Reds vs. Cardinals Sunday 8/26

[HometownHero]

Originally Posted by Stray

I'm not a Sabermetrics guy by any stretch of the imagination, but wouldn't the best hitting team in baseball always have a high BABIP?

They lead the NL in hitting last year with a .305 BABIP

[Stray]

bullpen issues

[texasdave]

Reds' bullpen has certainly been unlucky lately.

[HometownHero]

Originally Posted by cw0802

So he's been lucky for over a year. One year of pure luck? Riiiiight. Look, I can do that too. That guy Votto has been nothing but lucky for the past couple years.

Over that year Craig has better numbers the Votto's career averages has so yes he's been lucky right on time with the BABIP special RBI single.

[Stray]

5 run game, I'd just leave him in there and save the arm.

[reds700]

The bullpen is vastly overrated.

[HometownHero]

Originally Posted by texasdave

Todd Frazier's numbers in the minors never suggested what he is doing this year. Frazier is so lucky this year. I am so tired of everything nowadays in baseball being luck or no luck.

Todd isn't going to keep doing what he's doing either, but he can't even touch Craig's lucky year long run.

[cw0802]

Originally Posted by HometownHero

Over that year Craig has better numbers the Votto's career averages has so yes he's been lucky right on time with the BABIP special RBI single.

Couldn't be that he's just a good hitter?

[texasdave]

Originally Posted by cw0802

Couldn't be that he's just a good hitter?

Nope. Just pure luck.

[HometownHero]

Originally Posted by cw0802

Couldn't be that he's just a good hitter?

Unless he over night became on of the best players in the majors

[cw0802]

Originally Posted by texasdave

Nope. Just pure luck.

I guess Pujols was lucky too...that is until he went to play form the Angels. Now he's just real good!

[HometownHero]

Good thing they didn't sting their hits yesterday 13 so far in the 7th, had 11 in a loss yesterday after 14 in game one.

[texasdave]

Originally Posted by HometownHero

Good thing they didn't sting their hits yesterday 13 so far in the 7th, had 11 in a loss yesterday after 14 in game one.

They don't have the ability to string their hits. It is all luck. They are at the mercy of the baseball gods.

[cw0802]

Originally Posted by HometownHero

Unless he over night became on of the best players in the majors

Injured and bench player last year because he didn't have a spot to start due too Berkman, Holliday and Pujols. This is the first year he's had the opportunity to play most of the season. Look what he's done. So is it possible...just possible that he is that talented?

[HometownHero]

Originally Posted by cw0802

I guess Pujols was lucky too...that is until he went to play form the Angels. Now he's just real good!

Pujols had a .920 OPS in the minors making it to AAA in one year, Craig was 26 before he got his first MLB HR and 27 and 3 months old when he went on this run. Pujols had over 200 HR and almost 1,00 hits by the time Craig even made the majors and had almost 1,000 games of doing it by the time he was the age Craig went on his went.