Big Red Machine

[Brutus]

Folks, a sample lineup of (not) your daddy's Reds.

June splits for the typical Reds' batting order:

B	PLAYER	        AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Willy Taveras	37	1	1	0	1	0	6	0.027	0.027	0.027	0.054
2	Jerry Hairston	43	5	7	0	3	3	8	0.163	0.229	0.163	0.392
3	Bran. Phillips	59	7	16	1	7	7	8	0.271	0.358	0.441	0.799
4	Jonny Gomes	26	3	7	1	3	2	9	0.269	0.333	0.500	0.833
	Laynce Nix	50	4	13	3	11	3	12	0.260	0.309	0.520	0.829
5	Jay Bruce	47	7	8	2	3	11	7	0.170	0.328	0.340	0.668
6	Ramon Hernandez	54	7	6	2	6	8	5	0.111	0.226	0.222	0.448
7	Ryan Hanigan	47	6	14	0	4	5	7	0.298	0.365	0.340	0.706
8	Alex Gonzalez	53	4	11	0	4	3	4	0.208	0.259	0.264	0.523
9	Micah Owings	6	1	1	1	3	1	3	0.167	0.286	0.667	0.952
PH	Chris Dickerson	33	2	8	0	1	5	6	0.242	0.342	0.303	0.645
PH	Adam Rosales	23	1	2	0	3	3	5	0.087	0.214	0.087	0.301

Micah Owings included as the pitcher for dramatic contrast.

[CarolinaRedleg]

Bruce with more BBs than Ks is at least encouraging.

[Brutus]

Bruce with more BBs than Ks is at least encouraging.

That, and the production from the left field platoon is about the only optimistic thing from the entire team. Brandon Phillips is doing OK. Ryan Hanigan, who has been a beacon of hope relatively speaking, has an OPS barely over 700.

It's mind-numbing how bad this team has hit recently.

[RedsManRick]

What's it going to take to get Gomes some PT at 1B?