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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by dubc47834 View Post
    I guess that probably depends on who you ask. I know he probably wasn't going to keep up that pace, but I also don't think that he woulda finished as bad as he did also. What he eventually fell to was waaaay past his mean.
    Obviously there's no right answer. Maybe it was a little of both. Taking it to another level, did his numbers decrease because of the injury, regression to - and past - the mean or are his skills deteriorating before our eyes? It happens to all ballplayers. It doesn't appear to have affected Brandon in the field - and that's a good sign because that is usually where you see it first.

    I think the Reds aren't going to do a heckuva lot better than Brandon at 2nd for the next few years. It's not exactly like we have a Matt Carpenter ready to take over. He may not have a sexy OBP but is the next guy going to do much better and he's not likely to be as good in the field as Brandon. Perhaps Brandon should serve as a lesson to the front office to not give out those kind of contracts if you think you want to dump them in a year or two.
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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post
    Obviously there's no right answer. Maybe it was a little of both. Taking it to another level, did his numbers decrease because of the injury, regression to - and past - the mean or are his skills deteriorating before our eyes? It happens to all ballplayers.
    Regression is naturally gravitating towards your baseline skill level. Phillips started out hot and then took a hard 180 toward sub-replacement level stuff. That looks like nagging injury to me.

    I hope we hang onto the guy. I don't think the sky's falling on him yet.

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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by Falls City Beer View Post
    I think hoping a .735 hitter will bounce back from a .700 season is tilting at all kinds of windmills.
    Got no idea where you picked .735 from, but expecting a guy who has been consistently better than .750 to bounce back from .700 is pretty much standard operating procedure.
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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by oregonred View Post
    Agree, but the downgrade to Izturis and Valdez the year before wasn't exactly appealing. Walt needs to work on a better bench for 2014 -that's for sure.
    Upgrade SS, turn Cozart into your utility IF.
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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by M2 View Post
    Upgrade SS, turn Cozart into your utility IF.
    Works for me. Cozart as a supersub making 60-70 starts a year would be terrific.

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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by Falls City Beer View Post
    His age 28 season?
    So the year he put up a .776 OPS is a down season, but expecting him to bounce back from .706 is a pipe dream? You've lost me.

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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by mdccclxix View Post
    Tired of bp playing through injury to the detriment of his bat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oregonred View Post
    Works for me. Cozart as a supersub making 60-70 starts a year would be terrific.
    I suspect he'd put up a better slashline too. SS every day is a grind.
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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    I'd love to get guys to replace Cozart and Phillips that can do better but I'm not sure who those guys are.
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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by kaldaniels View Post
    I guess I have to point out that Choo is not older.

    Go ahead and try to weasel out of that claim if you like.
    spell check error --- he meant bolder

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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by Red Raindog View Post
    spell check error --- he meant bolder

    Exactly

    My bad, Choo is one year younger than Phillips. Who's to say we wouldn't be in the same boat in 2 years, with a declining Choo, who has an additional 80 mil left on his deal?

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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by M2 View Post
    Upgrade SS, turn Cozart into your utility IF.
    I like that idea. If a substantial upgrade can be made at SS 3b or LF the bench instantly becomes stronger if ludwick Frazier or cozart are not involved in a deal.

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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Getting clearance from his doctor to give the entire city the middle finger when he's traded later this winter, I imagine.
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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    Quote Originally Posted by M2 View Post
    Upgrade SS, turn Cozart into your utility IF.
    I don't think a SS upgrade is needed given Cozart's defensive skill level and the occasional pop in his bat AS LONG he never hits higher than 7th in the order and the offensive is otherwise upgraded. If the Reds have a quality bats in the leadoff, a better bat in the two hole and cleanup, Cozart is a fine SS for a 7 or 8 hitter. The biggest offensive problem Cozart has present this year and last was when he was used in the first two spots of the order.

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    Re: Phillips seeing hand specialist today

    There has been no mention of the injury or appointment from the FO?

    I think we should have their input before speculating further.
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