Game Thread: Dodgers at Reds — 2007.08.07
Back home today to face the Dodgers. Bronson Arroyo is pitching, and the Reds made a couple of roster moves prior to the game:
The team optioned left-handed pitcher John Coutlangus to AAA Louisville and placed utility player Ryan Freel on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to last Friday.
Freel is scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery Wednesday to repair torn cartilage in his right knee, and team officials said a prognosis will be made afterward.
To fill their roster spots, the Reds recalled right-hander Gary Majewski from Louisville and reinstated left-handed Eddie Guardado from the 60-day disabled list.
Ugh, Majewski. I think I’m going to vomit.
I’m surprised about Coutlangus, for what it’s worth. I didn’t expect him to be demoted. And why Majewski instead of Bill Bray?
August 7th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Why Coutlangus instead of Coffey?
August 7th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Wayne’s back on the crack pipe again, that’s why.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
If *we* are asking “Why Coutlangus and not Coffey?” Imagine what they are wondering in the clubhouse…
August 7th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
i would love for the players to start making public comments about this idiocy.
even the enquirer/post folks are finally on the anti-krivsky wagon.
with two months left, why did he waste an option on coutlangus? there are no logical answers…
August 7th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Dunn with a two out RBI!
August 7th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Hmm Conine’s 3-18 lifetime against Hendrickson, why exactly is he in the lineup? As I mentioned in the Keppinger thread, I liked starting him at 1st but oh well.
As I type, Dunn big hit (where they ain’t) but I’ll take it.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
I love you, Edwin.
3-0, Reds.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
EdE, EdE, EdE
August 7th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Wooo, Edwin! Extra-bases!
August 7th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Hopefully Coffey and Majewski are former Reds next season. I’ve had enough of both.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
And the best part is that it gives Bronson a breather on the bench, and then he comes back out and has a quick 9-pitch inning. Still 40 pitches through just two innings.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
We need a ten run lead, so that Majewski has a chance of holding it when he comes in later.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Maybe they’re gonna cut Coffey.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Don’t think they’ll cut Coffey. They just signed him to a new contract. Wayne isn’t going to do anything that will admit he made a dumb move.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
HR, BP!
August 7th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Griffey turned his ankle. I hope he’s okay.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Oh no, Junior might be hurt. May just be a turned ankle, though.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Reds offense looking very sharp recently. They’re doing their level best to get Majewski that 10-run cushion.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Chad, I didn’t realize that about Coffey. Sounds like Coffey and Majewski are his two never-ending “projects”.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
I (and Krivsky) wouldn’t cut Coffey (1 year removed from a good year). I forgot about the decent contract but he should really be in his prime this year, not giving up .324 average and who knows how ugly the ops against is.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
again..EdE, EdE, EdE
August 7th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
3 straight multi-hit games for Incarnation (It took me way too long to spot that obvious translation. I wonder how that became a last name.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Well, chalk that up as a big baserunning blunder. Gonzalez picked off first with the bases loaded and two out. Bad.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I’m a fan of Coffey, for what it’s worth. But I couldn’t have argued with a demotion.
And I wouldn’t dump him, either. He’s young, and young pitchers are inconsistent. Plus, he hasn’t pitched that many innings. Bad performances are magnified in a small sample size.
He’s been pretty bad lately, though.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
I REALLY dislike Gonzalez. Terrible, Freel-like baserunning screws the Reds out of a bases loaded situation without giving Ross a chance to swing the bat.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Actually, that contract doesn’t show up on the redlegnation Salary Chart. Making near-minimum in 2007, Coffey signed a 2008 extension in April for $925k.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
The extension is what I was referring to.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
After a 31 pitch first inning, Arroyo got through the next three innings on 28 pitches combined. Good, since he seems to be pitchcount-sensitive in his subsequent starts.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Arroyo getting in trouble in the 6th
August 7th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
. . . thanks to another error committed behind him. But Arroyo works out of it; good job.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Danny Graves turns just 34 years old today.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Down in Louisville at the moment, Josh Hamilton and Jorge Cantu are each 2-3. Cantu has been hot since being acquired: .317/.364/.463 as a RiverBat.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Well, Arroyo can’t get the loss, but I fully expect the bullpen to blow the win for him.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
It’s Stanton.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
And both of Stanton’s chins.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
I gotta say, I love Griffey’s nickname for Stanton: “Mr. Incredible.”
August 7th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Mr. Snacks
August 7th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
More like, big body, little legs, and past his prime.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
What kind of eighth innings was that? It started off in typical fashion - hits for the first two batters - but ended up without any runs scoring. Weird feeling.
And still a shutout going, 4-0.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Wow, Burton can look pretty good sometimes.
August 7th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Where did Coutlangus come from?
August 7th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Can that really be the first time we’ve beaten the Dodgers in more than two years?
August 7th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Welcome to the era of the new unbalanced schedule, Chad. Thank Bud Selig for the fact that a team-vs-team losing streak, between to former bigtime rivals, can now easily last through parts of three seasons.
August 7th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
To answer Jared: Jon Coutlangus was claimed off waivers from San Francisco last spring (2006). Former outfielder, converted to pitcher in just 2005.