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P.E.R#14
06-29-2012, 10:50 AM
I'll preface this by saying that I am a HUGE Joey Votto fan, but the last week has been a bit rough (against some mediocre pitching sans Bumgarner).

3-21 for a .143 BA 5 Walks, 7 K's and for the first time all year he has more K's than walks.

Joey Votto is Joey Votto. He will come around, and while I'm not terribly concerned about one week of numbers, this is pretty close to the biggest slump he's ever been in.

Do you guys think he's in need of some rest, trying too hard to end the month with some of the best one-month numbers ever, or what? Again, not concerned about his overall ability, he is still batting .400 for the month of June, just hoping this ends soon I suppose.

Go Reds!!

Who Dey Time
06-29-2012, 10:52 AM
I was actually surprised that he wasn't given Wednesday off. But Votto will snap out of it I have no doubts. A day off may help if Dusty sees that he is laboring but, other than that, you keep running him out there.

Ironman92
06-29-2012, 10:55 AM
I say no....but he does appear a little mentally drained. He's so darn intense and focused he has to have mini-breakdowns.....but he's gonna want to play knowing his team is struggling pretty well.....ASB won't be much of a break for him.

brm7675
06-29-2012, 10:58 AM
All players go through slumbs, even HOF players have these stretches. Add to that he is going to face some great pitching over the next 6-7 days and it may take the 4 games in SD to get back on track...

xsteve1
06-29-2012, 06:30 PM
You take him out and you just made a bad hitting ball club even worse. His presence surely helps the guys hitting around him.

brm7675
06-29-2012, 07:28 PM
You take him out and you just made a bad hitting ball club even worse. His presence surely helps the guys hitting around him.

How is this a bad hitting club?

The Rage
06-29-2012, 07:30 PM
The whole team needs a couple of days off.

dubc47834
06-29-2012, 09:34 PM
The world is falling...Votto is only hitting .349!!!!!!

BigPoppa
06-30-2012, 01:00 AM
3 hits tonight :beerme:

Spider Tre
06-30-2012, 01:02 AM
nope. he's fine :thumbup:

FloridaBuckeye
06-30-2012, 07:48 PM
looks like he'll probably be getting one or two now... at least I hope thats all he gets