“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
If the Reds won a WS with Drew Stubbs in CF last year, I'd have said that if they wanted to win again in 2013, they need to upgrade CF.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
OnBaseMachine (03-21-2013)
Disagree. How is signing Broxton silly? He's probably still the best RH arm in the pen. Hoover may surprass him this year (I doubt it, but it's a reasonable possibiliy)..
Broxton on the roster means that Simon, Logan and Arredondo pitch less high leverage innings. That's a good thing.
Deep pens help win championships.
Honestly, I wanted to see Chapman start, but I'm ok with him remaining one of the most dominant closers in the game. I said this earlier.. does anyone think that Billy Wagner's career was a waste? I kind of doubt it.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
AtomicDumpling (03-21-2013),redsfandan (03-21-2013)
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
HeatherC1212 (03-21-2013)
One theory on the report leaking, then being officially denied, and Dusty getting snappy: Dusty was the leak. He keeps trying to sabotage the plan and Jocketty/Price aren't letting him have his way. If so, it's only complicated the Chapman situation and undermined Dusty's position with the club.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
AtomicDumpling (03-21-2013),OnBaseMachine (03-21-2013),remdog (03-21-2013)
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
That was my post about 1990 and you have mischaracterized it.
Nothing is "proof positive" of anything in baseball. Nor did I say that.
And top starting pitching IMO is more important than top relief pitching in winning a World Series.
But that does not mean you take an elite closer and begin an experiment with him as starter when you are about to embark on, hopefully, a championship season.
And whether Rivera gave up a big hit means absolutely nothing in this discussion. All players fail. But if the value of relievers is doubtful to you, please get a DVD of the 1990 World Series which shows just how valuable they can be.
Apologies for mischaracterizing. The point remains, though, that you can make the argument the other way -- that rotation depth and top-end SP talent are the keys to postseason (and regular season) success and that the Reds are nuts not to at least try to add another league average arm to the mix (with the potential for much, much more). Having Chapman at the back of the pen means little in the playoffs when you lose a starter and his replacement is giving up 10 runs in the first inning. But if you lose your ace and can replace him with a guy who can dominate a team for 7 innings, your whole scenario just improves.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
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