9/27/2015 Reds vs Mets JV

[Ironman92]

Mets must've celebrated pretty good last night lol.

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Once you get past the Mets lineup you'll notice Skip leading off and playing CF

[cumberlandreds]

Reds may win one today. The Mets will be all hungover and not really interested in playing today. May be the last win of the year for the Reds. So enjoy it.

[Ironman92]

Reds may win one today. The Mets will be all hungover and not really interested in playing today. May be the last win of the year for the Reds. So enjoy it.

DeGrom isn't going to give up too many runs....but Skip setting the table for Votto likely means 5+ RBI for Votto today

[Tom Servo]

I still figure the Reds will lose.

[Ironman92]

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[Ironman92]

Fay also tweeted that Iglesias has been shut down for the season.

[Ironman92]

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[Tom Servo]

Not even watching it but the Mets have a 1-0 lead after two batters.

Skippy had a fluky leadoff double, Reds left him there.

[Tom Servo]

3-0 Mets in the 2nd. The Reds should be paying people to come to these games.

Mets pitchers still own Reds pitchers, de Grom with a single lined up the middle.

[BCubb2003]

I wonder if the Castellinis will erupt and do something drastic after this.

[Tom Servo]

I wonder if the Castellinis will erupt and do something drastic after this.
I would hope so.

[KittyDuran]

3-0 Mets in the 2nd. The Reds should be paying people to come to these games.

Well it's fan appreciation day but not that many fans to be appreciated. [emoji80]

[KittyDuran]

I wonder if the Castellinis will erupt and do something drastic after this.

Make list... Random Notes style. [emoji106]🏻

[Tom Servo]

Jay's OBP is below .300 for the year, much more concerning than his batting average.

[Roy Tucker]

My daughter is in town and wanted to go. So I got great seats for $11. Not a big market these days.

Mets fans are rampant and vocal. Sampson is not mighty. Not a happy day so far. 3-zip.

[Big Klu]

Kelch and Flynn are pleasant to listen to on the radio broadcast.

[Roy Tucker]

Stellar LF play there.

[Tom Servo]

de Grom up with the bases loaded and he lines a single to left field that a left fielder catches, but we have De Jesus playing there for whatever season so it falls in for a two run single. That's two hits for the pitcher today.


This is honestly worse than any Reds team I can remember in the last 10 years.

[ukredleg]

Nice effort to catch that, De Jesus :rolleyes:

[Tom Servo]

Nice effort to catch that, De Jesus :rolleyes:
To be fair, the guy played LF in all of two AAA games in his career before putting on a Reds uniform. It would help if the Reds had some actual outfielders on the roster, but that's clearly too much work for the front office to handle.

[Tom Servo]

Anthony DiComo ‏@AnthonyDiComo 1m1 minute ago
The #Mets have knocked Reds pitching around all weekend. Cincinnati starters went a combined 16 innings in four games, allowing 20 runs.

[texasdave]

de Grom up with the bases loaded and he lines a single to left field that a left fielder catches, but we have De Jesus playing there for whatever season so it falls in for a two run single. That's two hits for the pitcher today.


This is honestly worse than any Reds team I can remember in the last 10 years.

I had a weird dream last night. I dreamed that I was sitting in Riverfront Stadium and the year was 1982.

[Roy Tucker]

I picked a bad weekend to come see Reds games. Too early to start drinking.

[50YrRedsFan]

The lack of fans at today's game is an indication of attendance to come next year. A big drop is coming.

[Tom Servo]

Bad game for Votto so far.

[KittyDuran]

The lack of fans at today's game is an indication of attendance to come next year. A big drop is coming.

A even bigger drop in season tickets. Got a lot this season because of the ASG perk.

[Roy Tucker]

If there weren't Mets fans here, there would be no enthusiasm. Or cheering.
But we got a team photo!

[Roy Tucker]

I don't think De Jesus has a future in LF.

[Tom Servo]

Seriously though if I were Castellini I'd fire Jocketty and Price tomorrow just to send a message.

[Kc61]

Jay's OBP is below .300 for the year, much more concerning than his batting average.

I wish I could understand this.

Bruce has a 9% walk rate. It's a good walk rate for a power hitter. It's average for Bruce lifetime. He walks plenty.

All the rest of his OBP is his batting average. Those are by far and away the key components.

Yet posters care about OBP and don't care about BA. When BA is directly responsible for his low OBP.

Sorry, I just don't get this.

[Tom Servo]

I wish I could understand this.

Bruce has a 9% walk rate. It's a good walk rate for a power hitter. It's average for Bruce lifetime. He walks plenty.

All the rest of his OBP is his batting average. Those are by far and away the key components.

Yet posters care about OBP and don't care about BA. When BA is directly responsible for his low OBP.

Sorry, I just don't get this.
Fair point, Bruce's low OBP is due to his lack of base hits.

But you can, of course, have a good OBP without a high batting average.

[Kc61]

Fair point, Bruce's low OBP is due to his lack of base hits.

But you can, of course, have a good OBP without a high batting average.

It's difficult. Most on base events are hits. Walks happen much less often than hits. In baseball this year, there have been more than three times as many hits than walks (over 40,000 hits v. over 13,000 walks.) Even Joey Votto, the king of walks, has more hits than walks this season.

This is why I believe the best stats people still understand the importance of batting average.

It is not the be-all and end-all stat. It doesn't tell us everything. But BA does tell us the frequency of hitting safely which is a huge component of on base ability.

[Roy Tucker]

I just wish Bruce played better.

[Tom Servo]

Solid relief outing for Lorenzen, HR aside.

[Roy Tucker]

10 k's. Maybe we'll get pizza.

The people in the row in front of us won a Reds jersey and 2 posters. We got zippo.

[HokieRed]

I think we probably shouldn't confuse our young arms with the Mets', as I've seen some on the ORG do.

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I just wish Bruce played better.

Watch him do so for someone else next year.

[Cooper]

Bruce will never play up to expectations (800 OPS?) until he learns to stop trying to pull everything he sees. His best freakin friend figured it out and decided he was not going tolet the shift beat him --Bruce gives in to it --it's as if he and Votto have never talked about hitting for one minute. He's still a guess hitter and that ok --I'm amazed at how badly he guesses. His whole swing and approach need re-tooled.

[Big Klu]

I've noticed that Jim Kelch has done play-by-play for every inning today, with Doug Flynn providing only color commentary throughout the game. A refreshing change.

[Roy Tucker]

Watch him do so for someone else next year.

The Paul O'Neil syndrome.

[WVRedsFan]

The game wasn't on TV here, so I did some honey-do stuff. My phone kept blowing up with score updates from At Bat, so I didn't turn the radio on (SiriusXM). It truly is embarrassing to watch this. It's obvious to all men and women that Sampson is simply not MLB material, the bullpen is simply horrible--at least most of them most of the time, there is no reason on earth to play Schumaker at any time, and leaving Chapman to rot in the bullpen is the most ridiculous decision a field general can make (though it would have done no good today). There is nothing to watch, so people aren't coming. I had planned to be there this weekend, but just couldn't decide to make the six-hour drive to see this mess. I've been a solid Reds fan since birth, but if moves aren't made to stabilize this staff and get some real outfielders, it's going to be the same next year and even 2017. It's not a pretty picture. It wouldn't surprise me to see this team lose out.

[cumberlandreds]

Reds may win one today. The Mets will be all hungover and not really interested in playing today. May be the last win of the year for the Reds. So enjoy it.

I was a dummy for thinking the Reds could win with Sampson pitching. He along with three or four other pitchers are not major league pitchers. I really doubt the Reds will win another game this season. Looks like the number two pick at least. Maybe they have a shot at number one? But it doesn't matter. They would probably pick some high school kid who we won't see for five years and then only as a back up catcher.

[cumberlandreds]

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How 40 years makes a difference. On this date in 1975 the Reds put out a lineup almost the same as this one. Only Rettenmund had replaced Griffey. It was the last day of these season and the Reds were 107-54 and about 20 games ahead of the Dodgers. The Reds won that day and rolled into the playoffs. Now this year the team is almost the exact opposite. They can't even be competitive.