btownqb Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 30 minutes ago, 5fouls said: Yes, I think the new shift rules will be huge, not only for Schwarber, but for 80% of all left handed hitters. Gotcha. Wanted to make sure I was thinking correctly. Inside pitches... he either has to go to LC or HR because of the shift. Impossible for him to have a bloop single, essentially. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 Or use the middle of the field, at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 6 hours ago, 5fouls said: Needs to work on the .205 average. He is this generations Dave Kingman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 hours ago, IU Scott said: He is this generations Dave Kingman Because of the shift. He didn't forget how to hit. Plus he hit .270 last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 24 minutes ago, btownqb said: Because of the shift. He didn't forget how to hit. Plus he hit .270 last year. All LH need to learn to hit the other way against the shift especially late in games. To me it is selfish when I see the whole left side open and a hitter not even try to go the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, IU Scott said: All LH need to learn to hit the other way against the shift especially late in games. To me it is selfish when I see the whole left side open and a hitter not even try to go the other way. It's not. Edited July 30, 2022 by btownqb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Reds lose 6-2 to the Orioles after game was tied at 2-2 going the 9th. Buck Farmer gave up 4 run.s in the 9th and once again the bullpen loses the game. The Orioles bullpen is very good and was the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, IU Scott said: Reds lose 6-2 to the Orioles after game was tied at 2-2 going the 9th. Buck Farmer gave up 4 run.s in the 9th and once again the bullpen loses the game. The Orioles bullpen is very good and was the difference. They are ascending. Os are young too. If the 6th playoff spot in the AL ends up being Balt... we should all be pretty happy with that imo. Edited July 30, 2022 by btownqb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Reds traded Castillo to the Mariners for 4 prospects and two of them are in the top 70 prospects in baseball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Reds traded Castillo to the Mariners for 4 prospects and two of them are in the top 70 prospects in baseball. Reds got a good haul but at a certain point what's it matter if in 2-3 years these prospects turn into really good young pros and they ship them for other prospects just to save payroll. In terms of the trade. Great haul for the Reds. In terms of what it matters....I guess TBD. Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Reds got a good haul but at a certain point what's it matter if in 2-3 years these prospects turn into really good young pros and they ship them for other prospects just to save payroll. In terms of the trade. Great haul for the Reds. In terms of what it matters....I guess TBD. Again. Reds now have 6 top 100 prospects in MLB. A lot of the top prospects are SS and 3B and hopefully some are athletic enough to move to the OF. Also their top pick this year was a top 10 prospect in this year's draft. Edited July 30, 2022 by IU Scott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted July 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 I'm beginning to think the Reds arent going to make the playoffs this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2345 Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 9 hours ago, IU Scott said: Reds now have 6 top 100 prospects in MLB. A lot of the top prospects are SS and 3B and hopefully some are athletic enough to move to the OF. Also their top pick this year was a top 10 prospect in this year's draft. This is what rebuilding teams do that’s have had success. Astros and Cubs under Theo to name a couple. Load up on prospects. Decide which ones to build around and then trade the others to fill other holes. All of this while trying to maintain a strong farm system. It appears Krall actually has a plan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Now we wait and see on Mahle. Rumors are the Twins want him. Hoping the Reds can get Alex Kirilloff from them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 10 hours ago, IU Scott said: Reds traded Castillo to the Mariners for 4 prospects and two of them are in the top 70 prospects in baseball. https://www.redsminorleagues.com/2022/07/30/cincinnati-reds-acquire-noelvi-marte-edwin-arroyo-two-other-prospects-in-trade/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 43 minutes ago, DC2345 said: This is what rebuilding teams do that’s have had success. Astros and Cubs under Theo to name a couple. Load up on prospects. Decide which ones to build around and then trade the others to fill other holes. All of this while trying to maintain a strong farm system. It appears Krall actually has a plan. For a small market team that's fine, but once the Cubs won they needed to act more like the big market team (#4) they are and not pull the A's/Rays stuff all the time... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2345 Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, IUFLA said: For a small market team that's fine, but once the Cubs won they needed to act more like the big market team (#4) they are and not pull the A's/Rays stuff all the time... I agree on the Cubs. I was just stating that this is how a good rebuild should be done. Unlike what the Reds did with their previous rebuild attempt under Walt Jocketty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, DC2345 said: I agree on the Cubs. I was just stating that this is how a good rebuild should be done. Unlike what the Reds did with their previous rebuild attempt under Walt Jocketty. Out of those 2 you mentioned, the Astros have done a much better job maintaining a winning team. The only year they haven't contended since they won the WS in 2017 was the COVID year (2020)... Other than that, they've finished 1st in their division every year. I understand the AL West might not be as strong as the NL Central, but making the playoffs is the goal. As much as I despise the Yankees, I admire the way The Boss ran things. He may have went a bit overboard by discounting any season they didn't win the WS, but he was gonna do what it took for his team to win... And that expectation continues today... Edited July 30, 2022 by IUFLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2345 Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 38 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Out of those 2 you mentioned, the Astros have done a much better job maintaining a winning team. The only year they haven't contended since they won the WS in 2017 was the COVID year (2020)... Other than that, they've finished 1st in their division every year. I understand the AL West might not be as strong as the NL Central, but making the playoffs is the goal. As much as I despise the Yankees, I admire the way The Boss ran things. He may have went a bit overboard by discounting any season they didn't win the WS, but he was gonna do what it took for his team to win... And that expectation continues today... I would say that Yankees have taken a big step back in doing that under Cashman. He rarely is aggressive is trades to improve the teams holes they have at the deadline. Which is why they’ve underachieved in the postseason in recent years. He is aggressive in free agency however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, DC2345 said: I would say that Yankees have taken a big step back in doing that under Cashman. He rarely is aggressive is trades to improve the teams holes they have at the deadline. Which is why they’ve underachieved in the postseason in recent years. He is aggressive in free agency however. Their last WS title was in 2009, and The Boss passed in 2010... Correlation? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Young players who the Reds can build around for the future. India 2B Stephenson C or 1B Green SP Lodollo SP Ashcraft SP Prospects De La Cruz SS Marte SS Arroyo SS Collier 3B McClain 3B Williamson SP Phillips SP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 27 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Young players who the Reds can build around for the future. India 2B Stephenson C or 1B Green SP Lodollo SP Ashcraft SP Prospects De La Cruz SS Marte SS Arroyo SS Collier 3B McClain 3B Williamson SP Phillips SP https://www.milb.com/player/alex-mcgarry-685127 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 Stumbled across this: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10043614-potential-2022-mlb-trade-deadline-busts-to-avoid I found it to be an interesting read...metrically speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, rico said: Stumbled across this: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10043614-potential-2022-mlb-trade-deadline-busts-to-avoid I found it to be an interesting read...metrically speaking. Forgot about Diaz as well and he should be our future closer. Until this year Berrios was one of our top prospects and he aus SS as well. Edited July 30, 2022 by IU Scott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud2BAHoosier Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 7 hours ago, IUFLA said: Out of those 2 you mentioned, the Astros have done a much better job maintaining a winning team. The only year they haven't contended since they won the WS in 2017 was the COVID year (2020)... Other than that, they've finished 1st in their division every year. I understand the AL West might not be as strong as the NL Central, but making the playoffs is the goal. As much as I despise the Yankees, I admire the way The Boss ran things. He may have went a bit overboard by discounting any season they didn't win the WS, but he was gonna do what it took for his team to win... And that expectation continues today... Lot of Yankee fans were PO'd, me included. But after we found out what Seattle had to give to get him, we understood why Cashman held his ground. Yankees still need a starter and a reliever to contend with the Strohs. A silver lining is he didn't go to the Mets, Astros or Dodgers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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