FWIW, Jocketty did say about whether Brandon knew he made mistakes that "I think he knows that now."
FWIW, Jocketty did say about whether Brandon knew he made mistakes that "I think he knows that now."
Most interesting to me were his comments about Chapman. Not sure Chapman in the rotation is a given.
Might be just as likely that Chapman is a reliever but pitches much more, not confined to one-inning, ninth-inning spots.
At no point during the Votto portion did I feel like Walt was choosing his words in deference to Votto. It's was mostly, yeah, we need him to change a little. And it seems to be on Price, that Price is tabbed to get that done.
Kind of feel bad for Price at the moment.
Last edited by mdccclxix; 10-23-2013 at 05:28 PM.
That's right, it seemed to be about whether they needed Chapman to fill a rotation spot, so that's unsettled. Depends on trades obviously. And to reiterate for those who wanted Chapman more often during the 7th or 8th innings, that window appears to be open. Walt didn't like not using Chapman hardly at all down the stretch.
Yea, I agree there's no easy answer.
A higher Z-swing percentage might also result in fouling off more pitches and less striking out looking.
Then there's the entire BABIP theory (which I don't buy into 100%).. Based on that theory (which says there's a strong element of luck whether a batted ball is a hit or not), then it seems the higher the Zswing, the better.
At some point though, the hitter has to swing at that strike that he feels might result in an easy out, or he's just going to be fed it every time (if it's called a strike).
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Here's another question.
Assume all pitchers are healthy in the spring.
Do you bump Cingrani to the pen (or minors) to make room for Chapman in the rotation?
This is simliar to the Leake dilemma last year.
Frankly, I don't. If everyone's healthy, I keep Chapman in the pen.
I don't think the team has the margin of error to experiment with Chapman next year. It's going to be harder to make the playoffs in 2014, IMO.
Highly likely we lose Choo/Arroyo. The other contenders will retool too.
There is some hope for better health by the Reds though.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
I guess I don't see the correlation between swinging at any pitch within the strike zone and increased run production. Considering the distinction is not made between "pitcher's strikes" and "cookies". If he were regularly passing up "cookies" then I would have more of a problem. I don't have a problem with his approach at all.
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I think you have misunderstood the "luck" behind BABIP. If a player sees a significant rise or dip in BABIP for a season without a significant change in batted ball stats (Line Drive %, Infield Fly Ball %) then there is a good chance there was significant luck involved. Votto is a very high BABIP player for his career, that in it's self does not make Votto "lucky" on batted balls. It means he makes great contact.
When there are 2 strikes on you, it's fine to swing at a pitch that will be an easy out. Before 2 strikes, why not wait to see if you can get a decent pitch?
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I get the sense from the interview that Jocketty is energized by having his guy in the manager's seat.
Clear to me that the heat is going to be on the offense. They want that grinding out ABs approach. Sounds like they feel too many ABs were given away.
Also clear to me that they will make a strong effort to re-sign Choo. Ownership is on board.
All I know is that I'm liking a whole lot less the things coming out of the front office's mouth lately than I am the players'.
There's clearly a good bit of tension in this organization right now. That may not be a bad thing, ultimately, but it could also be a harbinger of a lot stupid things.
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