May 26, 200818 yr Author And that's why you don't want to use Harang and Volquez for 6 innings. Brutal L, and now your rotation is in shambles trying to recover... Not as bad as it might seem. I imagine the rotation will look like this. Tuesday-Cueto Wednesday- Arroyo on 3 days rest Thursday- Fogg or perhaps Maloney Friday- Harang Saturday- Volquez Sunday- Cueto
May 26, 200818 yr And that's why you don't want to use Harang and Volquez for 6 innings. Brutal L, and now your rotation is in shambles trying to recover... Brutal L is right, but I don't think the rotation is in as bad of shape as you think. Harang is an absolute workhorse and Volquez didn't throw too many pitches tonight.
May 26, 200818 yr And that's why you don't want to use Harang and Volquez for 6 innings. Brutal L, and now your rotation is in shambles trying to recover... Yep. Unfortunately, Dusty manages and you don't.
May 26, 200818 yr Not as bad as it might seem. I imagine the rotationo will look like this. Tuesday-Cueto Wednesday- Arroyo on 3 days rest Thursday- Fogg or perhaps Maloney Friday- Harang Saturday- Volquez Sunday- Cueto While I agree, the problem is that the Reds play 20 games in 20 days after tomorrow's day off.
May 26, 200818 yr Rest assured that if Freel was in center he may have flipped over the wall. The guy is a terrible baseball player but he goes after everything. "terrible" is a little strong for someone hitting over.300.
May 26, 200818 yr Who should not be on this roster come Monday(sorry, Buffet) ? Matt Belisle. Corey Patterson. Scott Hatteberg. David Ross / Paul Bako / Javier Valentin (you get to pick 1). David Weathers. More to follow...
May 26, 200818 yr And that's why you don't want to use Harang and Volquez for 6 innings. Brutal L, and now your rotation is in shambles trying to recover... Brutal loss for sure. But I have no problem using those two, the Reds needed this game bad. CP, and a host of others should be a little worried, stormy included.
May 26, 200818 yr Belisle and Patterson have to go. Other than that I think they are fine for now... I would be happy with that, although I think we need to get rid of a catcher, also. How can you justify having 3 mediocre catchers? At least Javy is a switch-hitter.
May 26, 200818 yr I think, as I said last week, Stormy should be here but it should not be in the setup role. Affeldt has earned that role IMO...
May 26, 200818 yr Author While I agree, the problem is that the Reds play 20 games in 20 days after tomorrow's day off. That will be more of a strain on the bullpen than the starting rotation. Now a rain out, and a doubleheader could put a serious strain on the rotation.
May 26, 200818 yr I would be happy with that, although I think we need to get rid of a catcher, also. How can you justify having 3 mediocre catchers? At least Javy is a switch-hitter. Javy isn't really a C. He's a solid bench bat that happens to play C and 1B...
May 26, 200818 yr That will be more of a strain on the bullpen than the starting rotation. Now a rain out, and a doubleheader could put a serious strain on the rotation. I'll gladly trade places with any of them. 20 games in 20 days, sign me up. Oh, and I'll take the minimum.
May 26, 200818 yr They need to drop Hatty...bring up another reliever. Maybe Majewski... Patterson has to go. Isn't Hopper about ready to come off DL? Lincoln? Why they carry three catchers is beyond me. Still a winnable division....but the status quo can not exist.
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