Loading ...Homer Bailey makes his return to the big leagues today in an afternoon tilt vs. Phillies ace Cole Hamels. The deck is stacked against Homer, but I’m optimistic that he is going to be the Homer Bailey we all expected him to be.
A win today gives the Reds a split, on the road, with one of the hottest teams in baseball. That’s a great result from this series, as far as I’m concerned.
Ignore your work and discuss the game here….
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?
Now that Louisville has the Reds on a station that can actually be heard I will get to listen to the game.
My question is, who do we expect Homer to be? I’m not sure yet. As for today, I can’t say I’m optimistic. This team has never hit Hamels, but at least Patterson’s not in the lineup, so maybe it’s good karma.
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Stick with the fastball today, Homer.
What’s the lineup
Cincinnati Reds
Hairston Jr., cf
Bruce, lf
Griffey Jr., rf
B. Phillips, 2b
Votto, 1b
Encarnacíon, 3b
Janish, ss
Ross, c
Bailey, p
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
You beat me, DA.
I actually think this is not too bad of a lineup. I’d prefer Griffey switch with Votto (since Dunn is getting a day off)
For getaway day this is a great lineup. What worries me is that having Patterson out is equated to a getaway-day move.
And besides, with all the injuries there aren’t many other options. Put Andy Phillips in for Brandon Phillips, maybe, but that about it.
I have a feeling this is going to be a long game…Hamels is gonna hit double digits in Ks
123 for Homer. Fastball control looks pretty good.
Hammels usually owns us. Maybe not today?
6 up, 6 down for Bailey.
Looking good kid!
Real nice play going in the hole for Janish. Bailey with steady diet of fastballs.
Volquez on Utley…was he joking with the reporter?
“Inside changeups,” Volquez said. “He’s got a little hole. You can’t throw him fastballs away.”
Harsh for the first run of the game against Bailey to be on an error by the SS, Janish.
Bailey’s done well, and been pitch efficient thru 3 innings (30 pitches.)
Keep it up, Homer. Bruuuuuce will pick you up.
When a guy has three walks through three plus innings, maybe you should take the first pitch? EdE and Phillips can sure hit, but the lack of plate discipline gets REAL old.
Anyone with me…..Halladay and Rolen for Arroyo and Eddie E and maybe a reliever
Bailey straight gettin it done, though. Between him, Belisle, and Patterson, they are proving AAA stats don’t necessarily equate to majors stats.
I like this version of Homer Bailey pretty well. Gave up a deep fly to Utley (caught at the track, 400′) but that’s to be expected against that guy. Otherwise mowing them down. 41 pitches through 4 is not at all the kind of performance we saw out of Homer last year.
definitely, DevilsAdvocate. I’ll even take the no strikeouts in exchange for no walks and great pitch efficiency.
He has thrown about 80% fastballs. My only question, and this is absolutely isn’t criticism of him it’s just a question, where did all the throws 93-95 and touches 96,97 come from. We heard that all of last year and he really has never came close to reaching that.
Hairston’s average is reverting to the back of his baseball card. I hope Keppinger’s rehab goes well.
Dusty doed not teach plate discipline. He wants them up there up there hacking.
Hmmm, I just tuned in and I’m shocked to see this Homer Bailey Version. For some reason I’m not shocked to see that the Reds have not scored either.
Crap, here we go Bailey is faltering…he must be listening to Dusty
All right Homer, don’t lose your cool over your throwing error.
Maybe Bailey has found that he can locate the fastball better if doesn’t try to overthrow it. Plus maybe he is getting some helpful ball movement by doing so.
More crack defense. Oof.
What is the deal with our defense? Geez
McLaren blow up is a classic.
Again, they just don’t want to win
As well as Bailey’s been pitching, the defense has been atrocious. The Phillies do not need three extra outs (and counting) in a game.
Homer’s ERA is still 0.00.
I should have just stayed in bed
Rather bush league looking move by Hairston just then. Faked throwing the ball to the fans and then turned and ran in.
Homer is probably wondering if he should have stayed in bed. How about some support from the other eight?
The defense stinks and we can’t score on the road. This team just isn’t very good.
mhopp-To say they don’t want to win is laughable. They aren’t good enough to win, but they do want to win. I’ve never met any athlete that didn’t want to win.
effectively have 2 innings to score 4 runs
Good to know that Dusty brought in a class act.
Still no earned runs… could be a whole lot worse.
It’s a shame that Homer’s good pitching is all for not due to the defense.
Why not take Griffey out and put Dunn in? Oh, it’s Dusty Baker making decisions
Hairston for defensive player of EVERY game!
Did they really send Herera back down? Why not someone useless like Stormy, Lincoln, or Majewski? At least Herrera has potential when those guys are all has beens or never was.
OK. That one’s earned.
Should be a 1-0 game but instead it’s pretty much over at 4-0
Well, Homer’s ERA departs from the 0 mark there.
Certainly the best performance by a #5 pitcher this season.
Agree brublejr, Lincoln was the odd man out and should have gone down. His ERA is about 5.00
Hammels is throwing a lot of balls, anyone else notice?
Well, Matusz just got taken…Reds miss out on one target so far.
Horrible luck on the road just horrible
Looking at who is due up next inning, this is mostly likely the last inning for Homer.
Ross, Pitcher, Hairston.
Need a couple of guys on base for the middle of the order!
Uh oh, this is not good
Need a Double Play please!!
It’s up to the Reds’ pick – Crow or the elder Beckham brother?
can’t find a strike
EE seems upset he was taken out of game…I don’t understand either. Of course we wouldn’t want to put Dunn in with being behind by 4 runs would we Crusty?
Those dudes sure don’t look like brothers, DA.
The college Beckham doesn’t look like the kind of upside you’d like to see at #7 overall, IMO. This seems like a fairly weak draft class, from what I read. Even Matusz sounds like a mid-rotation guy, and he’s supposed to be the best pitcher.
Reds take Alonso
Alonso…I have heard big time power…but why another 1B?
Reds took Yonder Alfonso, the power-hitting, disciplined 1b from “The U.”
maybe votto will be in LF before too long
Yonder Alonso for Reds a good hitting, not so good fielding 1B
You draft for talent in baseball, not need. Alonso, even if he moves super-fast, won’t be up until 2010 or 2011.
Here’s the scouting report.
His bat could almost fit at the big league level now, but his defense is terrible. Seems like more of a DH honestly.Hope this doesn’t mean a Dunn trade and a move to LF for Votto.
From Alonso’s scouting report at MLB.com: “He’s not a base-clogger, with good instincts on the basepaths.”
Someone at MLB.com has a sense of humor.
Well, there’s the ball game…from a .200 hitter. More reason to play Patterson since he has the same ba as Howard
More on Alonso: “Alonso is a hitter, period, with a great approach and power, especially the other way right now. Defensively, he’s no great shakes, but it’s the bat that teams will dream about putting in the middle of their lineup to produce plenty of runs in the future.”
He’s reported to have “great plate discipline and plenty of power.” That’s good news.
I didn’t guess that the Beckhams were brothers, but then I heard Marty & Jeff say that earlier…made sense to me since they’re different ages, and both in GA…but it looks like that they are not brothers. At all (different races, even). Ha ha! So, that one’s on me.
I’m not big on an NL team drafting a defensive liability in the first round, especially when the Reds are not drafting again until the third round.
I agree, to a point, DA…but the guy might be able to improve his defense at first. More importantly, if he can hit like advertised, teams will be lining up to try to obtain him. He could be a valuable chip even if he never plays for the Reds.
At first glance, I’m satisfied with the pick.
The Reds have more errors than hits in this game!!
All true, Chad. And I like the polished college pick, as opposed to a toolsy college player.
Meanwhile, this game isn’t looking too good. Quite the offensive showing.
Anybody watch that video? Who does his swing remind you of? For some reason I am thinking of Jeff Bagwell, even though their stance is exactly opposite – I’m thinking it’s the high finish??
What about Jerry Hairston? That’s proof that Baker should play Patterson since he was correct on Hairston.
The K’s are down from a normal day vs Hammels but more of the same results, no runs.
Apparently our boy was ARod’s workout partner last winter.
Here’s an intervew (that I haven’t watched yet).
Good grief, the Phils are always at the right place at the right time…and Dusty’s Reds?
cool how that imbedding worked.
How do you embed that in the comments? Can we do images?
Bowden took the kid from Mizzou.
I think I like the Crow kid more than Alonso, but nobody will know for a couple of years.
It sucks the Reds don’t have a 2nd rounder…I was hoping they would take the kid from my hometown 40 minutes from Cincy (Alex Meyer). He is 6′7′” and throws 93-95.
This is making me sick
Well, take it any way you can I guess
That was a pathetic display by the Reds today. Bailey pitched well, but the defense was atrocious and the offense anemic.
In a shutout he brings in Corey Patterson to hit, oh we’ll win now Crusty…you are a bafoon Dusty Baker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You have no brain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, at least we didn’t clog the bases today, nobody hardly got on base to begin with. And a true Crusty Baker finish, as if a man that bats under .200 will somehow keep it going…brilliant, just brilliant. I’m going to start the Crusty Baker/Corey Patterson Anti-fan Club!!!!!!!!!!
Truly sad performance.
Well, let’s try something novel:
Hmmm. either can do youtube but not jpg’s, or I need the secret key.
CP is 0 for his last 23
I am actually rooting for Patterson to reach some sort of record for futility. It’s like a science experiment: At what point will Dusty Baker accept reality?
Sortof reminds me of another public figure recently.
Chris, I don’t know who Alonso looks like from the video at MLB.com, but he looks like a slugger. Very strong, well-built.
DA, I just used the embed code from YouTube.
Did you see that Buster Posey (#5, SF) is asking for $12M? The previous record is $6M.
No Reds loss is complete unless Patterson has had the opportunity to make an out. Down to .193.
I wonder what the lowest ba is in history for a “lead off” batter? Oh well, you know what they say “Love is Blind” and so is Crusty for Corey Patterson…too bad all the fans have to suffer from it.
The Red’s best last chance is Corey Outterson?
The words “Next Year” keep resonating in my head…”Maybe Next Year”
I’ll take a .500 finish though if it means Bailey & Cueto coming around with a glimpse of D. Thompson in the Majors
What are the chances of Outterson being on this club next year?
mhopp, here’s a Hardball Times article that attempts to identify the worst seasons in the past 50 years by a leadoff hitter. Had to have a certain number of plate appearances to qualify, of course, and is about OPS and league average performance more than just raw batting average. But notable that the worst leadoff hitter (Ivan De Jesus, 1981) had a batting average of .194, 1 point higher than where Patterson now sits.
On the plus side, after that season Ivan The Terrible was traded for a young Ryne Sandberg.
Hmmm, I think there is a conspiracy here…Ivan the Terrible also played for the Cubs and the Orioles just like Outterson. Maybe Baker will suggest we hire Ivan for a hitting coach to help Corey?
Kurt Frost, I think we’re going to see Outterson so long as Crusty is the manager. He does have a rep. of being given a lot of control and so far we see the poor results.
Does any body disagree that this is the most “raw” talented team that the Reds have had in at least 15-20 years and maybe a little more? We have depth in hitting and pitching but need to work on fielding…and a better manager because I think maybe toothpicks have been shown to cause very large brain tumors and memory loss with irrational thought processes or something.