Thoughts from tonights game

[reds44]

Felipe Lopez
Edwin Encarnacion
Austin Kearns
Really good players

FEAR

The 3 of them are the only ones doing anything with the bats. All 3 have been good basically the entire year (outside of FeLo's slump). Keep it up boys

Elizardo Ramirez

Maybe we have found something here. Yes he is 1-3, but that ain't his fault. He has an ERA around 3. If he keeps that up wins will come. At 23, maybe he is coming into his own.

The Bullpen
Sucks

Adam Dunn
Does he know that he is playing baseball? He is in a slump (a long one at that) and it doesn't seem to matter where you play him, he is going to make key errors.

Ryan Freel
Keep him away from the field. Whenever he plays, bad things happen. Maybe if he goes on the DL he can get some 'rest' and not be worn out.

Saturday's lineup should be
Felipe
EE
Griffey
Kearns
Dunn
Hatte
Phillips
LaRue

[CTA513]

Dave Williams is pitching tomorrow...

[KoryMac5]

I agree we definitely need the bullpen to be shored up. We can't keep going on with the guys we have. Mercker, Hammond, and White all have had very bad outings and Shack caught the bug tonight it's time for Wayne to evaluate the bullpen if we are to continue at the pace we are at.

[Kc61]

Reds pitching and defense gradually reverting to its old form. Last 7 games have allowed the following run totals: 7, 3, 8, 7, 6, 4, 8. Average is over 6 per game.

[TeamBoone]

Tonight, I'd say the BP pitch (or lack thereof) was the Reds' worst problem.

[kyle1976]

I agree with you Reds44. Ramirez is raw, but it appears he knows to pitch. He's gotta stay over Dave (batting practice) Williams when Milton returns. Freel needs a vacation. The bullpen needs a complete overhaul. And Dunn, does he know football doesn't start until September? He's a football player in a Reds uni. On the bright side, I think he could be a great tight end for the Bengals. Speaking of football, the Reds will need to score two touchdowns tonight to win with Williams starting.

[joshnky]

I'm hoping that bullpen help is coming when Milton returns to the rotation and a starter can be bumped to the bp. Maybe it will help turn around DWs year to only pitch one inning at a time. It has to improve his velocity.

[Patrick Bateman]

Felipe Lopez
Edwin Encarnacion
Austin Kearns
Really good players

FEAR

The 3 of them are the only ones doing anything with the bats. All 3 have been good basically the entire year (outside of FeLo's slump). Keep it up boys

If your discounting Felo's slump, wouldn't you say that basically Dunn has been really good the entire year outside of his slump?

[kyle1976]

I would word it differently.....Dunn has been really bad the entire year outside of 13 dingers and a few other hits.

[Patrick Bateman]

I would word it differently.....Dunn has been really bad the entire year outside of 13 dingers and a few other hits.

What I'm really saying is that nothing should be discounted. Overall both Lopez and Dunn have been very good. In fact, Dunn has been our best hitter so far this season (albeit by a close margin over EE and Kearns).

Dunn has been excellent this year as usual, and there is absolutely no need to be worried over his hitting.

[reds44]

What I'm really saying is that nothing should be discounted. Overall both Lopez and Dunn have been very good. In fact, Dunn has been our best hitter so far this season (albeit by a close margin over EE and Kearns).

Dunn has been excellent this year as usual, and there is absolutely no need to be worried over his hitting.

Dunn has been our 4th best hitter at best. Felipe, Kearns, and EE have all been better.

[Patrick Bateman]

Dunn has been our 4th best hitter at best. Felipe, Kearns, and EE have all been better.

Based on what?

         OPS   OBP   SLG  RC27  
  Dunn: .963  .386  .577  7.96 
Kearns: .954  .388  .566  7.49 
    EE: .943  .393  .550  7.60 
 Lopez: .808  .376  .432  6.83

Dunn, Kearns, and EE have all been very good, and there is an argument for each of them, but IMO Dunn is gets the nod because he is the leader in RC/27.

Lopez isn't even in the argument. He is easily last in all of the metrics above.

[reds44]

Based on what?

         OPS   OBP   SLG  RC27  
  Dunn: .963  .386  .577  7.96 
Kearns: .954  .388  .566  7.49 
    EE: .943  .393  .550  7.60 
 Lopez: .808  .376  .432  6.83

Dunn, Kearns, and EE have all been very good, and there is an argument for each of them, but IMO Dunn is gets the nod because he is the leader in RC/27.

Lopez isn't even in the argument. He is easily last in all of the metrics above.

Batting Average, OBP, RBIs.

Maybe 4th best was exxagerated, but he certainly hasn't been the best. AK and EE have both veen better.

[Patrick Bateman]

Batting Average, OBP, RBIs.

Maybe 4th best was exxagerated, but he certainly hasn't been the best. AK and EE have both veen better.

Batting average and RBI's aren't the best way to judge hitters. Batting average treats as if all hits are the same (ie. HR=single). That's not a very good way to judge a hitter.

RBI's are too dependent on a number of things (ie. at-bats w/runners in on base) and don't judge how well a player gets on base.

When it comes doen to OBP, SLG, and OPS, the numbers are very close and you could pretty much call all 3 even, but Dunn is actually slightly better overall (but based on the sample size there's not much difference). I see no reason to believe that Dunn can be considered clearly behind either EE or Kearns without a doubt.

And just for the record, Dunn is 2nd on the team in RBI's with 26. 2 behind EE, and 1 ahead of Kearns, despite his poor BA. RBI's can't be used against Dunn here.

[paintmered]

I dunno....a .386 OBP is a nice problem to have if you ask me.