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Thats 4 straight and the Reds are getting brilliant pitching.

You knew the bats would wake up or at least yours truly did.

Derek Deitrich has 4 dingers to lead Cincinnati.

Scooter who?

Always nice thumpin the Cardinals. Bye Bye 5 game win streak losers.

I told you Kev, pitching is the name of the game and the Reds have a boatload for a change.

150 years since the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first pro team in 1869.

oh yeah, its gonna happen.:pimp:
 
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Still need to dump Matt Kemp and leave Ervin up, management won’t do it but it desperatly needs to happen
 
scary thing is Puig isnt hitting much yet and Alex Wood has yet to pitch although he is getting close!!!

And Scooter will be back soon enough!!!

This team is loaded!!!
 
drew_ukfan said:
Still need to dump Matt Kemp and leave Ervin up, management won’t do it but it desperatly needs to happen
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Kemp looks like Buckner walking back into Shea.

Uh, Puig doesn’t look great either...that’s being kind.

The good news is that the starting pitching has been great, and JV hasn’t even caught fire yet.
 
kev69 said:
Kemp looks like Buckner walking back into Shea.

Uh, Puig doesn’t look great either...that’s being kind.

The good news is that the starting pitching has been great, and JV hasn’t even caught fire yet.
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Puig is close to breaking out, he’s putting some good swings on the ball but just missing. That arm was useful tonight.

In my perfect world
1. Dump Kemp, keep Ervin up
2. Alex Wood comes up, use him as long man, send Duke out to pasture
3. Senzel healthy, bring him up, send Farmer down
4. Scooter healthy, send an underperforming OF down (Schebler or Ervin)
5. Trade for a right handed bullpen hammer for the 8th inning or sign Kimbrel on a 1 or 2 year deal
 
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drew_ukfan said:
Puig is close to breaking out, he’s putting some good swings on the ball but just missing. That arm was useful tonight.

In my perfect world
1. Dump Kemp, keep Ervin up
2. Alex Wood comes up, use him as long man, send Duke out to pasture
3. Senzel healthy, bring him up, send Farmer down
4. Scooter healthy, send an underperforming OF down (Schebler or Ervin)
5. Trade for a right handed bullpen hammer for the 8th inning or sign Kimbrel on a 1 or 2 year deal
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I agree that Puig looks close.

SS had a huge hit tonight, but he strikes out at an incredibly high rate. SG being hurt is a killer, he’s probably close to being a JV type hitter.
 
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kev69 said:
I agree that Puig looks close.

SS had a huge hit tonight, but he strikes out at an incredibly high rate. SG being hurt is a killer, he’s probably close to being a JV type hitter.
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Schebs is a very good 4th outfielder, he had a great AB tonight on the RBI single. I think he tries to do too much sometimes. Dietrich has been really good, it’ll be interesting to see how the ABs are sorted when Scoot gets back. 4-0 post brawl
 
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The Reds must have felt like they were in bizarro world playing as the home team and seeing almost 17,000 in the stands.
 
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Schebs is a very good 4th outfielder, he had a great AB tonight on the RBI single. I think he tries to do too much sometimes. Dietrich has been really good, it’ll be interesting to see how the ABs are sorted when Scoot gets back. 4-0 post brawl
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I was down there Tuesday night and woke the bats up for you HH. As long as they put a presentable product on the field I'm happy after the last few years
 
The wife bought me a sweet Reds shirt this week and they haven't lost since. It's relevant to us because the last time her Dad bought one they went on a big losing streak. We joked around that hopefully this one would come with a big winning streak. So far so good. :)
 
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Winker is coming around, like I said don't give up on him. .299 career hitter coming into the year.

Need to be playing Matt Kemp more now if you realistically expect to get anything for him at the deadline otherwise teams will low ball the Reds on offers for him. On an expiring contract and at his age there isn't much benefit to keeping him around. Flip him for a dependable reliever or to fill any apparent holes this team may have as the season goes on. He wore down in the 2nd Half last season after being named to the All-Star Team. Even lost his role as a full time starter and batted .174 in the Postseason.

I'd prefer to deal Schebler while he has some degree of potential left in him. Scott has shown flashes of success in small doses. He's proven mostly to be inconsistent and injured a lot. Trade him before the book is out that he is damaged goods and can still be a contributor for some OF depleted team.

No one should get in Nick Senzel's way in the OF when he is called up. Development isn't going to happen by riding the bench. Not a proponent of delaying the future and by the time he returns the Reds would have secured an extra year of team control. He's more than paid his dues in the minors.

Ervin and Dietrich are more the capable reserve outfielders behind Puig, Winker and Senzel. Derek Dietrich deserves to keep his roster spot when Scooter returns and when Nick Senzel gets called up. He's a proven Major Leaguer and it baffles me why a garbage team like Miami cut him. Knows his role and produces in it. He filled in remarkably a couple seasons ago for Dee Gordon at 2B when Dee received an 80-game PED suspension.

Not worried at all about Schebler and Kemp being moved. Would like to have Puig for a couple seasons until Taylor Trammell develops enough to make his MLB debut. If the Reds have proven anything in the past, they are very conservative when it comes to calling up prospects later than many teams do. Can go on and on of past examples of this. If Puig walks at the end of the year, I'm confident with a future outfield of Senzel, Winker and Trammell.

Curt Casali never gets mentioned. He is a solid hitter off the bench and has came up already in some key pinch hit situations. No qualms with Tucker Barnhart yet. Barnhart is a top defensive catcher and has been competent so far with the bat. Anything offensively with him is a bonus

Luis Castillo is turning into a legit Ace for Cincinnati. All of these young stars are getting extensions, Cincinnati better consider this before losing him. Should Sonny Gray pitch like his last 2 outings whenever he faces quality opponents, there's a potent 1-2 punch that could lead Cincy to at least one of the 2 Wild Card Spots. Getting his Vandy pitching coach Derek Johnson has been a great addition to the coaching staff.

Tyler Mahle will regress, he's been dominant so far. So long as he is anywhere close to that, keep him in the rotation and don't mess with success when Alex Wood returns.

Between DeSclafani and Sonny Gray expect an IL stint at some point. Wood is already there. Should we get lucky with no more injuries to the starters going forward, I'd lean more towards putting Roark in the bullpen as a long reliever. His previous starts are more indicative of him as a pitcher than tonight's game vs STL. Not worried about Raisel's shakiness so far. He started last year off the same way and always comes around.

The Marlins have been kind to the Reds the last few years. Disco & Castillo in trades, cut Dietrich and he comes to the Reds.
 
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Barnhart has a team friendly contract. It wouldn't surprise me to see him packaged with Kemp to a A.L. team that needs a catcher.
Casali can be a starting catcher IMO.
Kemp would bring nothing back but maybe Barnhart could bring back a solid reliever and the pen needs one bad.
If things keep going like they have for Iglesias then Robert Stephenson may end up being the closer.
Iglesias needs to drop a pitch. He throws way to many different pitches from many different angles for a closer. A starting pitcher needs 3-4 pitches but a closer only needs two. Maybe Johnson will get Iglesias to scrap at least one of his pitches.
 
HerrosHeroes said:
waaaaaaaa
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your black sox gave the Reds their 1st WS title 100 years ago this season!

thanks crook
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Ed Roush went to his grave saying the 19 Reds were better than the Sox anyways. My great great great great great great great grandpa said so to [laughing]
 
This relief pitching is driving me insane. I dont trust a damn one of them besides Garrett. And R Iglesias....what is going on with him?! Peralta and Hernandez need to go.

Hopefully when Senzel comes up and Scooter comes back a few of these doodoo relievers get jettisoned. Id rather keep J Iglesias and Dietrich on our roster than some of those bums.
 
Raisel Iglesias will turn it around. Not my biggest concern, it's this damn offense. Besides, he's survived too many trade deadlines for a Red and making moves burns a hole through Cincinnati's pocket. He gone this this year!!
 
4-1 Win! Always nice to see Votto homer these days and in CF at Petco Park. Winker continuing his recent power surge. Opposite field homers are a norm for Jesse. Should bode well for him because you can't shift a guy like that and that LF Wall in GABP when the weather heats up. Really believe he's going to breakout this season. Even Tucker put one over the wall. The fences may have came in a little in Petco from the older days however you play there once a season. That's 2 straight quality starts from Tanner Roark against winning clubs. If he can continue this run again against an above .500 team I'll be all in on him. Clean inning and a save for Raisel Iglesias.
 
Dietrich go ahead 2 run bomb in the 11th tonight. 1 or 2 homers this early you could pass off as luck given his career totals but this guy is proving his worth. Tied with Winker for the team lead in home runs. Can't lose this series, worse is a split. San Diego above .500 to start the series and has given the Reds trouble in recent years despite being about as bad as Cincinnati in that time.
 
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Dietrich go ahead 2 run bomb in the 11th tonight. 1 or 2 homers this early you could pass off as luck given his career totals but this guy is proving his worth. Tied with Winker for the team lead in home runs. Can't lose this series, worse is a split. San Diego above .500 to start the series and has given the Reds trouble in recent years despite being about as bad as Cincinnati in that time.
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Hated getting swept in LA, but glad they took 3 of 4 in SD. Hopefully they can have a good series against Atlanta and get some momentum building. still a tough road ahead with a lot of road games and another trip out west on the horizon, but I guess that means at some point they will have a big stretch of home games.

Glad Senzel is getting back on the field regularly in Louisville now and hopefully can stay healthy. Not sure where Gennett is in his recovery, but I don't expect him back until June at least. They're really missing his bat in the lineup. (assuming the last two seasons weren't a fluke) It would be nice to have a lineup with 4 guys who are capable of hovering around .300 at the plate in Votto, Gennett, Senzel and Suarez
 
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Hated getting swept in LA, but glad they took 3 of 4 in SD. Hopefully they can have a good series against Atlanta and get some momentum building. still a tough road ahead with a lot of road games and another trip out west on the horizon, but I guess that means at some point they will have a big stretch of home games.

Glad Senzel is getting back on the field regularly in Louisville now and hopefully can stay healthy. Not sure where Gennett is in his recovery, but I don't expect him back until June at least. They're really missing his bat in the lineup. (assuming the last two seasons weren't a fluke) It would be nice to have a lineup with 4 guys who are capable of hovering around .300 at the plate in Votto, Gennett, Senzel and Suarez
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Yeah they sure are getting a heavy dose of the west to include the American League West trips to OAK, LAA & SEA on the schedule this year. Baseball can be crazy. Last year, Cincy swept LA four games at Dodgers Stadium and that season played out awfully, granted that was during the Reds best run of the season. Then over the weekend, the Reds win their first series vs San Diego since 2012, a great season for the Reds winning 97 games. Couldn't understand our struggles with SD when they've been near as bad as Cincinnati over the years.

Hoping we can get this team back at full strength with minimal injuries so we can see this team at peak potential. The Starting Pitching has intrigued me enough that when Scooter returns and get Senzel's debut that the Reds could have a strong 2nd half if they can just weather the storm right now. Haven't heard a real update on Scooter in awhile but the original prognosis was 8-12 weeks so about All-Star Break time frame I assume. Sounds like Alex Wood may be close to a return around Mid-May or so.

The good thing is no one is running away with the NL Central. Pittsburgh winning right now and I don't think that will last. Even before the Starling Marte injury. I like Milwaukee to win the division with the dangerous Christian Yelich leading the charge. Can see Cincinnati in the hunt for a Wildcard spot best case scenario when you check the NL East and West Division standings currently. Still think this team is a couple seasons off from being a real contender should ownership pay to keep the roster intact and avoid another fire sale. A pipe dream. A lot of "what ifs" surrounding this team as usual but it is reasonable to see this team finish above .500 playing near their peak potential and stay healthy for the most part.
 
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