Or, you know, better pitchers. And better pitching development from the organization. the constant, really, has been the pitching that falls apart at the first sign of trouble.
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That will help too.
The problem is that we are kind of stuck - for lack of a better word - with these young pitchers. I don't care if the whole front office is fired, no new regime is going to get rid of pitchers with the promise of Castillo, Disco and Mahle. Maybe even Lorenzen. Hopefully they can improve but they are promising, cheap and under contract. So the thing to do is - along with trying to develop better - to get them to improve.
Castillo and Disco could maybe use a new pitching coach. Someone to work on the mental approach. What to do when things get tough, how to keep it from going off the rails.
Jose Peraza is now tied with Luis Quiñones, Benito Santiago, D'Angelo Jimenez, and Alex Gonzalez for 18th place among Hispanic players on the Reds home run list.
1. Tony Perez (Cuba) - 287
2. Dave Concepcion (Venezuela) - 101
3. Eugenio Suarez (Venezuela) - 92
4. Leo Cardenas (Cuba) - 72
5. Edwin Encarnacion (Dom. Rep.) - 71
6. Wily Mo Peña (Dom. Rep.) - 54
7. Cesar Geronimo (Dom. Rep.) - 44
8. Felipe Lopez (Puerto Rico) - 41
9. Bo Diaz (Venezuela) - 39
10. Javier Valentin (Puerto Rico) - 34
11. Cesar Cedeño (Dom. Rep.) - 30
12. Mariano Duncan (Dom. Rep.) - 28
13. Jose Guillen (Dom. Rep.) - 27
14. Juan Castro (Mexico) - 25
15. Ramon Hernandez (Venezuela) - 24
16. Eduardo Perez (USA/Puerto Rico) - 23
17. Alex Ochoa (USA/Cuba) - 20
18. Luis Quiñones (Puerto Rico) - 19
18. Benito Santiago (Puerto Rico) - 19
18. D'Angelo Jimenez (Dom. Rep.) - 19
18. Alex Gonzalez (Venezuela) - 19
18. Jose Peraza (Venezuela) - 19
23. Juan Encarnacion (Dom. Rep.) - 16
24. Miguel Cairo (Venezuela) - 13
25. Roberto Kelly (Panama) - 12
26. Ruben Rivera (Panama) - 10
Reds have to go 10-5 to avoid a 90-loss season. It's possible: 4 games against the Marlins, 2 versus the Royals.