball in play with runners in scoring position is even worse. Phillips and Hatteburg are the only guys who can go opposite field. If the Red's don't hit a home run, they won't score. If we aren't going to upgrade our pitching staff, at least upgrade our ability to generate runs. I'm not talking about a guy who hits home runs when we the game is no longer in doubt, I'm talking about the guy who can get the runner over when there are less than two outs and the score is close.
November 21, 200619 yr That was an anomaly, most years 83 wins won't get you into the playoffs. They got hot at the right time. I understand that but lately just a few over .500 in the NL might get you in. The Mets number 3 starter wasn't that impressive, nor was the Padres. In the AL the Twins number 3 was decent at best, Yankees was Randy Johnson?...he's 42, The A's was Harden coming off an injury, and the Tigers was a rookie or an old man who might have been pumping something into his body. The Reds need to find a way to score runs just as much or more than they need to worry about adding starting pitching. If Bailey develops into a nice pitcher by the end of they year they have a possibility of not being a bad starting staff. I don't know how they score enough for it to matter.
November 22, 200619 yr From Lance... Alex Gonzalez scouting report from Dan Hoard I talked with Dan at the UC game Tuesday night. Keep in mind he does Pawtucket Red Sox games....the farm team of the Boston Red Sox......and watched a large number of Red Sox games in 2006. He said Gonzalez is the best defensive shortstop he has seen since Ozzie Smith and Omar Visquel in their prime. He said he is a difference maker and game changer in the field. He also added that with the number of fly balls he hits......he will do well in GABP He said Reds fans will LOVE Gonzalez.
November 23, 200619 yr From Lance... Alex Gonzalez scouting report from Dan Hoard I talked with Dan at the UC game Tuesday night. Keep in mind he does Pawtucket Red Sox games....the farm team of the Boston Red Sox......and watched a large number of Red Sox games in 2006. He said Gonzalez is the best defensive shortstop he has seen since Ozzie Smith and Omar Visquel in their prime. He said he is a difference maker and game changer in the field. He also added that with the number of fly balls he hits......he will do well in GABP He said Reds fans will LOVE Gonzalez. Great, but can he run out to leftfield and catch all of Dunn's balls for him as well? I'm ok with an above average shortstop that can extend innings by getting on base 35% of the time. This guy's going to have the pitcher leading off quite a bit. The Reds don't need another home run hitter, so the fly ball argument holds no water unless he can do it with guys on second or on third to move runners. God knows noone else can, with the exception of Phillips.
November 23, 200619 yr From Lance... Alex Gonzalez scouting report from Dan Hoard I talked with Dan at the UC game Tuesday night. Keep in mind he does Pawtucket Red Sox games....the farm team of the Boston Red Sox......and watched a large number of Red Sox games in 2006. He said Gonzalez is the best defensive shortstop he has seen since Ozzie Smith and Omar Visquel in their prime. He said he is a difference maker and game changer in the field. He also added that with the number of fly balls he hits......he will do well in GABP He said Reds fans will LOVE Gonzalez. That makes me feel a little better although anybody compared to Ozzie is a stretch until proven. Still that makes it look better and that might be a good point about the ballpark.
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