The bottom line with lineup is it needs our lord and savior, Nick Senzel. Pushing both Kemp and Schebs to the end of the bench should do the offense wonders.
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The bottom line with lineup is it needs our lord and savior, Nick Senzel. Pushing both Kemp and Schebs to the end of the bench should do the offense wonders.
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Could be a Castillo thing? Who has caught his other starts.Originally Posted by mth123
I applaud Bell for mixing it up early, and am fine with the Votto rest. With Joey, I don’t it is 100% Bell’s decision. There is input from the player and he knows he needs work in the cage and to reset some things in his head.
Agreed. Casali should be in there vs. the lefty.
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This from reds.com might help explain Bells reasoning on pitcher batting 8th and his use of Duke.
https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/zack-d...ence-with-redsPitcher bats eighth again
Bell put his pitcher in the No. 8 spot of the lineup for the second straight game on Friday. Right-hander Anthony DeSclafani batted ahead of second baseman Jose Peraza on Friday. The previous night, pitcher Tanner Roark was ahead of catcher Tucker Barnhart, who delivered a two-run home run from the nine hole.
The idea, Bell said, is to put a hitter ahead of leadoff batter Joey Votto when the lineup turns over and create RBI opportunities for the top of the order.
mth123 (04-20-2019),Norm Chortleton (04-20-2019)
I'm not a fan of batting the pitcher 8th 'cause I think that prematurely snuffs out rallies but I do agree that lineup construction is likely overblown
Big Klu (04-20-2019)
Can't wait till Senzel comes up and sits vs every tough righty.
Go Gators!
Iglesias in the 5 hole makes me feel very silly for thinking they’d flirt with .500.
Red Raindog (04-20-2019)
One of the forces behind it is that starters rarely go deep intro a game, and rarely get more than two AB’s a game before they are pinch hit for.
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Because there’s another lefty tomorrow.
So that will be Casali’s game.
Good answer. Wonder if Kemp will play again. Too much Kemp for me so far.
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Mitri (04-20-2019)
LOL. Maybe Bell visited Don Guellett's farm today.
membengal (04-20-2019)
We're sitting Votto and Winker against a lefty with an ERA of nearly 5?
Okey doke.
Phil Castellini puts the FUN in Trust Fund.
Wonderful Monds (04-20-2019)
Tomorrow's lefty is over 5.
I’ve been waiting all day to watch Votto especially since he made the change to stand taller in the box....if Farmer doesn’t Pipp him Votto is fixin’ To take off big time
Last edited by GADawg; 04-20-2019 at 07:42 PM.
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