4-6 in games Rolen doesn't start

[Vottomatic]

What does it mean? I don't know.

April 16 - 3-4 loss to Pittsburgh at home. Leake starts and Dusty plays Cairo at 1B and Janish at 3B. Votto and Rolen get the day off.

April 17 - 4-5 loss to Pittsburgh at home. Cueto starts and Cairo plays 3B. Cordero blows it in the 9th.

May 5th - 5-4 win over the Mets at home. Cueto starts and Cairo plays 3B.

May 18th - 5-4 win over Milwaukee at home. Bailey starts and Janish plays 3B.

May 20th - 9-10 loss at Atlanta. Leake starts. Cairo plays 3B. The fiasco game where we give up 6 runs in the late innings to lose it.

May 30th - 0-2 loss over Houston at home. Leake starts again. Janish plays 3B.

June 6th - 5-4 win at Washington. Arroyo starts. Cairo plays 3B.

June 13th - 3-7 loss at home to KC. LeCure starts. Cairo plays 3B.

June 23rd - 3-0 win at Oakland. Cueto starts. Cairo plays 3B.

June 29th - 6-9 loss at home to Philly. Leake starts. Cairo plays 3B.

Plenty of reasons why we lost. Most of those were day games. If Rolen doesn't hit a pinch hit HR in the 9th to tie the game on May 18th, the record is 3-7 when he doesn't start.

Leake has started 4 games where Rolen didn't start.
Cueto has started 3 games where Rolen didn't start.
Bailey, Arroyo, and LeCure have all started 1 game where Rolen didn't start.

Leake probably wonders why he gets shorthanded when he starts.

Should have been 5-5 if we'd have won that game in Atlanta we let get away when we were up 9-3 heading into the 9th inning.

[GIDP]

It means there is a .500 point drop in OPS in the line up on every day he doesnt play. We need a better LFer, and a better back up 3rd baseman/first baseman. Cairo doesnt have the bat for those 2 positions and its not great.

[Kingspoint]

So, not one of the four games Leake started did we win. So, it's really the combination of Leake and not playing Rolen that's bad. Because we're 4-2 in the other games. So, just don't give Rolen a day off when Leake is pitching.

[bounty37h]

It means there is a .500 point drop in OPS in the line up on every day he doesnt play. We need a better LFer, and a better back up 3rd baseman/first baseman. Cairo doesnt have the bat for those 2 positions and its not great.

Cairo had 3 hits yesterday I think?

[GIDP]

Oh I'm sorry a .300 point drop then.

[Vottomatic]

Leake gets yet another start today without Rolen in the lineup.

[Kingspoint]

4-2 in games Rolen doesn't start that Leake isn't pitching.