May 28, 200719 yr Late July or early August. Doing it now is a bad idea any way I look at it. 4 months for flaws to be exposed. Fun... 4 months? Heck, the others have done it in 2.
May 28, 200719 yr Author 4 months to get experience and adapt to the Major League game.... That's a glass is overflowing view on the situation. How often does that work with what we have in place right now? Keep in mind that as we got to the all star break last year all the word was there was so little trade able talent on the market because so few teams were out of it. Well, the Reds are going to be out of it with trade worthy situations at hand. Cutting or trading those guys now is bad management we'll be talking about after a loss next year...
May 28, 200719 yr Author 4 months? Heck, the others have done it in 2. Are you really a glutton for that much punishment???
May 28, 200719 yr I can management riding this out for another few weeks...getting them closer to the All-Star break and then looking to deal. This is a team that most preseason rags predicted to finish is the "sub-Central'... I at least bring Dumatrait up and give him a hack at the 5th spot. There is no reason to run Saarloos out there for another start. The way Narron has motored through the bullpen the first two months, he needs another long reliever. However...it is going to be a hard sell for the fans.
May 28, 200719 yr Glavine was 21 when he made his debut in August of 1987. Then he was a fresh 22 year old that went 7-17 in 34 starts on a team that lost 105 games. John Smoltz was 21 when he went 2-7 on that same wretched team. Not saying Dumatrait and Bailey are the next Smoltz and Glavine...but it would be nice to find out. Dumatrait is 25 years old and will be 26 this summer. Give him a shot at the 5th spot, plus he is a lefty, something the rotation is sorely lacking. Bailey is 21 years old...that is not too young.
May 28, 200719 yr Author Smoltz and Glavine are now the bar for Homer and SP "B"? Ouch. Show me a list of "can't miss" that "missed"? The fun part is Homer at 22 and 7-17 would be run out of this town. I love when my point comes full circle...
May 28, 200719 yr Do you think the city would give up on Homer if he went 7-17 on a team that is on pace to beat the 82 Reds? Maybe the Reds should try to sign Erik Hansen or Jerry Reuss...is Sun Kim still available. Then you are all for Saarloos getting another start? Who knows if these guys are "can't miss". The Reds have a couple of nice rides in the lot, let's take them for a spin. My point with the comparisons to Glavine and Smoltz is that despite their early struggles they developed on bad teams....and I think this Reds team qualifies as a BAD team. Give them some seasoning...Dumatrait should at least be given a shot...he is no spring chicken. So GT, you are OK with the status quo?
May 28, 200719 yr Author I'm far from OK with what is going on so far. But I think 82% of the "fixes" suggested have been played out time and again over the last decade. I wasn't sold on it then, and I'm not sold on it now. Clear enough???
May 28, 200719 yr I'm far from OK with what is going on so far. But I think 82% of the "fixes" suggested have been played out time and again over the last decade. I wasn't sold on it then, and I'm not sold on it now. Clear enough??? Since you are against 82% of the "fixes," does that mean you are part of the Reds' 18%?:sssh:
May 28, 200719 yr Sarloos DFA'd, and Livingston back up. If I'm Dumatrait I'm wondering what the heck I have to do. I'm sure Sarloos will be picked up rather quickly. I have to agree with Sarloos's comments. 'They need answers, but I don't feel like I'm the problem. I had three bad innings in 20 appearances. I don't think I'm the problem'
May 28, 200719 yr Author Change for the sake of change. Strap in folks. It's going to get even uglier...
May 28, 200719 yr Well it looks like Saarloos accepted an assignment to Louisville, which I'm certainly glad he did.
May 28, 200719 yr Author Saarloos wasn't a problem out of the pen. So they send him down to work out of the pen and bring up a guy with no real big league relief experience...
May 28, 200719 yr CTR has said he made a mistake, and that Saarloos still had options, and that he was just optioned to Louisville and was not DFA'd.
May 28, 200719 yr Makes no sense to me, if he is struggling as a starter, you put him back in the pen, no need to send him down to AAA. Good to see the people in charge are making moves to make moves and not doing anything to really help this team.
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