Big Red Machine

[Brutus]

Folks, a sample lineup of (not) your daddy's Reds.

June splits for the typical Reds' batting order:


B PLAYER AB R H HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
1 Willy Taveras 37 1 1 0 1 0 6 0.027 0.027 0.027 0.054
2 Jerry Hairston 43 5 7 0 3 3 8 0.163 0.229 0.163 0.392
3 Bran. Phillips 59 7 16 1 7 7 8 0.271 0.358 0.441 0.799
4 Jonny Gomes 26 3 7 1 3 2 9 0.269 0.333 0.500 0.833
Laynce Nix 50 4 13 3 11 3 12 0.260 0.309 0.520 0.829
5 Jay Bruce 47 7 8 2 3 11 7 0.170 0.328 0.340 0.668
6 Ramon Hernandez 54 7 6 2 6 8 5 0.111 0.226 0.222 0.448
7 Ryan Hanigan 47 6 14 0 4 5 7 0.298 0.365 0.340 0.706
8 Alex Gonzalez 53 4 11 0 4 3 4 0.208 0.259 0.264 0.523
9 Micah Owings 6 1 1 1 3 1 3 0.167 0.286 0.667 0.952
PH Chris Dickerson 33 2 8 0 1 5 6 0.242 0.342 0.303 0.645
PH Adam Rosales 23 1 2 0 3 3 5 0.087 0.214 0.087 0.301



Micah Owings included as the pitcher for dramatic contrast.

[CarolinaRedleg]

Bruce with more BBs than Ks is at least encouraging.

[Brutus]

Bruce with more BBs than Ks is at least encouraging.

That, and the production from the left field platoon is about the only optimistic thing from the entire team. Brandon Phillips is doing OK. Ryan Hanigan, who has been a beacon of hope relatively speaking, has an OPS barely over 700.

It's mind-numbing how bad this team has hit recently.

[RedsManRick]

What's it going to take to get Gomes some PT at 1B?