7/2/16: Reds @ Nationals [Primetime on Fox]

[Wonderful Monds]

Straily starting for the Reds, Joe Ross starts for Washington.



Things to know about this game

• Ross has never faced the Reds but is 5-3 with a 2.75 ERA in nine starts vs. NL Central teams during his career.

• Straily has been one of the Reds' more dependable starters in 2016, but he's coming off his roughest outing of the year. On Monday vs. the Cubs in an 11-8 loss, he allowed a career-high seven earned runs and nine hits over 3 2/3 innings.

• Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips has not hit a home run since May 7, a span of 48 games that is the longest stretch of his career.

[Wonderful Monds]

ALERT!: Brandon Phillips NOT hitting 3rd [!]

Cozart 6
Peraza 7
Votto 3
Bruce 9
Suarez 5
Phillips 4
Hamilton 8
Barnhart 2
Straily SP

[Tuff Nut]

ALERT!: Brandon Phillips NOT hitting 3rd [!]

Cozart 6
Peraza 7
Votto 3
Bruce 9
Suarez 5
Phillips 4
Hamilton 8
Barnhart 2
Straily SP

Also, Votto and Bruce are hitting back-to-back....Price musta let someone else fill out the lineup card.

[Ironman92]

Price makes zero sense.

With Duvall in the lineup BP bats 3rd/4th....but take out one of your top sluggers and put in a guy who doesn't have it yet and bat BP 6th

Hello bass ackwards

[Wonderful Monds]

Price makes zero sense.

With Duvall in the lineup BP bats 3rd/4th....but take out one of your top sluggers and put in a guy who doesn't have it yet and bat BP 6th

Hello bass ackwards

Works for me, I definitely have no complaints over this lineup after Price finally corrected his biggest ongoing mistake of the season so far.

[CySeymour]

Works for me, I definitely have no complaints over this lineup after Price finally corrected his biggest ongoing mistake of the season so far.

The biggest problem with any lineup the Reds can throw out there is they currently only have one player who can avoid outs at a good rate.

[Raisor]

Votto scratched with a sore right shoulder.


uh oh

[Ron Madden]

Votto scratched with a sore right shoulder.


uh oh

It's been that kinda season. :(

I would put Duvall at 1B until Joey is able to play again

[Rantly]

Votto scratched with a sore right shoulder.


uh oh

Uh oh is right! Hopefully not serious.

[Raisor]

Just found out my buddy Robert is at the game tonight.

This means nothing to any of you and I'm sorry I wasted your time.

[JaxRed]

Just found out my buddy Robert is at the game tonight.

This means nothing to any of you and I'm sorry I wasted your time.

You have a buddy?

[Raisor]

You have a buddy?

Not really

[Tom Servo]

2 run Duvall double! 2-0 Redlegs.

[mth123]

Cozart hit, Peraza HBP, Bruce K, Duvall double 2-0 reds.

[Ron Madden]

2 RBI Double for the Louisville Slugger Adam Duvall...

[mth123]

Phillips drives in Duvall with a base hit.

[Tom Servo]

DatDudeRBI. Single to center scores Duvall. 3-0 Redlegs.

[Red Raindog]

DatDudeRBI. Single to center scores Duvall. 3-0 Redlegs.

our new 6 hole monster

[mth123]

1-2-3 first for Straily.

[Banshee]

The reds have their hitting shoes on tonight so far.

[mth123]

Barnhart with a hit. Joe Ross may be in for an off night.

[Raisor]

The reds have their hitting shoes on tonight so far.

Wait. They have shoes for that?

[mth123]

Straily with a Sac bunt.

[Tom Servo]

4-0 Redlegs as Cozart pokes an RBI double!

[mth123]

Cozart doubles. 4-0

[Red Raindog]

4-0 Redlegs as Cozart pokes an RBI double!

maybe cues a double?

[Tom Servo]

Nats fans are a pretty lifeless bunch, huh?

[Tuff Nut]

Nats fans are a pretty lifeless bunch, huh?

They are pissed that they won't have Votto heeling them tonite.

[Raisor]

4-0 Redlegs as Cozart pokes an RBI double!

Gus McCrae: A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough.

[Raisor]

Gus McCrae: A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough.

Now I'm going to re-read Lonesome Dove

[Tom Servo]

Straily allowed a run on a walk and a triple in the 3rd. Reds go down quickly and quietly in the 4th.

4-1 Redlegs to the bottom of 4.

[Kc61]

Duvall with his second double of the night.

[Tom Servo]

Straily with a scoreless 4th

Duvall doubles again to start the 5th

[Tom Servo]

Billy gets a taste of his own medicine, highlight reel catch by Ben Revere in center on a sinking blooper to rob Hamilton of a possible RBI.

[Tom Servo]

Much needed 1-2-3 inning for Straily in the 5th.

[Tom Servo]

A Barnhart HBP and Cozart infield single have first and third with one out. Dusty going to the bullpen because he fears Jose 'Havoc' Peraza.

Jose Havoc can't get the job done, fly ball not deep enough to CF.

[Tom Servo]

Ugggghhh. Bruce hits one deep that just keeps going and going...but caught at the wall by Ben Revere to end the inning.

[Kc61]

Straily with six very nice innings.

[mth123]

Straily with six very nice innings.

Seven now. This was certainly needed for Straily to right the ship a bit.

[Ironman92]

Votto scratched with a sore right shoulder.


uh oh

Must've had the heavy fancee coffee

[Ironman92]

Ugh

[Red Raindog]

there's good reasons this team is on a path to 100+ losses --- watch & learn

[lnn6574]

Groundhog Day.

[lnn6574]

Walks will haunt.

[Red Raindog]

Walks will haunt.

and this bullpen will kill

[Tom Servo]

You guys didn't actually think the 4-1 lead would hold up, did you? :help:

[Red Raindog]

You guys didn't actually think the 4-1 lead would hold up, did you? :help:

I had some hope --- but it's been squashed once more

[Ironman92]

Pitched Murphy like a champ but Harper took that pitch the other way to tie it

[Ron Madden]

I don't think Blake Wood is very good in high pressure situations

[Kc61]

It's ok, someday if the Reds sit still a bullpen will magically appear.

[Ironman92]

For the record....with 1st base open I didn't mind him nibbling Ramos for a walk. He didn't get him but also didn't give the cream puff.

I think the next guy gives up a game opening blast.

[Tom Servo]

I don't think Blake Wood is very good
Could have stopped right there my man.

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It's ok, someday if the Reds sit still a bullpen will magically appear.
Firing the coaches who oversee the worst bullpens in history would be a good start.

[Wolves198921]

Wow just wow. Just a couple more months until football season at least.

[lnn6574]

Blake Wood needs to have more kids.

[WVRedsFan]

I've said this before but I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day.

[Ironman92]

Ok...I'm for it. Blue Jays want Phillips so just send us Barney and he can be a back up IF and relief pitcher

http://mlb.mlb.com/r/video?content_id=879984983

The curve to Napoli was nasty

[WVRedsFan]

Peraza 0-4. What is he doing batting second? The Genius confuses me. Must have gotten advice from Dusty before the game.

[Kc61]

Could have stopped right there my man.

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Firing the coaches who oversee the worst bullpens in history would be a good start.

Coaches? The only coach who could fix this bullpen is Marlin the Magician. Maybe Houdini.

Try the guys who created this roster but adopted the RedsZone theory of bullpen development -- "it will work out."

[Ironman92]

Peraza 0-4. What is he doing batting second? The Genius confuses me. Must have gotten advice from Dusty before the game.

If you aren't ready for MLB pitching...batting in front of Votto will make you ready. It's proven to be quite meh for nearly a decade.

[chicoruiz]

Coaches? The only coach who could fix this bullpen is Marlin the Magician.


We have a manager, a pitching coach and a bullpen coach who are all portrayed as being pitching specialists. Anyone see any evidence of this?

[WVRedsFan]

NO!!!

[Tom Servo]

Coaches? The only coach who could fix this bullpen is Marlin the Magician. Maybe Houdini.

Try the guys who created this roster but forgot the bullpen. It's the RedsZone theory of bullpen development -- "it will work out."
Bullpen definitely needs work (understatement of the century), but their horridness is beyond the basic realm of explanation. Maybe better coaching would tell them to keep the ball down or something.

You keep saying the Reds are doing nothing because they aren't converting minor league starters to relievers. But they are already doing it with Lorenzen and Iglesias, and they just drafted a bunch of relievers this year with several more interesting ones (Herget, Chacin, Weiss) in the pipeline. I'd feel better when everyone associated with the dumpster fire performance of this year is gone.

[Roy Tucker]

Coaches? The only coach who could fix this bullpen is Marlin the Magician. Maybe Houdini.

Try the guys who created this roster but adopted the RedsZone theory of bullpen development -- "it will work out."

I think they took the line "anyone can close" literally.

[Tom Servo]

We have a manager, a pitching coach and a bullpen coach who are all portrayed as being pitching specialists. Anyone see any evidence of this?
Right, this is what I'm saying. It's not giving the players or the front office an excuse, the players should be cut and the FO criticized. But ultimately the very job of these coaches is to have their players be successful, and that clearly isn't happening.

I think you need to start new altogether. Next year I only want to see 2-3 guys from this year (Lorenzen, Iglesias, assuming they both stay there) in the bullpen, an arm or two added in free agency, and a whole new coaching staff.

[Kc61]

Bullpen definitely needs work (understatement of the century), but their horridness is beyond the basic realm of explanation. Maybe better coaching would tell them to keep the ball down or something.

You keep saying the Reds are doing nothing because they aren't converting minor league starters to relievers. But they are already doing it with Lorenzen and Iglesias, and they just drafted a bunch of relievers this year with several more interesting ones (Herget, Chacin, Weiss) in the pipeline. I'd feel better when everyone associated with the dumpster fire performance of this year is gone.

They were forced into Lorenzen and Iglesias by injury. And it's not just failing to convert starters. It's a bullpen that all year has been focused on stop gaps.

Get Wandy Peralta - currently a reliever - to the Reds. Get Moscot as a long man. Move Chacin to AAA. Convert Romano to the pen, he isn't a successful starter. Use Sampson.

If you're not ready to have a good bullpen, at least act like you might be developing one.

The pitchers are there, the Reds just don't prioritize this important need.

[Tom Servo]

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Get Wandy Peralta - currently a reliever - to the Reds. Get Moscot as a long man. Move Chacin to AAA. Convert Romano to the pen, he isn't a successful starter. Use Sampson.
These all sound like band-aids though (and in some cases, downgrades), my man. None of this solves the ongoing horror show.

[Tom Servo]

Good to see Josh Smith rebound from the disaster outing the other night.

[Roy Tucker]

Reds FO reminds me of the guy that says "the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect different results" and says that over and over expecting people to agree with him.

[WVRedsFan]

Might be another one-run loss, the typical score during the Price era (until this year). Oops, Smith gets them 1-2-3. On to the 10th.

[Kc61]

These all sound like band-aids though (and in some cases, downgrades), my man. None of this solves the ongoing horror show.

If they are band-aids, why are they all being treated like fine wine? All these guys aren't Robert Stephenson. Move them up and give them chances with the Reds.

Get prospects into the pen. Period.

[Ironman92]

Angels just scored 11 in the 7th and lead Boston 20-2....3 players with 5+ rbi

[Ron Madden]

Bases Loaded For The Reds!!!

[WVRedsFan]

Bases loaded with no outs. Wonder how they'll screw this up?

[Tom Servo]

Get prospects into the pen. Period.
If you want real change, that means Robert Stephenson, Amir Garrett, Jackson Stephens, Alejandro Chacin.

Moscot, Peralta, Sampson, these are 'shuttle from Louisville to Cincinnati' guys. Sampson is already here, I'm sure the other two will be up this summer and are unlikely to make a difference.

[WVRedsFan]

Holt in the on deck circle. Barnhart singles to get two runs in. 6-4 Reds

[Tom Servo]

Barnhart delivers! Two runs score! 6-4 Redlegs!

[Ron Madden]

Bases loaded with no outs. Wonder how they'll screw this up?

Have Ya Ever Heard Of Schleprock?

[WVRedsFan]

Have Ya Ever Heard Of Schleprock?Yes and I'll gladly take it!

[Kc61]

If you want real change, that means Robert Stephenson, Amir Garrett, Jackson Stephens, Alejandro Chacin.

Moscot, Peralta, Sampson, these are 'shuttle from Louisville to Cincinnati' guys. Sampson is already here, I'm sure the other two will be up this summer and are unlikely to make a difference.

Good, Reds in front.

Building a pen is partly trial and error. Look at Josh Smith, he finally seems to be a useful reliever. He was like the 15th guy they tried.

At this pace the Reds will have to acquire relievers in trades and free agency. Because the pace of development is too slow.

Most of the veteran relievers have not provided stability. Try some of the prospects. Frankly, I don't care who anymore.

[Ron Madden]

WP 7-4 Reds!!!

[Raisor]

If Stephenson or Garrett are converted to relievers because of how bad the pen is then I give up. It would be insanity.

[Kc61]

Is there a NatsZone?

I want to read how they are blaming Dusty for this inning.

[Tom Servo]

Nats doing their Reds impression.

[Ron Madden]

RBI single Peraza 8-4 Reds!!!!

[WVRedsFan]

8-4 on Peraza's bloop.

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Same old Belisle

[BCubb2003]

That's a long con to get Matt Belisle in position to win the game for the Reds.

[Tom Servo]

If Stephenson or Garrett are converted to relievers because of how bad the pen is then I give up. It would be insanity.
Agreed, it shouldn't and won't happen, just saying it is the only way to "solve" the problem right now, because some AAA jamokes aren't an answer.

We just have to live with what we have for now.

[Kc61]

If Stephenson or Garrett are converted to relievers because of how bad the pen is then I give up. It would be insanity.

I'm certainly not advocating that.

But for any advanced pitcher who realistically is going to relieve, then start getting him ready, and if he is reasonably ready get him up here.

Reds up 4 runs, they have a chance here.

[Tom Servo]

9-4 Reds

[Ron Madden]

9-4 Reds!!!

[Roy Tucker]

Reds up 4 runs, they have a chance here.

Not so fast there. Hoover and Diaz lurk in the pen.

[Raisor]

I've said it before: the pen is the way it is on purpose. They knew the rotation wasn't going to be able to go deep into games so they built the bullpen with disposable arms. They are going to be replacing the disposable arms as it gets closer to contending time.

[mth123]

Good, Reds in front.

Building a pen is partly trial and error. Look at Josh Smith, he finally seems to be a useful reliever. He was like the 15th guy they tried.

At this pace the Reds will have to acquire relievers in trades and free agency. Because the pace of development is too slow.

Most of the veteran relievers have not provided stability. Try some of the prospects. Frankly, I don't care who anymore.

The answers to the Reds pen are currently in the Reds rotation (along with Iglesias and Lorenzen when they get completely right). The answers to the rotation are still in AAA and AA. When those guys are ready the pen will improve. They can't move those prospects to the pen yet. They need them to start. Add Lamb, Finnegan and Strailey to Lorenzen, Cingrani and Iglesias and the pen will be fine. Need Bailey, Stephenson and Garrett in the rotation first. Wood, Ohendorf, and the lesser guys are just filler IMO. They may keep one as a mop-up guy down the road, but that's probably Moscot.

[Kc61]

I've said it before: the pen is the way it is on purpose. They knew the rotation wasn't going to be able to go deep into games so they built the bullpen with disposable arms. They are going to be replacing the disposable arms as it gets closer to contending time.

As the rebuilding continues, it is a very demoralizing way to run a baseball team.

IMO they need to treat building a bullpen more seriously. They should build it the same as any other spot.

[Kc61]

Not so fast there. Hoover and Diaz lurk in the pen.

Hoover already pitched tonight at AAA. Unless they recalled him in the last 45 minutes, I think he's out of the picture.

As for Jumbo, you're on your own. We'll see if they use him here.

Here he comes. Let's go Jumbo.

[Wolves198921]

Five run lead in extra innings and I am still not 100 percent confident. I do appreciate the fact that they didn't give up though.

[Tom Servo]

nooooooooooooo not Jumbo

[Raisor]

As the rebuilding continues, it is a very demoralizing way to run a baseball team.

IMO they need to treat building a bullpen more seriously. They should build it the same as any other spot.

You build the rotation first. You don't sacrifice possible starters until you have the rotation figured out.

[Kc61]

You build the rotation first. You don't sacrifice possible starters until you have the rotation figured out.

Not going there again. Many of the "starters" are in name only. They are destined for the pen, might as well get them there.

[Ron Madden]

I believe the Reds can get two more outs before they give up six runs

[Ironman92]

Jumbo looks even jumbier

[_Sir_Charles_]

At some point, I'm still convinced that Jumbo will find success in the bigs. His stuff is excellent. He was VERY good at AAA after he was sent down.

[Kc61]

At some point, I'm still convinced that Jumbo will find success in the bigs. His stuff is excellent. He was VERY good at AAA after he was sent down.

Jumbo just is prone to the home run ball.

Two outs.

[Tom Servo]

Jumbo just is prone to the home run ball.

You can get away with a high BB/9 as a reliever. But not a high HR/9.

[Tom Servo]

Daniel Murphy fouled a ball off his ding dong.

[_Sir_Charles_]

And this one belongs to the Reds!

[Ironman92]

Jumbo just is prone to the home run ball.

Two outs.

Like a 340 lb J.C. Ramirez

[WVRedsFan]

Reds win

[Tom Servo]

We're good again! :beerme:

[Ron Madden]

Reds Win 9-4!!!!

[WVRedsFan]

9-4 Way to go Jumbo

[Wolves198921]

7-6 on Saturday games. Maybe they can just play on Saturday lol.

[Roy Tucker]

Hooray for the good guys.

[WVRedsFan]

nm

[Big Klu]

On pace for 59-103.

[Strikes Out Looking]

A few notes from LF (where I was sitting).

The Reds offense needs to keep going when it has a lead, they seem to rest on it.

Ben Revere saved a tons of runs - just bad luck for the good guys on that.

Strailly is a good bunter but a terrible hitter.

Price needs to anticipate his pitchers better. Strailly should have came out after 7 and Wood should have been gone after 1 batter - if you can't throw strikes then you can't pitch for my team.

Bryce Harper, the future Yankee RF (as those of us living in the Nation's Capital call him) has crashed back to earth. His fielding miscue was straight out of little league.

By the end of the game last night, there were as many Reds fans left as Nats fans.