Miami has been shut out 3 times this year 2 of those by the Reds.
Miami has been shut out 3 times this year 2 of those by the Reds.
Last edited by Ron Madden; 04-11-2019 at 11:03 PM.
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I'm happy we played the slump busting Marlins when we really needed it.
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First time since 1926-- against the Brooklyn Robins-- that Cincinnati has given up one earned run in a home series.
Luis Castillo is the third pitcher since 1893 to start three straight with lines including 8 K's and no more than 2 hits.
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
Tom Servo (04-12-2019)
All the Reds starters last year had high HR rates, including Disco, Mahle and even Castillo (1.49) who are still around.
To be sure, Bailey was the biggest culprit but it wasn’t just the guys you mentioned. Indeed, Disco’s HR rate (1.88) and Mahle’s (1.77) were among the highest.
So I’m hoping that the early season improvement is across the board and helped by the coaching.
Any good pitching coach coming into this situation would focus on all the HRs Reds allowed last season, I’m confident DJ did just that.
I'm happy that the sweep of the Marlins gives the Reds a more managable 4-8 record. The 2012 Reds had that same record after 12 games.
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I'm happy that for the first time in recent memory my first impulse isn't to scour the rosters and prospect lists of other teams in order to foment trade ideas with the Reds.
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Griffey012 (04-12-2019)
I'm happy that WrongVerb isn't throwing out trade ideas.
Sea Ray (04-13-2019)
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Disco has allowed 4 HR in 23 innings this year, so that part is still the same as well. Mahle and Castillo have made improvements so far. Maybe it's just growing up. Another factor might be that most of the games have been against Pittsburgh and MIami. Two of the least accomplished line-ups in baseball. There isn't really anybody who scares you on either roster like most teams have. Josh Bell maybe, but not as as the top guy that he is in Pittsburgh. I just think it's too soon to draw the conclusion that they've really improved and way too soon to attribute to anything having to do with the coaches. I'd say the competition and the lack of so many of the big fly guys from last year have the most to do with it. I'll go with the most obvious reason. If things are still humming at the end of May, I might buy in.
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Disco has allowed only two homers, the entire team has allowed six. Maybe you're looking at ST numbers.
Obviously the sample is very small, but I see several ways in which the coaching may be having a positive effect in the early going.
Fewer homers allowed by pitchers. Also three starters, Castillo, Gray and (yes) Mahle with high GB rates.
Better use of GABP by some Reds hitters (Winker's two homers in particular).
Improved defensive positioning. (Those index cards may be a key!).
It's very early and the talent is better, so it's hard to tell for sure. But part of the Reds' strategy is to boost the players via top notch coaching. I'm hopeful it's going to work and there are some early signs I see that maybe these coaches are having a positive influence.
Last edited by Kc61; 04-13-2019 at 08:57 AM.
I don't think he'd admit it, but I suspect it must have been a drag to be Joey Votto playing on that terrible team last year. There has to be something said for the boost one gets, feeling as though he's surrounded by performers. Obviously, being followed in the batting order by a guy who the opposition doesn't particularly want to face anymore than you is a boost too, but the mental approach when your team isn't the complete suck may help a guy lock in a little bit better, even one of the league's elite hitters. To me, doubles are things of beauty, a squared up barrel knocking the ball solidly so that it jumps into the gap with such speed that no one can touch it until it bounces off the wall. A double says the hitter is seeing the ball well and is in sync; I'll take Joey Votto hitting a ton of them anytime.
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