Reds @ St. Louis 8-22-20

[texasdave]

The Reds scored 701 runs this season last year. Through 24 games they are on pace to score 702. Their OPS in 2019 was .736. So far in 2020, it is .736. Last year in the NL, teams scored 4.78 runs a game. This year they are scoring 4.74 a game.

[JFLegal]

Notice Winker didn’t pull the ball.

after the session with hitting coach kc, the team made an adjustment. lol

[mth123]

It feels a lot like 2019 again. It’s so strange how much the lineup is underperforming or for some of them, just outright faceplanting.

It makes me wonder what the common thread is there, and I don’t think it’s Bell. I’ve theorized the organization is just behind the curve when it comes to scouting or something like that, because I don’t understand how they continue to look this bad.

Looks worse. JVM = Scott Schebler.

Suarez/Ervin hitting 4 and 5 is terrible. Winker is good and then its bad. Votto leading off against a lefty is kind of awful as well.

[JFLegal]

galvis strikes out on a pitch ... that was clearly not a strike.

[Tom Servo]

I don't want to say the offense will be "fine" but I have to believe Castellanos will start lacing doubles again and Moustakas, if he can stay on the field for a while, will have his usual OPS over .800. The problem is that besides those guys and Winker, the rest are looking very suspect.

Bad strike 3 call on Galvis.

[EnglishRed]

not a strike in a million years.

[Wonderful Monds]

Well that’s bad

[The Operator]

3-0 Bader long ball


Might be ballgame with this offense

[adkindo]

Bader

[Kc61]

The Reds scored 701 runs this season last year. Through 24 games they are on pace to score 702. Their OPS in 2019 was .736. So far in 2020, it is .736. Last year in the NL, teams scored 4.78 runs a game. This year they are scoring 4.74 a game.

Did it a lot cheaper last year.

[Wonderful Monds]

Looks worse. JVM = Scott Schebler.

Suarez/Ervin hitting 4 and 5 is terrible. Winker is good and then its bad. Votto leading off against a lefty is kind of awful as well.

I wanna know what wormhole Aquino fell into, its absurd he’s not up here right now.

And I wish they would stop screwing around with service time BS with Stephenson too, he has more than earned a look at this point. Or at least Barnhart and Casali have earned one for him.

[JFLegal]

MLB needs to do something about the disaster that is home plate umps calling balls/strikes. i'm not even blaming the umps. can you imagine how hard that would be? determining if at times 100 MPH pitches, or 90 MPH pitches with wicked movement are within a certain zone? it would be amazingly difficult.

ever since baseball has been shown on television, it was always ridiculous to see obvious balls that were called strikes and the other way around. but in today's game with the strike zone box (or whatever you want to call it -- K-Zone, etc) it's right there for everyone to see how badly the umpires are missing these calls. and if it's a really close call, i don't think anyone gets bent out of shape. but you see several balls waaaaay off the plate (juuuuuust a bit outside) called strikes every night, and balls clearly in the zone called balls.

so, why not use the technology of the 21st century and have automated balls/strikes?

[Rolando]

I'll let Miley try to throw seven or eight innings the offense isn't going to score so you might as well save the bullpen

[The Operator]

This ump is awful

[Kc61]

I'll let Miley try to throw seven or eight innings the offense isn't going to score so you might as well save the bullpen

Miley is probably still stretching out after all the missed time, so I doubt he’ll go too deep.

I see they already have Antone getting up. Could also be a night for Cody Reed.