Reds
Ervin CF
Iglesias SS
Suarez 3B
Aquino RF
Peraza LF
Farmer 1B
Galvis 2B
Barnhart C
Bauer P
Padres
Garcia 2B
Naylor LF
Machado 3B
Hosmer 1B
Renfroe RF
Mejia C
Myers CF
Urias SS
Layer P
Reds
Ervin CF
Iglesias SS
Suarez 3B
Aquino RF
Peraza LF
Farmer 1B
Galvis 2B
Barnhart C
Bauer P
Padres
Garcia 2B
Naylor LF
Machado 3B
Hosmer 1B
Renfroe RF
Mejia C
Myers CF
Urias SS
Layer P
Last edited by Ron Madden; 08-19-2019 at 05:12 PM.
North (08-19-2019)
Using your only other catcher at 1B seems to be asking for trouble, Farmer has been good against LHP but I'd just as soon give JVM the start there.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Ron Madden (08-19-2019)
757690 (08-19-2019)
I was looking at Lauer's splits, and he has been significantly worse on the road. He has a 3.10 ERA @ Home and a 6.20 ERA on the road. Also since the All Star break his overall ERA is 6.56 compared to 4.04 before the break. Too bad we are down a couple left handed bats in the lineup, because he has got rocked by left handed batters this year.
Ironman92 (08-19-2019)
Yeah but I meant in terms of having a backup available. If you do that and Farmer takes a shot and needs to leave, then what?
I think playing Farmer against a LHP makes sense in a vacuum but even if the odds are long of it happening I don't know that those 2, maybe 3 ABs for Farmer against Lauer is worth the risk of having Brian O'Grady catching or something like that.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
It's not like Farmer's bat is so good you need to get it into the lineup anyways. I know he has some use as a versatile backup catcher/infielder with some pop, but I feel like some really overrate him (especially in the Reds broadcast team)...he isn't really having that good of a year at the plate. Thom's constant"x RBI's in only x AB's!" comments aside.
It probably all doesn't really matter, but Farmer goes .309/.356/.545 vs LHP this year, while JVM goes .154/.353/.231. If you're trying to win this game, I think it's a good move.
The Padres lineup has been added to the original post
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