It’s that time again where we decide which Red supposedly won the month. Last month’s winner, Zack Cozart, is currently on the DL and hasn’t even been elected to the All Star team yet, so he’s out of contention. The Reds have gone 9-17 so far as well, so the entire team probably should be … Continue reading
49 catchers have been worth more than 0.0 WAR over the duration of the 2017 season, according to FanGraphs. To be clear, that number includes every single catcher who has approached the plate at a minimum one time. The Astros’ Juan Centeno is included, ranked 39th with 0.3 WAR in just eight plate appearances. WAR, … Continue reading
To their credit, the Brewers are in first place in the NL Central. But their Achilles heel of starting pitching was on full, crippling display tonight. Junior Guerra, fronting a glitzy 3.11 ERA was also toting an ugly 6.04 FIP and 5.82 xFIP. We know which of those numbers to believe. The Reds hitters battered … Continue reading
Like the entirety of the Reds 2017 season, this past week has been a rollercoaster of highs and lows. We finally saw Homer Bailey pitch on a major league mound for the first time in what seems like forever – only to see him chased from the game in the second inning. We saw Brandon … Continue reading
After Homer Bailey’s start on Saturday, Jim Day asked Bryan Price if Homer made it through the game healthy. It was asked in a positive, silver-lining sort of way. Seemed like a reasonable question/comment to me. Price blasted Day — Jim Day — for asking. Of course Homer was healthy! Don’t you know they don’t … Continue reading
[This post was submitted by loyal Nation member Matt Habel. If you remember, Matt wrote that checked in on the bullpen revolution recently. Thanks, again Matt.] Close your eyes. Clear your head. Forget about the last two-plus weeks of baseball. Take a journey back to the days of a declining playoff team, clinging to the shell … Continue reading
Initially, I’d planned to write an entire post being contrarian about the whole Free Lorenzen thing. The premise being that, successful or not, the Reds still have a ton of starting pitching prospects AND Lorenzen is already a good reliever AND we should assume the Reds know at least a few things we don’t AND … Continue reading
