couple days ago they ph'd with pitcher steven brault, who is batting .381/.381/.429 and it worked
in any case, smh
heard yelich was pumping balls into the allegheny in HR derby practice
― mookieproof, Saturday, 6 July 2019 03:38 (four years ago) link
Reds going with Kluszewski-era sleeveless jerseys today. Puig and Dietrich lookin doubleplusgood with the bare arms
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 July 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
Is this the correct "Cubs Hate" thread?
Amazing. Todd Ricketts, Cubs co-owner & RNC finance chair, apparently failed to tell @AssessorCook that he tore down his old house & built a bigger one there (& the old Assessor never checked it out). He’s effectively dodged thousands in prop. taxes since https://t.co/VNKi1CtJJj— Kim Bellware (@bellwak) July 9, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
hope he can afford to pay the backtaxes and the slap on the wrist he might be facing
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 20:46 (four years ago) link
Phil Ervin went 6 for 6 last night for the Reds football game against the Rockies 17-9.
Coors Field...it does a batting average good!
― earlnash, Sunday, 14 July 2019 12:20 (four years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/news/six-hit-game-c266043102
Pretty good names on that list.
The Schnozz did it...Ernie Lombardi
Jimmie Piersall
Kirby Puckett
Chone Figgins
― earlnash, Sunday, 14 July 2019 12:43 (four years ago) link
dakota hudson: bad at bunting, bad for america
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 July 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
I keep confusing him with Dakota Fanning
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2019 01:21 (four years ago) link
standings by expected win/loss record (based off of run differential)
Cubs: 55-41 (+68)Reds: 50-44 (+29)Cards: 49-46 (+14)Brewers: 48-50 (-9)Pirates: 43-52 (-54)
― Karl Malone, Friday, 19 July 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
it must be Joey Votto's fault
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 July 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
This years Red's club is even more weird than usual. They seem to get shut down and score nothing then win 14-2.
David Bell has pretty much completely torched the bullpen at this point, they are cooked and I got a feeling they are going to lose quite a bit more going forward.
― earlnash, Saturday, 20 July 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
Best news for the Reds would be to go hard on the sell and try to flip some guys for some more arms.
I kind of like Tanner Roark...he's a guy I could see moving, but if they could sign him for 2 more at the right deal, he's a pro and pretty much out there every time his time in the rotation comes up.
Puig is also hitting well now. I'd think there would be interest in him as he could be one of those x-factor type guys for a stretch run. I think the Reds would like to extend him, but I'm guessing there is more money out there than Cincy will commit.
― earlnash, Sunday, 21 July 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link
https://d31029zd06w0t6.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2019/07/web1_onlinereds-2.jpg
Juan Graterol listed as an idealistic 205 pounds in your scorecard.
― earlnash, Sunday, 21 July 2019 11:51 (four years ago) link
Club losing both of it's catchers to injury at the same time is pretty ominous for the rest of the season. Pitchers are a cowardly lot and seem to be easily started like deer, it seems losing their battery mate often times causes them to lose ability to pitch.
― earlnash, Sunday, 21 July 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link
are you all going to the gun show? it's in the reds vs cardinals game this afternoon (reds in throwback sleeveless jerseys)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 21 July 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
need to see some Harrison Bader guns
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 July 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
There are more people at a Northern KY gun show than at a Reds game.
-doh... Hot as it has been this weekend in Cincy, the Cards series hasn't been packed, which it usually would be.
Of course, I AM one of those silent ones that say f'all that cost, I'd rather watch them or not on TV. Most of the time the Reds play totally stupid when I turn them on TV anyway.
― earlnash, Sunday, 21 July 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
I think there is a portion (probably sad) that are waiting for Marty to go totally BROCKMIRE at some point this season in his final season. You can kinda hear his disgust at points, earlier when the Reds loaded the bases with no outs and then did bupkus he was like "this is why this club is 8 games under .500 going nowhere" spiel.
― earlnash, Sunday, 21 July 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
Brewers just hit a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the 8th and lost
― frogbs, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
cardinals tied a major league record with eight extra-base hits in one inning (against the pirates)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 July 2019 00:21 (four years ago) link
14 total bases for dejong
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 July 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
from rosenthal:
For all the talk of the Pirates trading Vázquez, the team shows little appetite for actually making such a move, sources say.Vázquez, 28, will earn just $12.5 million combined in 2020-21, and the Pirates — who also hold $10 million club options on him for ’22 and ’23 — believe they can return to contention as soon as next season.The way club officials see it, the team’s collapse and last-place standing in the NL Central stem in part from injuries at various points to starting pitchers Jameson Taillon and Trevor Williams, catcher Francisco Cervelli and right fielder Gregory Polanco. Other clubs do not hold the same view, believing the Pirates essentially are fooling themselves, and should move Vázquez at a time when his value is soaring.“The well-run teams are realistic and have a good feel for their talent and how it stacks up to their competitors,” one executive said. “The poorly-run teams do not.“The Rockies are a great example. They thought they were building off a 91-win team (last season) without appreciating how fortunate they were and that their true talent was well below that.”Time will tell if the Pirates prove correct in their self-evaluation. Perhaps they are gun-shy after getting burned as buyers last season in trades for right-hander Chris Archer and reliever Keone Kela. The performance of even top closers is volatile; long-term control of relievers is generally not coveted the way it is with other players. Still, Vázquez could bring a haul.
Vázquez, 28, will earn just $12.5 million combined in 2020-21, and the Pirates — who also hold $10 million club options on him for ’22 and ’23 — believe they can return to contention as soon as next season.
The way club officials see it, the team’s collapse and last-place standing in the NL Central stem in part from injuries at various points to starting pitchers Jameson Taillon and Trevor Williams, catcher Francisco Cervelli and right fielder Gregory Polanco. Other clubs do not hold the same view, believing the Pirates essentially are fooling themselves, and should move Vázquez at a time when his value is soaring.
“The well-run teams are realistic and have a good feel for their talent and how it stacks up to their competitors,” one executive said. “The poorly-run teams do not.
“The Rockies are a great example. They thought they were building off a 91-win team (last season) without appreciating how fortunate they were and that their true talent was well below that.”
Time will tell if the Pirates prove correct in their self-evaluation. Perhaps they are gun-shy after getting burned as buyers last season in trades for right-hander Chris Archer and reliever Keone Kela. The performance of even top closers is volatile; long-term control of relievers is generally not coveted the way it is with other players. Still, Vázquez could bring a haul.
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
pirates suspended a reliever last week and the bullpen coach today, which means they have as many suspensions as wins since the all-star break
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
Happy birthday Clint Hurdle, cardinals legend Tom Pagnozzi, and in a distant last, annoying broadcaster Ricky Horton
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
Man how much do the Brewers regret not signing Wade Miley right now
― frogbs, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
Reds rookie skipper David Bell has been ejected from 7.7% of the games he’s managed. That seems like an unsustainable pace, but personally I believe in him.— Anthony Castrovince (@castrovince) July 31, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
End of the roster move for the Reds that could be potentially interesting is that outfielder Aristides Aquino was called up from Louisville with all of these dealings going on. Aquino is an older prospect at age 26 and was kinda going nowhere and did some shifting in his approach to get the ball up in the air and in the last two seasons has been just blasting long home runs all over the place. He hit something like 3x 450 ft. shots in a couple games a few weeks back.
― earlnash, Thursday, 1 August 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
At least Aquino could be in the tradition of Wily Mo Pena and Juan Francisco.
https://www.mlb.com/video/franciscos-mammoth-blast/c-19127709
― earlnash, Thursday, 1 August 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
zobrist played in south bend over the weekend, so i guess he's coming back
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 August 2019 21:16 (four years ago) link
Zach Davies to the DL
that's 4/5ths of the Brewers starting rotation to the DL in like 2 weeks
― frogbs, Monday, 5 August 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
Aquino does have some power.
Cards definitely look smart for not giving Albert Pujols that ginormous contract, still two years left to go. His swing is looking real slow to me.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
I was just ragging on my cousin, the Cardinals Fan from New Jersey, over the Redbirds now being tied with the Mets, and that got him off the phone p quick
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
the alex reyes story is getting really sad. this will be the third straight season to be lost to a season ending injury.
for a very brief time, before all the injuries, his stuff was electric
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 10 August 2019 01:39 (four years ago) link
Pretty good first week or so in the bigs for Aquino. The way he swings and his build reminds me a bit of Jose Bautista.
― earlnash, Saturday, 10 August 2019 23:28 (four years ago) link
He's got three HR through six innings tonight!
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 August 2019 01:24 (four years ago) link
Aquino hit 3 shots over 450 feet across 2 games at Louisville a few weeks ago. The video of the one to dead center was a lunar landing, it look like it was a golf shot.
― earlnash, Sunday, 11 August 2019 02:45 (four years ago) link
Reds are back to 3 under .500 for the first time in a while, this seems to be their ceiling so far this season. Alot of people both in the media and fans seem to be waiting for them to go on a run, which they have not done. Getting Bauer and if Sonny Gray is healthy and productive, they should be able to stay in some games. Bullpen is pretty cooked though. Be nice to see Votto get hot just getting on base left and right. Suarez has tore up some pitching with his power, but the guy will look totally lost at times striking out like mad too.
We will see, any chance to parlay these good seasons by individual players into the post season is going to be decided in the next week or so. They need to win series especially head to head with Nats, Cards and Pirates. For it to be a legit playoff shot, I think they will need to rip of a week full of wins, as that would plant them near the top of the NL Wild Card and even out that 1-8 start.
― earlnash, Sunday, 11 August 2019 02:58 (four years ago) link
reds have been jobbed by their run differential -- they're pretty good, and the NL central is not insurmountable
that said, they need to go on a run and our best beloved joey votto should fucking wake up and lead it
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 August 2019 04:28 (four years ago) link
the reds can make a run, imo, but their problem is that there are also several other NL teams that could also go on a run - WAS, MIL, STL, NYM, ARI, SFG (?!?!). or continue a run, in the mets' case
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 August 2019 04:45 (four years ago) link
As I said, 3 under .500 seems to be their ceiling. They have knocked on that door I think 4 or 5 times now this season and then like Sysyphus rolled back down the standings to start again.
― earlnash, Sunday, 11 August 2019 22:56 (four years ago) link
Alright, so here's my issue with this, and really, one of my issues with this entire organization:Everyone, from the top down, is so fucking smug. They think they're playing chess and we're all only capable of understanding checkers. https://t.co/ilAd6DXGMI— Jim Rosati (@northsidenotch) August 11, 2019
pirates are now 4-24 since the break. the elite closer they hung onto because they're so close to competing has made two appearances in their last 15 games because there are no save opportunities. (they didn't even use him today, for christ's sake, during which they allowed seven runs in the seventh and eighth to blow an 8-4 lead.) but at least they understand 'the game within the game'
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 August 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
the opportunity to be judgmental
― Karl Malone, Monday, 12 August 2019 02:29 (four years ago) link
i accept
Yu Darvish has been Scherzer-like in the second half. With Hendricks having some recent meltdowns and Jon Lester completely disintegrating it’s a pretty good sign that he’s turned things around. But I don’t expect the Cubs to go anywhere if (not when) they make the postseason.
― omar little, Friday, 16 August 2019 03:04 (four years ago) link
hell of a loss for them tonight
― frogbs, Friday, 16 August 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
yeah i agree, i think the cubs have a good chance to win the division and then crap out in the first round of the playoffs. unless they can somehow convince the league to let them play all their playoff games at wrigley
― na (NA), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
despite the (good) add of castellanos they've still got holes in the offense (happ/almora/kemp) and the bullpen is frightening
― na (NA), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
i think the cubs have a good chance to win the division and then crap out in the first round of the playoffs.
this is probably true of whoever ends up winning the NL Central tbh
― Z S - Amazon FC Ambassador (Karl Malone), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
true
― na (NA), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
although i guess the NL Central winner will have the benefit of playing the NL East winner (most likely), while the wild card survival champion will have to play the Dodgers in round 1
― Z S - Amazon FC Ambassador (Karl Malone), Friday, 16 August 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link