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The Connor Overton Appreciation Thread
I have no idea how long he'll be on the team, I don't know if his next start will be awful, but I do know that he has had two good starts in a row now, and we should appreciate that.
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He has been by far our best starting pitcher
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The Connor Overton Appreciation Thread
2022 MVP in a runaway. (With 2 precincts reporting)
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Hey. If the Reds found a future 4-5 starter on the cheap, it’s a win. One less spot to spend money on that can be used to bring in better OF
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Yes, it was good to watch him today, but it goes to show how bad things are when we are grateful for a starter who gives just 5 innings!
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Young man has been very respectable.
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Is he our All Star representative?
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Old school 1983
Hey. If the Reds found a future 4-5 starter on the cheap, it’s a win. One less spot to spend money on that can be used to bring in better OF
He’s got a long way to go to become a regular starter.
Of course, given his current competition, maybe it’s not as hard as it looks.
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Kc61
He’s got a long way to go to become a regular starter.
Of course, given his current competition, maybe it’s not as hard as it looks.
That's very true. Considering where we are this point, I'd take 5/ 1 or 5/2 every time out from him.
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Kc61
He’s got a long way to go to become a regular starter.
Of course, given his current competition, maybe it’s not as hard as it looks.
Totally agree. 2 starts with one being against the pirates mean nothing. But I sure hope he keeps it up.
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Rowsdower
Is he our All Star representative?
Tyler Stephenson
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NebraskaRed
I have no idea how long he'll be on the team, I don't know if his next start will be awful, but I do know that he has had two good starts in a row now, and we should appreciate that.
And Derek Johnson still getting a pass
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Originally Posted by
Rowsdower
Is he our All Star representative?
Tyler Stephenson
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Reds don't get an AS this year. just like 1997
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SomeCallMeTim
2022 MVP in a runaway. (With 2 precincts reporting)
Stop the count!
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Old school 1983
Hey. If the Reds found a future 4-5 starter on the cheap, it’s a win. One less spot to spend money on that can be used to bring in better OF
We'll know in about 350 more innings.
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Jaysland Red
Yes, it was good to watch him today, but it goes to show how bad things are when we are grateful for a starter who gives just 5 innings!
Be careful. Someone will be along to say that today's starters don't get paid to pitch more than five innings.
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Kc61
He’s got a long way to go to become a regular starter.
Of course, given his current competition, maybe it’s not as hard as it looks.
Incremental improvement. Just be better than yesterday. After a while, it starts to add up.
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westofyou
Reds don't get an AS this year. just like 1997
Was Larkin injured that year?
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Big Klu
Was Larkin injured that year?
Might be the Jeff Shaw traded away year?
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KeefeCato
Might be the Jeff Shaw traded away year?
I thought that was in 1998. (And Bret Boone also made the All-Star Team in '98.)
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Big Klu
I thought that was in 1998. (And Bret Boone also made the All-Star Team in '98.)
Correct it was 1998. I forgot about Boone who was added the Sunday before the game when Sosa bowed out due to injury. Boone didn't play
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Right now he is ace of the staff.
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The ace has done it again tonight. First Reds starter this year to go more than 6 innings.
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NebraskaRed
The ace has done it again tonight. First Reds starter this year to go more than 6 innings.
The guy is 28 and has pitched 410 innings after HS baseball. He’s got the arm of 22 year old!
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The Overton window is open?
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Congratulations to Connor Overton on his first major league win tonight!
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Connor Overton takes the next step in his impressive journey to lead the Reds to a win
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...es/9754249002/
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Only two K'd in this game by Reds pitchers. Last year Miley lost to the Cardinals and only got 2 Ks. To go to the next prior one you'd have to go to 2016 when Brandon Finnigan pitched a CG and only K'd two
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Connor Overton's success is becoming a thing for Cincinnati. His best outing yet, and first big league win, came during a 4-0 victory over the Pirates on Thursday night at PNC Park, where he also delivered the rotation's first quality start. The right-hander threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings with three hits -- all singles -- and four walks allowed, while notching one strikeout in the combined shutout -- another club first of 2022.
Through three starts since his April 30 promotion, Overton has a 1.59 ERA and has pitched at least 5 1/3 innings in all three games. The 8-24 Reds -- winners in five of their last seven games -- claimed the last two games he's pitched – both against Pittsburgh.
“Super excited, that was a lot of fun," Overton said. "You know what? I didn’t have my best stuff, but just to be able to go out there and compete, have the defense behind me, and having [catcher Tyler] Stephenson call a great game, it was an awesome team win. I’m excited that that was my first one.”
A veteran of six organizations and two independent clubs, Overton appeared in nine big league games last season for the Blue Jays and Pirates. Pittsburgh released him before he signed a Minor League contract with Cincinnati in November.
"I didn’t really dwell on it," Overton said. "I just put my head down and kept working and said ‘All right, now what?’ Stuck to the game plan, stuck to the process, continued working hard. That was it.”
https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/connor...gainst-pirates
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Overton set a record as a Pirate against Reds last year.
Most lifetime MLB innings without allowing a run (10.2).
Stretched it to 13.2 until Gregorius homered.
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overton was excellent at AAA buffalo last year (and was doing well at louisville before his call-up this year). not saying what he's doing is sustainable, but my point is he has been pitching well overall since the beginning of 2021. that's a good sign.
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Overton will be 29 in July. Ride that horse until it gives out, but don't write him into the plan for 2023. He's certainly bypassed SanMartin and Vlad on the depth chart and with Lodolo out, and potential trades later in the year, my guess is he'll stick around all season. The hope would be he becomes the new Dan Straily who gets dealt for the new Luis Castillo.
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mth123
Overton will be 29 in July. Ride that horse until it gives out, but don't write him into the plan for 2023. He's certainly bypassed SanMartin and Vlad on the depth chart and with Lodolo out, and potential trades later in the year, my guess is he'll stick around all season. The hope would be he becomes the new Dan Straily who gets dealt for the new Luis Castillo.
I kind of doubt he makes it through the year. And I really doubt he nets a future major-leaguer via trade. Straily was 27 and had a couple of seasons in a major league rotation with a sub-4 ERA. Overton is 28 and has started 6 games.
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CaiGuy
I kind of doubt he makes it through the year. And I really doubt he nets a future major-leaguer via trade. Straily was 27 and had a couple of seasons in a major league rotation with a sub-4 ERA. Overton is 28 and has started 6 games.
I agree. The point is, if you can get something, deal him, don't plan on him for next year just because he's cheap. I thought they should have flipped Vlad this winter but they believed the smoke and mirrors of 2021 and wrote him into the plan.
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NM. Late to the discussion
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Jaysland Red
Yes, it was good to watch him today, but it goes to show how bad things are when we are grateful for a starter who gives just 5 innings!
And every other team would be grateful for that.
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I want him to be the closer so he’ll be Game Overton.
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Overton has been a godsend. He's definitely moved up the depth chart and I'd keep him in the rotation until he has a Vlad like correction. He's starting to get me wondering if he could be our depth/swing guy going forward. I like him much more than Reiver or Vlad now.
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Charlie Goldsmith
@CharlieG__
David Bell says Vladimir Gutierrez is heading to the bullpen. Connor Overton will stay in the rotation.