April 20, 200917 yr Couldn't agree more, to be good you must beat the bottome feeders. The Reds would have had a much shorter playoff drought stat if they could have beaten the Brewers in '99. Or the Mets:irked:
April 20, 200917 yr I think the year and a half experiment with Brandon Phillips as clean up needs to end. IMO if it doesn't we may have seen the best days for Phillips as a hitter. He no longer seems to be a contact hitter. In the 4 hole his speed is a waste. He's never gonna bunt batting 4th. He has walked more but he's still swinging for the fences. Who batted clean up for Louisville when Votto & Bruce were there?
April 20, 200917 yr I think the year and a half experiment with Brandon Phillips as clean up needs to end. IMO if it doesn't we may have seen the best days for Phillips as a hitter. He no longer seems to be a contact hitter. In the 4 hole his speed is a waste. He's never gonna bunt batting 4th. He has walked more but he's still swinging for the fences. Who batted clean up for Louisville when Votto & Bruce were there? They don't have a 4 hitter currently so he's where he should be. I agree that he isn't a 4 hitter, but he's their best option.
April 20, 200917 yr The max games Owings can play in the field is 2 a week I think. Not the game after or before his starts. I like the role he is in now. I think he will surely be used as the DH a lot in inter league play. He should bat 7th tomorrow.
April 20, 200917 yr Under MLB rules, you can only DH for a pitcher, right? I'm not sure but it wouldn't matter. If a lefty is throwing he should DH for the pitcher. If he's pitching they won't use a DH for him. Edited April 20, 200917 yr by SSC
April 20, 200917 yr Author It looks as if Arroyo not only has a personal catcher this year, but a personal SS also. :lol: Willy Taveras, cf Jerry Hairston, lf Joey Votto, 1b Brandon Phillips, 2b Edwin Encarnacion, 3b Darnell McDonald, rf Ryan Hanigan, c Paul Janish, ss Bronson Arroyo, rhp
April 20, 200917 yr The Reds .210 batting avg. is the lowest in the ML. Not good. I haven't did the math, but if you take out Alex G. then it would have to go up at least a bit. Not to mention Phillips is hitting terribly as well.
April 20, 200917 yr It looks as if Arroyo not only has a personal catcher this year, but a personal SS also. :lol: Willy Taveras, cf Jerry Hairston, lf Joey Votto, 1b Brandon Phillips, 2b Edwin Encarnacion, 3b Darnell McDonald, rf Ryan Hanigan, c Paul Janish, ss Bronson Arroyo, rhp Thought Bruce was supposed to be back tonight?
April 20, 200917 yr Author The Reds .210 batting avg. is the lowest in the ML. Not good. That makes their 6-5 start a little more encouraging. While I don't feel the Reds are going to be a great, or even good hitting club, I do fully expect them to hit better than they have been.
April 20, 200917 yr I think we all could be witnessing history this year....The Reds have possibly assembled the worst offensive team in the history of Major League Baseball.
April 20, 200917 yr Author I think we all could be witnessing history this year....The Reds have possibly assembled the worst offensive team in the history of Major League Baseball. I'll take this year's offensive team over the 1983 Reds any day.
April 20, 200917 yr Thought Bruce was supposed to be back tonight? Against a lefty, probably better to come off the bench tonight.
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