We really need Rolen over the next few weeks. We can't have him hitting .200 while Votto is out.
We really need Rolen over the next few weeks. We can't have him hitting .200 while Votto is out.
This will not change until the Reds win the World Series.......
April 28, 2006.
Just cleared my Kroger out of bottled water and D batteries and spent an hour and a half picking the perfect get-well card.
I tear up every time he fouls a ball off his foot.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
My only problem is that he obviously wasn't the same since the injury. They didn't rest him much, then he goes to KC. Now four games after the break they announce this.
3-4 weeks in Reds speak means 5-6
For sure. I also think putting numbers into a computer and saying it's only going to cost the Reds a win or win and a half is a little naive too, though.Originally Posted by Homer Bailey
You'd be hard pressed to mathematically convince me otherwise.
Exactly my thoughts. Votto WAR - Frazier WAR over 3-4 weeks is probably closer to 1 rather than 2 wins.
The concern is who plays 3rd base? I hope HRod comes up and is respectable...that's my best case. That's what will make or break this stretch.
I'm not even going to attempt to lol. Just a difference of thinking.
“Joey Votto met with the medical staff this evening and has been diagnosed with a torn meniscus in his left knee. He is going to have arthroscopic surgery tomorrow and should miss 3-4 weeks. Joey is very comfortable with the decision and is eager to return to the lineup.”
Votto said, “It is in my best interest and in the best interest of the team to do it now so that I can be healthy during the last two months of the pennant race.”
It could cost the Reds 0 games. It could cost them 5 games. I'd say that is all within the realm of possibility.
But odds favor it costing the Reds 1-2 games, and I am more than happy to live with that.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Sounds like something someone would say with an off-camera gun pointed at his head.
For sure. It's completely possible the Reds step up and play fine through this stretch.
I'm afraid the offense could turn into the offense we saw through the first 12 games of the season without Votto, though.
Could be the best thing for this organization that the Brass gets to put a Vottoless team on the field for awhile and get a feel for just how much more they need to do to get this thing right. The only thing I don't like about it is him waiting thru the AS game and Cards series before they shut him down, you know they knew come on.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Thats assuming that Frazier continues at his pace.
To be honest, I'm relieved enough to say my biggest fear is that Votto will now not be able to set the MLB doubles record.
I'm really not fretting the injury. If it's only a few weeks, I believe Frazier playing everyday will mitigate the loss in the short term.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
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