7/28/13 - Reds v. Trolley Dodgers

[Mutaman]

At least he made contact.

[OGB]

Man, this team has really been hurt by bad baserunning this year. We're even seeing a lot of weird stuff like Choo going back to first and guys getting thrown out because they didn't slide.

[malcontent]

Anyone else feel like we gave that inning away by out thinking? Just hit the ball in play and play it straight. Don't bunt and don't run on contact.

Yep. Cingrani is a good hitter, but just like with Leake, Baker can't give outs away fast enough.

[RedsBrick]

There's no other way to say it, that's just bad baseball.

[kbrake]

Anyone else feel like we gave that inning away by out thinking? Just hit the ball in play and play it straight. Don't bunt and don't run on contact.

Yeah I'm not a huge fan of bunting when it is to get Robinson to the plate. Guy is pretty limited offensively.

[Falls City Beer]

Don't be fooled by the offensive outburst in SF. This team is still short a big bat, preferably RH.

[Kc61]

Anyone else feel like we gave that inning away by out thinking? Just hit the ball in play and play it straight. Don't bunt and don't run on contact.

I don't know why Mes ran on contact. He's been iffy on the bases recently. Hard to believe the Reds would instruct him to run on contact there, but it's possible.

[50YrRedsFan]

And then Heisey first pitch swings for a can of corn. I would wager that this team first pitch swings more than any other.

I believe you are correct. They also have the lowest batting average in MLB when 1st pitch swinging.

[RedsBrick]

Man, this team has really been hurt by bad baserunning this year. We're even seeing a lot of weird stuff like Choo going back to first and guys getting thrown out because they didn't slide.

It's not the kind of baseball WS contenders play.

[TheBigLebowski]

I believe you are correct. They also have the lowest batting average in MLB when 1st pitch swinging.

Suggests an obvious sea change in our hitting philosophy then, no?

[Kc61]

Yeah I'm not a huge fan of bunting when it is to get Robinson to the plate. Guy is pretty limited offensively.

Perhaps poster was referring to the squeeze play that resulted in a foul.

I don't know how we can knock Cingrani's sacrifice. Not sure what anyone would expect the pitcher to do, especially in a lefty/lefty matchup.

[mbgrayson]

As I was saying last night, and was misunderstood by my esteemed colleague from Da Bronx, it doesn't take a great left-hander like Kershaw to shut down this lineup as it is presently constructed. Even a decent one (Ryu) or a nondescript journeyman (Capuano) is enough to do it. The point was that pedestrian is the only level that matters. Does he wear a glove on his right hand? Great. You're good to go vs. the Reds. Anything above it is gravy.

They need some help, Walt.

Actually, per Baseball Reference, before today the Reds are only slightly worse v. LHPs than right handers:

vs. LHPs: .251/.341/.399 for an OPS of .740
Vs. RHPs: .254/.329/.400 for an OPS of .730

[Wonderful Monds]

Grande finally just said Cingrani.

[KYRedsFan]

yeah not sure you do anything other than that with Cingrani. Running on contact was brutally bad

[kbrake]

Perhaps poster was referring to the squeeze play that resulted in a foul.

I don't know how we can knock Cingrani's sacrifice. Not sure what anyone would expect the pitcher to do, especially in a lefty/lefty matchup.

I'm by no means outraged or knocking Dusty for the Cingrani bunt but with Robinson coming up I don't know that it improves your chances of scoring very much. Cingrani has looked decent with the bat.