Reds' Notebook: Weather's coming back? Great Dunn quote and more

[Red Leader]

I can't complain (except for the west coast stretch); it's been a ride this season. I truly hope that they break up the west coast trip next year and have them visit at least twice... probably will, especially with Seattle in the mix (the A's too? I can't remember).

We can always say what if about a lot that happened... 20/20 and all that stuff... but they hit those west coast teams when they were hot; the first half of the season might have been a different story. Oh well, if it wasn't that it would have been something different... but wow, if only they'd won just 3-4 more games... if only.

The tentative 2007 schedule was posted on Reds Live earlier this week.

It's brutal. May, June, and July are especially rough.


http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/NASAp...=cin&year=2007

[westofyou]

According to Fox Sports.com he's on pace for 95 RBI's.

Oddly enough he still leads the Reds in runs scored for the month of September, that speaks volumns about how bad the team offense has been and how much Dunn gets on base even when he slumps like an A ball player.

[Heath]

He soooooo looks like Ron Burgandy.

You stay classy, Cincinnati.

[NJReds]

Were you at the game last night?
My daughter was ALL over the handlebar mustache thing with Dunn...
she was saying how ugly Dunn looked..(sorry, TB).

Nope. Pulled it from Marc's blog.

[Handofdeath]

Oddly enough he still leads the Reds in runs scored for the month of September, that speaks volumns about how bad the team offense has been and how much Dunn gets on base even when he slumps like an A ball player.

God, I am so friggin' tired of hearing about his OBP. He is 21st in the NL in OBP and he's not even 1st on his own team. Since August 1 he's been slugging about .360 and batting .178. And of course he's leading his own team in runs how many actual starters are playing? Runs-wise this is his worst month of the season. Compare his 2004 season to now. OBP 18 points less and his slugging is 69 points less. The Golden God is no more.

[Hoosier Red]

I don't think anyone was making reference to a "golden god."

WestofYou's first point was that it showed how poorly the offense has performed in September.

However even in his struggles, he's gotten on base. When he doesn't struggle, he knocks the ball out of the park.

[BuckWoody]

Adam's game has gone straight downhill ever since Texas lost to Ohio State.

[vic715]

What kind of possible draft pick compensation are we looking at should all these free agents leave town? Anyone that can help? Interesting if we could get a handful of sandwich picks out of all of it to help restock the farm.

Those guys just leaving town would be good enough compensation.

[westofyou]

God, I am so friggin' tired of hearing about his OBP. He is 21st in the NL in OBP and he's not even 1st on his own team. Since August 1 he's been slugging about .360 and batting .178. And of course he's leading his own team in runs how many actual starters are playing? Runs-wise this is his worst month of the season. Compare his 2004 season to now. OBP 18 points less and his slugging is 69 points less. The Golden God is no more.

Blah, blah....I think I mentioned runs.. you know what wins games.

Try and take a breath now and then

[Reds Nd2]

What kind of possible draft pick compensation are we looking at should all these free agents leave town? Anyone that can help? Interesting if we could get a handful of sandwich picks out of all of it to help restock the farm.

Assuming that free agent compensation picks don't go the way of 15" pitching mounds during the current CBA discussions, the best bets lie with Weathers and Mercker whom I think could fetch Type B picks. Royce Clayton might fetch a Type C pick and being very charitable, so might Todd Hollandsworth and Scott Schoeneweis. I just don't see Ryan Franklin or Jason Johnson rating in the top 60%. Of course we'll have to wait untill the off-season when the Elias Sports Bureau compiles their rankings to know for sure. The tricky part is, to receive compensation picks for free agents, the Reds must first offer arbitration to these guys. I can see this happening with Weathers, Mercker, and Schoeneweis. The others, not so much but Krivsky did just sign Castro to a two year extension so I guess anything is possible.

[NastyBoy]

Adam must be kidding, he's on pace for 100 ribbies, 100 runs and 100 walks again.

They way he has been swing the bat lately, He will reach 200 Ks before he reaches 100 RBIs.