Reds are 4-2. What will their record be after the next 17 out of 20 on the road? I'll say they go 10-10 to be at 14-12. I hope it's much better.
Reds are 4-2. What will their record be after the next 17 out of 20 on the road? I'll say they go 10-10 to be at 14-12. I hope it's much better.
if they go 10-10, i'll be thrilled. that would put us in a great position.
Just competing this year would please me
Duh, 20-0.
I think that the next games against Philly, Chicago, Atlanta and Houston will be a good test and indicator. In the 20 games I think the Reds will carry a .600 win pct. Which would be winning 12 of the 20.
Mon. 12 at Philadelphia
Wed. 14 at Philadelphia
Thu. 15 at Philadelphia
Fri. 16 at Chicago Cubs
Sat. 17 at Chicago Cubs
Sun. 18 at Chicago Cubs
Mon. 19 at Chicago Cubs
Tue. 20 Atlanta
Wed. 21 Atlanta
Thu. 22 Atlanta
Fri. 23 at Pittsburgh
Sat. 24 at Pittsburgh
Sun. 25 at Pittsburgh
Mon. 26 at Pittsburgh
Tue. 27 at Milwaukee
Wed. 28 at Milwaukee
Fri. 30 at Houston
Sat. 1 at Houston
Sun. 2 at Houston
Mon. 3 at Houston
My pessimistic prediction:
1 from the Phillies
1 from the Cubs
1 from the Braves
3 from Pittsburgh
2 from Milwaukee
1 from Houston
9 wins total.
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
8-12
Go Gators!
Anything over .500 on the road will be a success.
If you think small, you'll go nowhere in life.
This is my guess:
Mon. 12 at Philadelphia W
Wed. 14 at Philadelphia W
Thu. 15 at Philadelphia
Fri. 16 at Chicago Cubs 2 W's vs Cubbies
Sat. 17 at Chicago Cubs
Sun. 18 at Chicago Cubs
Mon. 19 at Chicago Cubs
Tue. 20 Atlanta
Wed. 21 Atlanta 2 W's vs Bravos
Thu. 22 Atlanta
Fri. 23 at Pittsburgh
Sat. 24 at Pittsburgh 3 W's vs Bucs
Sun. 25 at Pittsburgh
Mon. 26 at Pittsburgh
Tue. 27 at Milwaukee 1 W vs Beer Guys
Wed. 28 at Milwaukee
Fri. 30 at Houston
Sat. 1 at Houston 2 W's vs 'Stros
Sun. 2 at Houston
Mon. 3 at Houston
And this equals :GAC:
12-8 to put the Reds at 16-10
I say 11-9 especially considering no Prior and maybe no Pettitte or at least not a perfect health Pettitte. I'd love to see 12-8, but I'd say if we stay .500 it would be nice getting back home. The good news is a ton of games are on. Almost for 2 straight weeks. I can't wait.
I agree. It's going to be tough.Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool
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I'm with SC on this one. I think we take 2 of 4 from the Cubs; 2 of 3 from the Braves (which I'll be attending); 3 of 4 from the Pirates; a split with the Brewers; and 2 of 4 from Houston (and hoping that we can take one of the next two from the Phils - either via getting to Padilla (tough), or via Harang not self-destructing the next game).
That would place us at a very promising 17-10 record by the end of the road trips. The toughest tests confronting the team during that span will be facing the tandem of Wood/Zambrano in a 4 day stretch, and a grinding trip to face a dangerous Houston team at the end of a long, exhausting stretch.
Our lack of bench depth is going to hurt us some in these long stretches versus some exceptional teams, and the "pitch to contact" guys aren't going to continue to get such favorable results when weather and bats start to heat up - and at'em balls become gappers. However, at least those not named Haynes probably won't compound the problem by walking the bases full before the hitfests. I think the versatile, solid first 6 in our lineup (if you flip Larkin and Freel) are going to provide solid run scoring opportunities for each other. It will be interesting to see how the BP responds once they no longer are getting long, quality outings from the rotation in nearly every start - that may be the tipping point of the season which decides whether we are a 70+ win team, a .500 club, or fringe NLC contenders (if injuries plague the Cubs/Stros rotations, and we actually add rotation help/bench depth if we are stick in the race into June).
Last edited by Stormy; 04-13-2004 at 01:14 AM.
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