Reds... Couple of questions...

[trueblujr2]

Can they just ditch Brian Price already and name Lou Pinella the interim Manager?

Who will be their lone representative in the All-Star game? I'm guessing this is Zach Cozarts year. Nobody's getting voted in, that's for damn sure.

 

[Tskware]

Can they just ditch Brian Price already and name Lou Pinella the interim Manager?

Who will be their lone representative in the All-Star game? I'm guessing this is Zach Cozarts year. Nobody's getting voted in, that's for damn sure.

Why is Simon still running out there every fifth day, when Robert Stephenson is at AAA, but still has a 2-0 record for the Reds this season?

Are we ever going to see Jesse Winker?

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Other viable All-Star candidates would be Adam Duvall or Jay Bruce if he isn't traded prior to the All-Star break. I don't think Pinella manages again. Would rather see them go with the trend of young managers/players' managers and bring in Barry Larkin. Hire Eric Davis as the hitting coach. Wouldn't mind Paul O'Niell. He is a great leader and doesn't put up with bullshit.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Why is Simon still running out there every fifth day, when Robert Stephenson is at AAA, but still has a 2-0 record for the Reds this season?

Are we ever going to see Jesse Winker?

Wouldn't mind to see them call up Phillip Ervin either. It irks me why they kept bringing on these reject starting pitchers from the minors and left Stephenson as you mentioned pitched good up here. Cincinnati is too conservative with their prospects. Chris Welsh during Spring Training broadcasts hinted at that during conversations in the booth with the GM. Even felt like Bruce, Votto, & definitely Frazier who was older for a rookie, were kept in the minors when they were ready to contribute at the MLB level. I don't get why they delay the future and play some of these rejects when we're not competitive anyhow. Good opportunity for the young guys to get MLB experience.

 

[BoulderCat]

Despite my avatar over there I'm still a Reds fan. I hate when the two play. I follow them in the standings, but am not up with what's going on. Still, I[m amazed, they had a very good team like 3-5 years ago, and it's been absolutely destroyed, and I saw the comment Jay Bruce might be traded before the AS star. What in the world happened? Bad ownership, general manager?

The Rockies have their problems to. In an email exchange in 2014 with a long time season ticket holder one of the team owners said Denver doesn't deserve a MLB team. The fan turned the whole thread over the media, and a lot of fans were angered especially since they are always among the attendance leaders despite 17 losing seasons in 23 years. Now there's a "Boycott Coors Field" effort and webpage.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

The small market excuse teams give does not fly with me. Some teams have been thriving being at the bottom in overall team payroll. If you can't afford to run with the big dogs and be competitive, shouldn't own a team. You can have multiple business partners if you're serious about winning. The Packers even let their fans own a share of their team. No, I do not believe the Reds ownership is serious about winning. Bob Castelli has been in charge for 10 years, have had multiple fire sales and nothing to show for. 3 playoff appearances and no series wins during those trips. They keep bringing in young talent but when their about to hit free agency, get shipped off. Good grief!

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Pitching Coach Mark Riggins fired. I think management needs to be gone completely, clean house. These guys know nothing but losing. Riggins is the scape goat in all of this. The Reds really thought they had something when the decision was made to fire Dusty and hire Bryan Price who was "such a good pitching coach" and a "hot name" to land a managerial job at the the time, lol Should have let some other hapless fool hire him.

 

[KingsportKat]

The Packers even let their fans own a share of their team.

The Packers have been a publicly owned not-for-profit entity since Day 1 (1923). They last offered shares to the public in 2012. Unique ownership model.

 

[pump4uk]

Pitching Coach Mark Riggins fired. I think management needs to be gone completely, clean house. These guys know nothing but losing. Riggins is the scape goat in all of this. The Reds really thought they had something when the decision was made to fire Dusty and hire Bryan Price who was "such a good pitching coach" and a "hot name" to land a managerial job at the the time, lol Should have let some other hapless fool hire him.

IMO, Pitching coaches do not make very good managers. Baseball is more than just knowing pitching and handling staff's. Yea, select few like Bud Black can succeed for a few years. Price was over his head from the start. I do not blame Price. I blame Reds ownership, GM or whatever Jocketty is calling himself these days. Take a look at Reds Minor league's, they are not very good and a small market team like the Reds must have a decent system to replenish the FA losses every year. This year only one Red farm hand at the futures game and that is Amir Garrett. I always thought Catchers make the best managers as they have to know how to handle pitching staffs, defensive situations, hitting, handling Umpire's, etc. They have to know everything going on the field and off.

 

[drainthatub]

Other viable All-Star candidates would be Adam Duvall or Jay Bruce if he isn't traded prior to the All-Star break. I don't think Pinella manages again. Would rather see them go with the trend of young managers/players' managers and bring in Barry Larkin. Hire Eric Davis as the hitting coach. Wouldn't mind Paul O'Niell. He is a great leader and doesn't put up with bullshit.

Sean Casey seems like a good fit as well. Most intense dude I've ever seen and a hell of a hitter..

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

IMO, Pitching coaches do not make very good managers. Baseball is more than just knowing pitching and handling staff's. Yea, select few like Bud Black can succeed for a few years. Price was over his head from the start. I do not blame Price. I blame Reds ownership, GM or whatever Jocketty is calling himself these days. Take a look at Reds Minor league's, they are not very good and a small market team like the Reds must have a decent system to replenish the FA losses every year. This year only one Red farm hand at the futures game and that is Amir Garrett. I always thought Catchers make the best managers as they have to know how to handle pitching staffs, defensive situations, hitting, handling Umpire's, etc. They have to know everything going on the field and off.

Think I mentioned a lot of that already in my other posts in this thread where I stand on assigning the blame to and that is with the upper management. Jock Strap is the President of Baseball Operations and Dick Williams is the GM. Pretty sure GM is just the job title and Jocketty calling all the shots still. Both are jokes but they can only do so much with the cheap skate Bob Castellini. You can build all these damn new features around the stadium every year trying to enhance the fan experience, build new fields in the local community(which is generous) but won't put the money into building a winner in Cincinnati. As I said earlier in my posts, the small market excuse is bullshit. If you can't afford to keep your team competitive, why did you buy the team? Open it up more business partners if your budget isn't enough. I think it is greed on the owner's part. Carl Lindner was the 133rd richest person in the world when he owned the team during one of the worst stretches in Reds history.

Had injury plagued seasons in 2014-15 and fired Dusty prior to that. They got too impatient with that team which was really talented and at their peak, one of the best in MLB. They decided to have another fire sale and I don't believe it's over yet as I fully expect Bruce to be gone. Maybe Cozart too with the signing of that Cuban Free agent Rodriguez who is not known for his bat. Just what we need. People say what you want about Dusty, he at least had Cincinnati above .500 and in the playoffs 3 of his last 4 years. All of his teams he's managed have gone to the playoffs. The trend of player's managers like Terry Francona, Joe Maddon are cut from the same cloth as a Dusty Baker. While I am not a fan of Price given how he got the job, he can only do as good as the players he has around him. This team is a joke this year and he's dealt with an injury plagued team his whole tenure. Cincinnati obviously decided to head to another rebuilding phase and I don't think it was the job for an inexperienced manager. It took Dusty 2 years from when he got the job in 08 to get the team a winning record that hadn't had a winning season since the year 2000 I believe. I would waiver off the idea of not hiring an inexperienced manager for an ex-Red who would be embraced by the franchise and personality would seem to make a good player's manager. I'm high on that trait as a good team chemistry can go a long way.

Disagree about our farm system being depleted. Peraza/Reed though they're called up right now, for how long who knows. Even Price says they don't know the plan for Peraza whether to try and find big league at bats and squeeze him in when opportunity presents itself or play him exclusively at 2B for consistent at bats in Louisville. Reed likely gets bumped when Bailey returns. Other good prospects within the organization are Ervin, Schebler, Winker, Senzel, Garrett, Travieso, Tyler & Robert Stephenson. A few other that are highly regarded. We've got good prospects in the system here but this stubborn ass management is too conservative with young talent. Been that way for well over a decade, prior to the hiring of Jock Strap. IMO Votto and Frazier were all kept in the minors longer than they should have been, most definitely Frazier was an older rookie. Votto looked prime to go in 06 but they were content riding out the washed up Scott Hatteberg who had a decent year at best. Edwin Encarnacion needs to be thanking his lucky stars he got out before his career got ruined by this organization. He had his good moments in Cincinnati but you'd think what he's doing in Toronto would have happened more often in Cincinnati with the small ballpark. Robert Stephenson is 2-0 in MLB and is kept down at Louisville. Drafting talented players is not the issue, it's a rinse and repeat cycle of getting rid of the talent once they are in a contract year and are too cheap to keep them, so nothing is ever accomplished. It's impossible for any organization that "rebuilds" at the rate this team does to be able to replenish enough prospects just as good to fill the voids left of the quality players they deal each trade deadline/offseason and be ready to jump right in from the word go year after year.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Sean Casey seems like a good fit as well. Most intense dude I've ever seen and a hell of a hitter..

I agree with you.The Mayor would be fitting as the Reds manager. I also think he'd be a great player's manager. Teammates, other players and fans all enjoyed his personality during his career.