Loading ...Dusty Baker’s favorite son Corey Patterson was recalled from the minor leagues, as we expected. As we also should have expected, Dusty started Patterson…and batted him second in the lineup!!! This is getting to be ridiculous. Why won’t someone in the local media ask Dusty why he’s so moronic when it comes to Patterson? Is there ever any justification to bat Patterson anywhere other than 8th in the lineup? Or ninth?
After an 0-4 night — surprise!!! — here are the updated stats for the Amazing Human Out Machine: .195 batting average, .234 on-base percentage, 576 OPS. That’s our second hitter.
Dusty has done a lot things right this year, but his continued love for Patterson almost undoes everything good he can claim. It is so insane that I can barely find the words to describe it. And Baker keeps playing the guy!!!
I’m so tired of this nonsense….
UPDATE: Daedalus has no patience left. And Jeff has introduced the Corey-O-Meter. I’m clearly not the only blogger who is frustrated.
Baker’s quote in the Enquirer says Patterson is going to play a lot and Dunn is going to continue to be switched out a lot.
“We wanted Corey to stay (in Triple-A) a little longer,” manager Dusty Baker said, “to work on his stroke. But when you analyze the situation – with Junior (Griffey) having soreness and a history of leg problems, with us taking (Adam) Dunn out for defensive reasons, plus the lack of speed, Freel being gone, us being stronger with infielders than outfielders – it pointed to Corey.”
We all know Corey Patterson started off the season on a hot streak. Do you know what he’s done since April 10? I do…
.161/.200/.286
Taking Dunn out for “defensive reasons” usually translates into needing Dunn’s bat later in the game and not having it. They shouldn’t be doing that.
Again, Dusty mentions speed, when Patterson’s is useless when he can’t get on base. Guy’s a moron.
I should clarify. Dusty is a moron. I do not think Patterson is a moron. I just think he’s a crappy baseball player.
Dude, drop it! We get it! I love this blog but I don’t want to read this exact same entry every day. Can we at least come up w/ another angle?
I have a suggestion: Dusty told Corey to re-start his season with this call-up. How about if we track his stats starting yesterday? Let’s see if he can get it together.
Or, far more interesting than any of this… who do we think the Reds are going to take w/ the #7 pick this afternoon?
OK, we start Corey over. After last night his stats are .000/.000/.000
No. Don’t stop. I would ride this pony until something changes.
However, I like keeping track of his line starting yesterday, too: .000/.000/.000.
Maybe if the beat writers see posts like this after EVERY game from EVERY Reds blog when Corey goes 0-3,4,5, they’ll finally get the hint and ask Dusty why this guy isn’t hitting 8th.
It’s science.
For me, seeing Patterson in the lineup ruined the win.
Why can’t Hairston start in the outfield and Janish start at short?
Because Janish isn’t Patterson.
@ Andrew
Major League Jerk huh? nick p?
What I would do if I were an American League manager is trade for all of the good hitting pitchers I could find, trade for Patterson, and let the DH bat in his spot. It can’t lose.
CP has 15 of his 29 hits in six games. That means his other 14 hits are spread out over 40 games. Since Those 14 hits came in single hit games, which mean he has had 26 no-hit games. So CP has been hit less in 56% of the games he played.
That’s the million dollar question daedalus. In one breath, “we weren’t ready to call Patterson up from AAA” and the next “he’s starting and batting 2nd”.
I think he’ll sit today against the lefty, but he should be sitting (or at least hitting lower in the order vs. righties, too.
If 8-9-1-2 are automatic outs, it makes it hard to score any runs.
they left him in to hit against romero last night. didnt go so well
Ross should have hit for Bako in the 8th.
CP has matched his April hitless streak with last night’s performance.
From April13-22 he went 0-22 between hits. During this April streak he did have 3 walks and a SB.
Last night pushed him to 0-22 over his last 22 at-bats. During his last 22 at-bats, no walks and a CS. So, he’s had a .000 obp his last 22 ab’s AND costing the team additional outs (he reached via fielder’s choice.)
Yes, I completely confused why Baker didn’t put a RH in to face Romero. Patterson was the first guy Romero faced, so he would have had to pitch to whoever PH.
Leaving Bako in was equally confusing.
Both situations had RISP.
Anybody heard a line-up for this afternoon’s game?
Bruce will need a day off so Patterson will be in center and leading off.
I don’t know if Janish is an upgrade but he’s at least of unknown offensive quality unlike Patterson who we’ve seen his baseball card and it never gets better.
Does it feel like Narron is back lately? With the overemphasis on righty lefty matchups.I still like Dusty, I just wish a writer would grow some stones and ask him straight up what we all want to know. What good is speed if he can’t even get on base.
about the lineup, I’m not sure but I can see Dusty putting in Janish(he’s a righty) and moving Hairston to the outfield, although I’m sure Patterson will play in place of Bruce or Dunn.
Griffey’s in. Janish is in.
No Dunn. Apparently 0-4 with 4 walks the last two nights is a “slump”.
Thankfully, no Patterson.
Jerry Hairston Jr. CF
Jay Bruce LF
Griffey RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Joey Votto 1B
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Paul Janish SS
David Ross C
Homer Bailey P
Herrera optioned to AAA to make room for Bailey.
“We didn’t want to send him out,” Baker said. “It was numbers. We didn’t call him up for an experiment. They told us he could get people out and he was fearless.”
Why not Majewski?
We need a thread for questions reporters should ask, but don’t.
“It was numbers. We didn’t call him up for an experiment. They told us he would make a bunch of outs and he was fearless.”
Why Dusty wanted to keep Patterson on the roster.
The Reds will never be a winning team so long as Corey Outterson and Crusty Baker are a part. Love is blind and so is Crusty
One thing that never gets mentioned re: Dusty and Corey. Why, why, why is Dunn considered such a defensive liability when Junior costs us twice as many runs in the field. Hell, since his knee surgery at the end of last year he’s been playing decent enough that I’m starting to consider him an almost average left fielder.
I haven’t understood that all year, RedRedMan. Jr should be the one coming out for defensive purposes – he’s far inferior to Dunn, both in the field and at bat.