rico Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 31 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: Read an article last night they are a gamblers dream for the under. Excellent pitching/horrible hitting. Reds are 20-6-1 this season so far when taking the under. Always a silver lining! And Pete Rose says hello.....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 My Twins take 2 of 3 from the Astros and now 2.5 games ahead of the Indians. Second highest winning percentage in all of baseball, behind only the Cardinals. I am realistic enough to realize, however, that they have played and beat Baltimore 6 times already this season. Reality comes quickly. Weekend four game series in the Bronx starts tonight. I would be happy to split the four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: My Twins take 2 of 3 from the Astros and now 2.5 games ahead of the Indians. Second highest winning percentage in all of baseball, behind only the Cardinals. I am realistic enough to realize, however, that they have played and beat Baltimore 6 times already this season. Reality comes quickly. Weekend four game series in the Bronx starts tonight. I would be happy to split the four. Your Twinkies are looking good....to me, that is a division that is up for grabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 Kluber getting his arm fractured last night and not pitching well anyway this season has really made the Indians vulnerable. Twins have a legit chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Seeking6 said: After a horrible 2-7 start Cubs are 14-5 since. Start a stretch where we play 26 of next 27 days...but 17 of next 23 are at home. Real good chance to get 10-13 games above .500 by the end of May. Still need Rizzo, Bryant to heat up but there are signs of that happening. Baez, Contreras, and Heyward all hitting over .300 since the Reds started 1-8 they are 12-9 and have one of the best pitching staffs in the league. The problem is that they have scored 3 runs or less in 20 games this year and most of their hitters is batting around .200 or below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danomatic Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 I still feel like the Reds have a lot of promise this year, because let’s face it... the offense will get better. The pitching staff will get a boost when Wood returns. Also, the offense should get a nice jolt with Senzel coming up tomorrow and Scooter coming back in a couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 57 minutes ago, Danomatic said: I still feel like the Reds have a lot of promise this year, because let’s face it... the offense will get better. The pitching staff will get a boost when Wood returns. Also, the offense should get a nice jolt with Senzel coming up tomorrow and Scooter coming back in a couple of weeks. A lot of people forget about Scooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 minute ago, rico said: A lot of people forget about Scooter. When Scooter comes back I hope that keep Inglesias as the starting short stop and not go back to Peraza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 11 minutes ago, IU Scott said: When Scooter comes back I hope that keep Inglesias as the starting short stop and not go back to Peraza. Peraza would appear to be the odd man out when Scooter comes back for a variety of reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 3 hours ago, IU Scott said: since the Reds started 1-8 they are 12-9 and have one of the best pitching staffs in the league. The problem is that they have scored 3 runs or less in 20 games this year and most of their hitters is batting around .200 or below. You can update that stat to 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 7 minutes ago, 5fouls said: You can update that stat to 21. I think they have now been shutout 5 or 6 times so far this year. I just can't see it getting that much better because it is not like this is just a small sample but now they have played 20% of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 Everyone knows how much I hate analytics and right now David Bell is driving me crazy how he uses them on most decisions. Last night for instance he took out Discafani(sp)? aft 5.2 innings and 85 pitches while giving up runs on3 hits. He gave up a double with two outs in the 6th and they took him out. In the top of the 8th inning the Reds got their first two batters on 1st and 2nd with the score 0-0 and should have had Shebler bunt but he let him swing away and he hit in a double play. He uses the computer way to often when making a decision instead of actually having a feel for the game and make your decision with that. Lucky for the Reds that they pulled out the game with a homerun in the 9th to win 1-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 2 hours ago, IU Scott said: Everyone knows how much I hate analytics and right now David Bell is driving me crazy how he uses them on most decisions. Last night for instance he took out Discafani(sp)? aft 5.2 innings and 85 pitches while giving up runs on3 hits. He gave up a double with two outs in the 6th and they took him out. In the top of the 8th inning the Reds got their first two batters on 1st and 2nd with the score 0-0 and should have had Shebler bunt but he let him swing away and he hit in a double play. He uses the computer way to often when making a decision instead of actually having a feel for the game and make your decision with that. Lucky for the Reds that they pulled out the game with a homerun in the 9th to win 1-0 First off, Reds fans refer to him as Disco so they don't have to spell his name! And yes, Bell's metrics have been called into question a time or ten already....including by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 2 hours ago, rico said: First off, Reds fans refer to him as Disco so they don't have to spell his name! And yes, Bell's metrics have been called into question a time or ten already....including by me. Was unable to follow the game today so I was wondering why Mahle only went 5 innings. At this rate he will burn out the bull pen by June and will really be in trouble then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 My local paper was wrong as Twins at Yankees starts tomorrow. Instead, played and beat the Astros, 8-2. Took 3 out of 4 from them. Even beat Verlander this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 8 hours ago, IU Scott said: Everyone knows how much I hate analytics and right now David Bell is driving me crazy how he uses them on most decisions. Last night for instance he took out Discafani(sp)? aft 5.2 innings and 85 pitches while giving up runs on3 hits. He gave up a double with two outs in the 6th and they took him out. In the top of the 8th inning the Reds got their first two batters on 1st and 2nd with the score 0-0 and should have had Shebler bunt but he let him swing away and he hit in a double play. He uses the computer way to often when making a decision instead of actually having a feel for the game and make your decision with that. Lucky for the Reds that they pulled out the game with a homerun in the 9th to win 1-0 Bryan Price is looking for a job.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 2 hours ago, IU Scott said: Was unable to follow the game today so I was wondering why Mahle only went 5 innings. At this rate he will burn out the bull pen by June and will really be in trouble then. National League baseball my friend....nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 Permit me a moment as I reverse my jacket to orange and blue, but that was a superhero performance from Thor today. A complete game 1-0 shutout and hitting the only HR? That's about as old school as it gets....like little league old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 5 hours ago, Zlinedavid said: Permit me a moment as I reverse my jacket to orange and blue, but that was a superhero performance from Thor today. A complete game 1-0 shutout and hitting the only HR? That's about as old school as it gets....like little league old school. Rick Wise old school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 9 hours ago, Zlinedavid said: Permit me a moment as I reverse my jacket to orange and blue, but that was a superhero performance from Thor today. A complete game 1-0 shutout and hitting the only HR? That's about as old school as it gets....like little league old school. I think I heard on the radio yesterday that Thor's accomplishment was the first time that a pitcher had thrown a 1-0 shutout and hit the game winning home run in 34 years. Last guy to do it was Bob Welch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 8 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: I think I heard on the radio yesterday that Thor's accomplishment was the first time that a pitcher had thrown a 1-0 shutout and hit the game winning home run in 34 years. Last guy to do it was Bob Welch. Yep. Last time it happened was June 17th, 1983. Pretty phenomenal when you mix in 36 years in between stats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlinedavid Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: Yep. Last time it happened was June 17th, 1983. Pretty phenomenal when you mix in 36 years in between stats! And I think they said it had only happened somewhere around 13 times in MLB history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 https://www.foxnews.com/sports/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-mlb-dreams Not sure where to put this, either here or in the Jeopardy thread. For IUScott's sake, here's to hoping that the team who reached out to James is not the Reds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-mlb-dreams Not sure where to put this, either here or in the Jeopardy thread. For IUScott's sake, here's to hoping that the team who reached out to James is not the Reds. I'll take him with the Cubs in a heartbeat. That level of thinking....why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted May 3, 2019 Report Share Posted May 3, 2019 Will be at the friendly confines tomorrow cheering on my Redbirds. Hoping for at least 2 out of 3 this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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