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I want to talk about how Jay Bruce has a negative UZR this season and that people still actually quote such a rating.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
I want to talk about bringing back the old graphics from the Riverfront scoreboard. I really miss the argument between the manager and the umpire where a big red smokey gets jammed in the umpires face.
This is the time. The real Reds organization is back.
The millionth time? This is only probably the 2nd time I recall hearing that...........so Im must have missed the other 999,998 times.
The love affair is the dislike affair I have with Valdez and the need for this team to stockpile Ray Oyler/Darrel Chaney type MI.
Stockpile?
One at a time and all teams have them because if he could hit, he'd be a starter. Good glove, good hit guys in the infield have starting jobs because it is a coveted set of skills, and is also not common enough for most/any teams to have benches with good hitting, good D infielders. Most teams trade one for the other even for their starters because there is not enough to go around the league, much less a lower revenue team like the Reds. He can hit enough to keep a job and has been useful to keep the D in tact so that a starter can rest. Who knows what intangibles he is bringing to the table, but Charlie Manuel loves the guy for that reason. He's even contributed offensively in some of his starts.
I'm not sure what your expectations are for that role. Hopefully they find an upgrade for him in the offseason, and at least we aren't in a position to have Janish or Descalso as our every day starting shortstop like two playoff contenders now are.
BTW, Ray Oyler was an everyday SS in an era when he wasn't that unusual. He eventually was replaced though, but held a job for his glove. Chaney was a bench player, period. I think the Braves gave him some starting opportunities, but only because they were Houston Astros bad at the time.
Valdez is being used for a role that is needed and guys like Gregorius and Hamilton can develop and become useful assets either in a trade or in a Reds uniform.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
My expectations would be for him to hit better than Janish......would you not think that is reasonable expectation?
I know what those 2 were and what I was comparing them to..... in the world of MI like Dave Chalk, Marty Perez and Johnnie LeMaster.....those 2 stood out for me as pretty bad. They were the ones that came off the top of my head...and I was obviously trying for some humor.
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
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