If you're so anxious to exert Rosenthal's perceived superiority over a Reds' player, you should go to CardsZone to do so.Originally Posted by MikeThierry
No one here is going to be eager to let you thump your chest about it.
If you're so anxious to exert Rosenthal's perceived superiority over a Reds' player, you should go to CardsZone to do so.
No one here is going to be eager to let you thump your chest about it.
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foxfire123 (06-02-2013)
There was a debate over this or you are just trying to be funny?
Of course...Broxton used to be what Rosenthal is now....then it left him. So watch out for that.
Please scroll back to page 5 or 6 of this conversation as this was a debate that was going on. I believe Rosenthal was called a "middling reliever" by one of the posters here. It's not that I'm thumping my chest, I just have a good memory on the debates we've had here over the years.
So it looks like Friday, it will be Wainwright vs. Leake.
But Latos would be on 4 days rest....
I don't know Leake on a personal level so I don't know how he would handle it. But if I thought it wouldn't be too much of an issue to him...yeah, I'd bump Latos up.
I think that would be very risky for the Reds to bump up Latos.
Define risky.
Again, I don't know the ins and outs of Leake, so if doing so would mess with him I would not do it.
I always admired TLR's slight re-arranging of pitching staffs in order to matchup well for a big series.
Dusty did say he wanted to re-arrange the rotation so that Mes wouldn't be sitting three days in a row, and said that was first date he would be able to do so. Not sure if bumping up Latos does that, however.
Btw, I have no problem with any Reds pitcher going against any Card pitcher. They all are good for the Reds.
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Yeah bumping Latos up probably has a 10 percent shot of actually working out in your favor, a 5 percent chance working against you, and an 85 percent chance of not mattering.
But it would set a "Here we go, let's do this" vibe to the series, which I would enjoy.
It really sucks that Cueto won't be pitching in this series.
This is the ol Left Hander rounding third and heading for home.
agreed that really sucks
I am way late to this conversation but this is an area I always like to add my .2 cents. First of all I believe it's always important to note that talent and skill are 2 different things and this debate is no different. And if the end result of the argument is to try to give a strong educated guess on who might win the division or who is just better (or might go further) then there is more to consider than just those 2 things, just saying (age/injuries/experience).
Having said all that I think the talent is pretty close perhaps even slightly in the Reds favor. Skill though IMO is at least marginally in the Cards favor and for me that is why they have been better in the playoffs recently. The Reds simply throw away too many PA's by too many hitters on a regular basis due to a lack of overall polish in approach mainly. The Cards are just smarter hitters basically but they also have fewer physical deficiencies from top to bottom.
Where they will both be at the end though is debatable for various reasons.
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If this is an example, you have a terrible memory, lol.
I am that poster to whom you are referring, and this is the second time in this thread that incorrectly accused me of saying that Rosenthal was a middling reliever. I even replied the first time, to point out your mistake, to explain that I never called Rosenthal a middling reliever, nor did I think he was one. You had simply mis-read my comment.
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