What's really killing this team is the lack of a true #1 starter.Originally Posted by ChatterRed
What's really killing this team is the lack of a true #1 starter.Originally Posted by ChatterRed
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
The entire national league wild card contenders are near .500 W%. No one seems to have even average 4th and fifth starters, so we are not alone.
If I change gears and take a glass half full approach.........it's amazing that the Reds are even in this thing.Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
Our #5 starters stink, but if there's a team in the National League that has five good starters I'm not aware of it. Hardly anyone does. Pitching's scarce. Even the Yankees and Red Sox have spent long periods throwing "stuff" at the wall and hoping it'll stick... but I think I'm with FCB here, if we had another guy up front we wouldn't be worrying so much about the back.
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Which leads me to ask...Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
(1) How many of these are there in Major League Baseball? Are there lots of them?
(2) Do more than 50% of ML teams have one of these?
(3) How many are there in the NL Central (Carpenter? Clemens? Oswalt?)?
(4) How many of them are in small markets?
(5) How many of them were developed by their current team's minor league system?
(6) How much salary does one of these get?
(7) Do you have to trade away starting-8 types to get one?
A lot of pitchers with a 7.00ERA dont have near the stuff Lohse has. Yes, switching leagues is benefiting him but he had a lot of problems going on in Minn and I dont think he has to deal with that here. I say his ERA stays below 3.30 as a Red for the rest of the year.Originally Posted by ChatterRed
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If your prediction ends up being correct.........then give Krivsky more props for another risk that panned out.
should be 3-0 save for the incredible ineptness of the bullpen
Perhaps. But if you want to blame the bullpen for allowing 1 run, when the REDS team had a total of 3 hits in 9 innings (Jeff Weaver, UGH), then feel free. The other two games I will definitely fault the bullpen!Originally Posted by redsupport
BTW... in Lohse's three starts the REDS have a grand total of 17 hits. Those three games had the REDS batting in 32 innings (one was a 14-inn. game). 17 hits in 32 innings... ouch!
Homer could help
heck yeah he could....but narron just cant seem to figure it out..same old narronOriginally Posted by captain11
The Mets (best team in the league, right?) are running our cast-off Dave Williams out there. Everyone has starting pitching issues.
I don't think Homer would help, but anyway, that's not a valid criticism of Narron. It is Krivsky keeping him down on the farm. Haven't you heard Narron practically begging Krivsky for Homer all year?Originally Posted by JTMONEY
It's not Narrons decision to make.Originally Posted by JTMONEY
We don't know that...and we won't know that this season.Originally Posted by KoryMac5
As much as I want to see this kid up here, it's probably the right decision not bringing him up.
My heart and head battle on this debate
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