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Cincinnati should have considered cheap 1-year deals on players like Jean Segura and Austin Meadows on a veteran's minimum contract with incentives instead of letting them waste at home. Low-risk/high-reward options that can easily be waived when players start to get healthy than dicking off with players like Espinal, Thompson and India nowhere near looking like his old self out there. Instead, those level of FA's are behind and not in game shape so they continue to trot out rejects that wouldn't even be competitive in the International League. Seeing how late in ST pitchers like Lorenzen, Snell and Montgomery signed and already playing, those guys I mentioned could have been ready by now.
^CES with a big night too and is turning it around. Had 3 hits and drove in a couple. Elly De La Cruz opposite field home run. Even Buck Farmer contributed pitching 2 innings of the bullpen's 4 2/3 scoreless innings. Moll picking up where he left off in 2023. Glad to have his arm back in the mix.
Last night was good to see, but think they should have let Abbott try to get out of that jam in the 5th before pulling him at only 79 pitches. They had a decent lead, let him work out of it.
Thought it was a good move, Abbot had walked the bases full and then Cruz shut the Phillies down
Clutch hitting by Espinal to drive in two there. EDLC ground rule double driving in one. Benson with a home run tonight and the RBI single. He has been struggling but still like the guy though and Stephenson has been better this season. Overall, this was a good lineup Bell put out there moving up EDLC, Steer, Martini and Stephenson in the order.
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But watch Bell throw another screwy lineup out there tomorrow
Bell pitching Pagan 2 days in a row was not great
Yeah but he struck out a batter after he did that. A DP get him out of the inning. I know Cruz mowed down the next two. Just would have liked to see Abbot have the chance to work out of the jam, especially when he should have still had some gas in the tank.
Likely so especially if India is back in the lineup which they seemed to indicate would be a possibility. I know no one has really taken off yet in the leadoff spot. Out of Fairchild, India struggling and Benson...I would give Will another chance tomorrow and see if this will be the start of a run for him building off last night. Let India find his way at the bottom of the order. I like EDLC, Steer and CES at the top 2-4 the way it was tonight with the players Bell has to work with right now.
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