Tiger337

Who broke it up and why? Let the boys play!

I wonder if he'll latch on with an Indy team to keep his arm strong and... to get attention.

I think you have it all wrong. If I owned a business, I'd want to hire the guy that swam across the Rio Grande to get here. Someone like that will make a real hard working and creative American! The paper pusher that knows how to charm the immigration admin and manipulate the system not so much!

I don't think it's possible. Last year, there was a 107 win team and a 106 win team and neither one reached the World Series which was won by an 88 win team missing their superstar.

That is probably part of it, although this time the owners insisted on expanding the playoffs specifically because they already had a new playoff deal lined up. The problem is if you have too many teams in the playoffs, all the good teams will clinch in August and can coast the final month which is not exciting for fans of good teams. Then the post-season in baseball is such a crap shoot that it becomes almost meaningless. The end result is that it's not necessary to build a great team when being pretty good can reap the same rewards which is the player's concern.

It's not about the regular season. They want more playoffs because playoffs generate big TV money.

In general, I think he has been used correctly during his career. Even now with their poor outfield defense, how long would fans tolerate him if he has an OPS of .650 versus RHP? It's best to pick your spots with him. I am happy to see Hill get some consistent at bats for a while even thouigh I doubt he will do enough offensively.

I was Luis Tiant. I imitated him so much that it became my natural pitching motion. When I pitched in Little League, I was pitching like him without even realizing it.

What is the point of your question? As stated, I feel like it doesn't make much of a difference.

which makes him a decent bench player. Just don't give him too many at bats versus RHP.

Has a mediocre player even gotten as much support as Reyes gets?

You haven't been here long!

Casimir has the correct answer.

Empty batting averages on the bench were OK when they had 5 or 6 men benches. Guys like that make good pinch hitters. When you have a 3-4 man bench they all need to be able to play a position or two.

That's a shame because this is the year he's going to hit for power.

The majority of fans I interact with thought they would end up with a better record than last year. Many belittled the pre-season projections saying they would only win 73 or 75 games or whatever.

yeah, but Reds fans knew they were going to suck and no one told them otherwise!

Wait...Shelton is here and all he's doing is talking about auto racing? Tell me it aint so.

Why was that called a hit?

I remember seeing him have melt downs on errors by Brookens.

Don't look at yourself in the rearview mirror.

I never understood the term "shoving" for pitchers. I know it's a word scouting types like to use, but it makes no sense for a pitcher. Is there an origin I don't know about?

They do. However, I think their pitching staff performed above it's stats last year. So, using last years record as a baseline was probably generous.

If he were not a Rule 5 guy, he almost surely would not have reached the majors yet, so some time in AAA wouldn't be terrible.

I was told to ignore their April record last year because Hinch changed the whole franchise starting in May😉.