alwaysawarrior (03-01-2021),HokieRed (02-15-2021),mth123 (02-15-2021),REDREAD (02-17-2021),Revering4Blue (02-15-2021)
Revering4Blue (02-15-2021),Ron Madden (02-15-2021)
Revering4Blue (02-15-2021)
*BaseClogger* (02-15-2021)
I like the upside of Mahle (and Antone and maybe DeLeon). I like the depth of Lorenzen, Miley, Hoffman, and the guys in AAA.
More than any of that, I like Castillo and Gray fronting it.
More than that, I like having Johnson (and Boddy) in charge.
Edd Roush (02-15-2021),M2 (02-16-2021),Ron Madden (02-15-2021),UPRedsFan (02-15-2021)
Lorenzen is in a walk year and wants to start. He may surprise us and become the #3. I feel pretty good about the rotation. More concerned about the bullpen.
The rotation is easily the strength of the roster, but it's taken a significant step baclwards from last year when the team was barely good enough thanks to some rules and nice timing in who they played in the last week of the year.
I'm optimistic about Mahle and it's possible Lorenzen or Miley is better than Disco was, so it's still the team's strength.
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
FWIW Matt Shoemaker signed a 1 year, $2 million dollar deal with the Twins today. That's a move I'd have liked to see the Reds make.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Revering4Blue (02-15-2021),Tom Servo (02-15-2021)
Agree, but I doubt it’s for the pitching rotation. There are very few left and the dollar range seems too high for Reds. Also apparently competition for guys like Taijuan Walker, which keeps the price tag up.
Shortstop and bullpen, agree. Maybe a swing man, maybe more AAA rotation depth too.
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M2 (02-15-2021),RedTeamGo! (02-15-2021),Revering4Blue (02-15-2021),Tom Servo (02-15-2021)
"In our sundown perambulations of late, through the outer parts of Brooklyn, we have observed several parties of youngsters playing 'base', a certain game of ball. Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our close rooms, the game of ball is glorious"
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