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It's the 4th inning of the 2nd game against the Blue Jays and the Reds are down 2-0 and Toronto has a runner on 3rd with no outs. They just got a triple and now scored on a sac fly to make it 3-0. The triple should never have been a triple it was pure laziness that let that runner get to 3rd base.
Here we go again the Reds play against good teams and fold up and play like they don't know what they are doing. This is getting rediculous. This team is never going to get anywhere if they can't play with the big boys. They aren't going to go to the playoffs just by beating up on the bad teams like they did last year.
I am sick of this. This team has the talent to play with anyone, but it's something in their mindset they just play like they don't belong when a good team comes to town. I doubt they are going to have their magical come back like they do against teams like the Cubs and Astros.
Edinson Volquez is not a focused player either. So far this game he has thrown a fielded bunt down the right field line and missed a ball thrown by Votto when he was covering first. Last game he had the two base running errors. It's like he just doesn't care out there. He signed only a one year contract because he thought he could have a good season and get more money. No team that cares about winning will want a player like Volquez. The Rangers got one over on the Reds trading him for Josh Hamilton. Now the Reds need to try to package him in a trade before the trade deadline. Get him out of here. I can't stand him. He doesn't care about winning and I don't want him on this team anymore. Hopefully they can package him, Grandal, and Alonso and bring Reyes to town to play SS.
Anyways Votto just grounded out and the Reds are going to lose this game at a time when the Brewers are playing the Red Sox and the Cardinals have lost 7 in a row. This was an opportune time to take over first place once again, but it's not going to happen. They are going to lose today and will be lucky if they don't get swept and next they have the Yankees coming to town. So now that the Reds have gotten themselves within a couple games they are going to fall apart and another losing streak is on it's way. Just wait and see it's unfortunately going to happen.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Should Reds Make Big Trade Deadline Move
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The trade deadline is a little more than 6 weeks away and the big question is should the Reds make a move or moves? If so should it be a big splash or a small tweak? Also where should they address on the roster? These are all questions that will be answered in the next six weeks.
One option for them is to make zero trades and bring up some guys from Louisville. The Reds have to get more production at the plate from SS and LF. They have the hot hitting Zach Cozart batting almost .350 in AAA and he should provide more than what Janish and Renteria are giving them right now. For LF they could bring up Yonder Alonso, Hermida, or Sappelt.
Another option is to make the huge trade for Reyes. If they did this they could be gambling the future, but at the same time it would make them contenders to win the World Series this year. This time probably should win the Central as is, or at least with what they have in Louisville combined with the big league club. If they went out and got Reyes though they would probably have the best lineup in baseball and pretty good pitching to go with that. The Reds have the ammo to do this if they chose to. If they did their lineup would look like this:
1. Reyes, SS
2. Phillips, 2B
3. Votto, 1B
4. Bruce, RF
5. Rolen, 3B
6. Stubbs, CF
7. Heisey, LF
8. Hernandez/Janish, C
That is a sick lineup having a guy the quality of Stubbs who is one of the top leadoff guys in baseball batting 6th. His strikeouts wouldn't matter as much there and his power could pay off even more at that spot. To pull this trade off though you would probably be looking at giving up Alonso, Grandal the first round pick at Catcher a couple years ago, and Bailey or someone else that is a quality pitcher. That is a lot to give up, but I think Heisey is the future at LF and Alonso is going to have a hard time finding playing time on this team. Grandal is a good prospect and quality Catchers are hard to find, but they already have two good ones at the MLB level and Meseraco waiting in Louisville. They also currently have six quality starting pitchers for five spots. Now that is a great problem to have due to constant injuries of pitchers, but it would be worth it if they could land Reyes.
If this team is going to win it all they need to have the best everyday lineup and hope their pitching is just good enough to hang with a rotation like the Phillies and their offense can dominate compared to a weak Phillies offense. They could go after a bonafide ace, but they aren't going to get the talent to outduel the Phillies rotation so what they can do to beat them is to have an offense that is that much better than the Phillies. That's their best shot to get to the World Series and getting Reyes would give them enough to at least make things interesting.
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The trade deadline is a little more than 6 weeks away and the big question is should the Reds make a move or moves? If so should it be a big splash or a small tweak? Also where should they address on the roster? These are all questions that will be answered in the next six weeks.
One option for them is to make zero trades and bring up some guys from Louisville. The Reds have to get more production at the plate from SS and LF. They have the hot hitting Zach Cozart batting almost .350 in AAA and he should provide more than what Janish and Renteria are giving them right now. For LF they could bring up Yonder Alonso, Hermida, or Sappelt.
Another option is to make the huge trade for Reyes. If they did this they could be gambling the future, but at the same time it would make them contenders to win the World Series this year. This time probably should win the Central as is, or at least with what they have in Louisville combined with the big league club. If they went out and got Reyes though they would probably have the best lineup in baseball and pretty good pitching to go with that. The Reds have the ammo to do this if they chose to. If they did their lineup would look like this:
1. Reyes, SS
2. Phillips, 2B
3. Votto, 1B
4. Bruce, RF
5. Rolen, 3B
6. Stubbs, CF
7. Heisey, LF
8. Hernandez/Janish, C
That is a sick lineup having a guy the quality of Stubbs who is one of the top leadoff guys in baseball batting 6th. His strikeouts wouldn't matter as much there and his power could pay off even more at that spot. To pull this trade off though you would probably be looking at giving up Alonso, Grandal the first round pick at Catcher a couple years ago, and Bailey or someone else that is a quality pitcher. That is a lot to give up, but I think Heisey is the future at LF and Alonso is going to have a hard time finding playing time on this team. Grandal is a good prospect and quality Catchers are hard to find, but they already have two good ones at the MLB level and Meseraco waiting in Louisville. They also currently have six quality starting pitchers for five spots. Now that is a great problem to have due to constant injuries of pitchers, but it would be worth it if they could land Reyes.
If this team is going to win it all they need to have the best everyday lineup and hope their pitching is just good enough to hang with a rotation like the Phillies and their offense can dominate compared to a weak Phillies offense. They could go after a bonafide ace, but they aren't going to get the talent to outduel the Phillies rotation so what they can do to beat them is to have an offense that is that much better than the Phillies. That's their best shot to get to the World Series and getting Reyes would give them enough to at least make things interesting.
Reds lose to Blue Jays
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In the first game of the resuming of interleague play the Reds lost to the Blue Jays 3-2. They were coming off of a 5-2 west coast road trip and had won three straight with a sweep of the Dodgers. As a Reds fans obviously I was hoping for a win, but not just for the obvious reason. I wanted this team to keep up the momentum and build a serious winning streak. Just a couple weeks ago the Reds were down 6.5 games in the division to the Cardinals and the Brewers and I thought this team was in trouble.
Fast forward to present day, they are only 2 games behind the Brewers and 1 game behind the Cardinals. The Brewers are about to lose tonight so no ground will be lost to them and the Cards are tied with the Royals late in the game. After tonight's games they will still only be two back in the division. They could have gained ground though and been only one game out of first place.
The Reds have the best team in the Central and should win this division. The starting pitching is coming around and if they can keep up anything near what they've been doing the last few times through the rotation they will win it. They have a better offense and by far a better defense than the rest of the division. In a long season like they play in MLB things will average out to how good your team is and with the Reds basically being better in about every category they will average out to more wins than the other teams in the Central.
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In the first game of the resuming of interleague play the Reds lost to the Blue Jays 3-2. They were coming off of a 5-2 west coast road trip and had won three straight with a sweep of the Dodgers. As a Reds fans obviously I was hoping for a win, but not just for the obvious reason. I wanted this team to keep up the momentum and build a serious winning streak. Just a couple weeks ago the Reds were down 6.5 games in the division to the Cardinals and the Brewers and I thought this team was in trouble.
Fast forward to present day, they are only 2 games behind the Brewers and 1 game behind the Cardinals. The Brewers are about to lose tonight so no ground will be lost to them and the Cards are tied with the Royals late in the game. After tonight's games they will still only be two back in the division. They could have gained ground though and been only one game out of first place.
The Reds have the best team in the Central and should win this division. The starting pitching is coming around and if they can keep up anything near what they've been doing the last few times through the rotation they will win it. They have a better offense and by far a better defense than the rest of the division. In a long season like they play in MLB things will average out to how good your team is and with the Reds basically being better in about every category they will average out to more wins than the other teams in the Central.
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