The 29 Man Roster

[Bruce Berenyi]

because dietrich is a retread and did not play every day and is given much more leeway by this forum he did not win player of the month , he is a stiff at best , he does excel at hit by pitches

[Bruce Berenyi]

because he batted .187!!!!!!!!!!!! around the average of brad gulden, jerry zimmerman and hank foiles

[MoneyInTheBank]

because dietrich is a retread and did not play every day and is given much more leeway by this forum he did not win player of the month , he is a stiff at best , he does excel at hit by pitches

He's a retread that has multiple seasons hitting above league average. In fact, he's had 2 seasons similar to Aquino's 2019 when you look at wRC+ and/or OPS+.

As far as having more leeway, it's all relative. You can question the offseason moves but, the bottom line is, the OF depth on this team is insane while the IF is a touch thin.

A voted upon award has very little relevance to me considering Dietrich was statistically better in May.

If you can't see that Dietrich is more than a cheerleader who can lean into pitches, then there is no chance of us finding middle ground.

[MoneyInTheBank]

because he batted .187!!!!!!!!!!!! around the average of brad gulden, jerry zimmerman and hank foiles

But he was great for a month! Seriously though, he had a bum shoulder that he went on the DL for in August, then ended his season and had surgery on in the offseason

[Bruce Berenyi]

wow you can spin .187 amazing perhaps you can tell us that the reds won the world series last year

.187. you should have worked for alf landon or george mcgovern

[MoneyInTheBank]

wow you can spin .187 amazing perhaps you can tell us that the reds won the world series last year

.187. you should have worked for alf landon or george mcgovern

It's clear you are not interested in having a logical debate on this, so I'm going to step away

[Bruce Berenyi]

.187 you win he is clearly a superior player,, thats right .187 I am quite logical a radiologist who graduated phi beta kappa from cornell and phi beta kappa from med school, yet I concede to the superior wisdom of someone who defends a .187 batter 13 points below the mendoza line,, why dont you form an all one hundred hitting infield, of kelly paris, neil fiala and terry lee

[KeefeCato]

Unless they put a limit on pitchers. It will be 13 hitters and 16 pitchers. Extra three will all be pitchers.

[MoneyInTheBank]

.187 you win he is clearly a superior player,, thats right .187 I am quite logical a radiologist who graduated phi beta kappa from cornell and phi beta kappa from med school, yet I concede to the superior wisdom of someone who defends a .187 batter 13 points below the mendoza line,, why dont you form an all one hundred hitting infield, of kelly paris, neil fiala and terry lee

Congrats on all your success

[UPRedsFan]

Unless they put a limit on pitchers. It will be 13 hitters and 16 pitchers. Extra three will all be pitchers.

You are probably right about the extra 3 because there will most likely be no off days and lots of double headers. 29 seems like an opportunity to hang onto Payton a bit longer instead of giving that asset back to Oakland. But he may still not fit.

[M2]

.187 you win he is clearly a superior player,, thats right .187 I am quite logical a radiologist who graduated phi beta kappa from cornell and phi beta kappa from med school, yet I concede to the superior wisdom of someone who defends a .187 batter 13 points below the mendoza line,, why dont you form an all one hundred hitting infield, of kelly paris, neil fiala and terry lee

Did they explain OPS at any point in med school?

[redsfanmia]

Probably gonna have keep a third catcher, if they schedule DH’s Barnsali will wear out quick.

[UPRedsFan]

So by the time we start they should all be healthy. Here’s my guess at 29
Castillo
Bauer
Gray
Disco
Miley
Iggy
Lorenzen
Garrett
Strop
Stephenson
Reed
Sims
Jones

Suarez
Galvis
Moose
Votto
Winker
Senzel
Castellanos
Barnhart

Casali
Shogo
Ervin
Farmer
Dietrich

Mahle
Raley
Blandino

Raley because they need another left hand option and Reed could be shakey. Blandino because they need another SS to free up Farmer as a pinch hitter. Tough call to leave JVM out. I could easily see JVM instead of Blandino. Mahle because they really do need 6 starters to handle the double headers.

[Bruce Berenyi]

yes OPS is out patient surgery

[OGB]

Probably gonna have keep a third catcher, if they schedule DH’s Barnsali will wear out quick.

I think Farmer is fine in that role