Cueto allows a double on a grounder through the SS/3B hole. Why is Joey Votto playing LF?
Gets out of the inning unharmed though.
Cueto: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Doug's next post will be #5555. Are you superstitious?
Well, you beat me to it.
I think Rick Sweet realizes we're probably going to keep Hatte and have Cantu platoon with him and get rid of Dunn so Votto will be playing LF for us.
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
---TRF
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
Yet, must we tell again: Votto is not a good LF. He makes Adam Dunn look good.
Hatt has to be the most overvalued Reds player in quite some time.
I think this case is glaring in its prematurity, but otherwise I think its really difficult to pin down when the time for the "next move" is for any player. Goes back to that old Potter Stewart standby: "I know it when I see it."
That being said...It really makes me wonder what the hell the pitching instructors and coaches are being paid to do on these teams, since it seems like players stagnate at levels in terms of development (they may continue to be successful, but not continue developing) and the only recourse seems to be pushing them up another level and hoping the player figures out how to refine their game themselves.
Cincinnati Reds: Farm System Champions 2022
Maybe one of these days the Minor League Updates thread can be longer than the Reds game thread...
Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto
---TRF
"I do what I want to do and say what I want to say."
--Bronson Arroyo
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