Cy Young here he comes.
Seriously, he had a nice start today.
Cy Young here he comes.
Seriously, he had a nice start today.
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It was inevitable that the Scott Rolen signing was going to come back and bite this team in the rearend.
Scott Rolen's career is over. He destroyed this team in last year's playoffs. He's a sinking ship and he's taking the 2011 REDS down with him. How many rallies can he continue to end (or not start or continue) as the #4/#5 hitter?
doug dirt wasn't as wrong as people are trying to make him out to be here.
Rolen had his DeadCat Bounce year for an aging veteran. It's been back to reality since the playoffs last year.
Last edited by Kingspoint; 06-22-2011 at 03:03 PM.
Scott Rolen on a bad day is better than a lot of guys on a good day. Since August 1st, 2009:
Winning percentage with Rolen: .584
Winning percentage without Rolen: .486
Over 162 games, that translates to a 95-67 record with Rolen and a 79-83 record without Rolen. Washed up or not, I know I'd rather have Rolen at $7.2MM for both this year and next instead of Encarnacion (2 HRs and paid $2.5MM in 2011), Roenicke (1.533 WHIP in AAA), and/or Stewart (1.969 WHIP in Toronto) right now.
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Bad Rolen is still on pace to be an average player over 600 PAs worth of playing time.
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A .717 OPS is "Average" for a 3rd Baseman in the National League expected to produce from the #4 and #5 position, and for someone where half his games are the the GAB?
In this ranking, he's not even in the Top-20. And, does his UZR, at this stage of his career, show that he's at least average, too? His current UZR of 3.0 is tied for the second worst of his career.
Last edited by Kingspoint; 06-22-2011 at 05:20 PM.
The problem is not Rolen. The problem is depending on Rolen as your righty power bat.
Rolen is older, he should be a sixth place hitter now. But the Reds lack a fifth place hitter.
Get a left fielder who can hit, move Rolen down in the lineup, problem basically solved.
Spot on. I call it the Griffey Syndrome. Dusty won't disrespect a Vet's spot in the order no matter how bad the Vet hits. I wouldn't be surprised if Rolen himself asked Dusty to move Bruce up in the order. It's just not a move Baker would make on his own. Too much proof otherwise.
Don't know if it has been mentioned on the site, but Stewart was sent back to AA a week or so ago. 4.86 ERA in 3 big league starts.
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