4-23-21 Reds vs Cardinals 8:15pm

[Ron Madden]

Reds
1. Jesse Winker (L) LF
2. Nick Castellanos (R) RF
3. Eugenio Suarez (R) SS
4. Joey Votto (L) 1B
5. Alex Blandino (R) 3B
6. Nick Senzel (R) CF
7. Jonathan India (R) 2B
8. Tyler Stephenson (R) C
9. Sonny Gray (R) P

Cardinals
1. Tommy Edman (S) RF
2. Dylan Carlson (S) CF
3. Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B
4. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
5. Yadier Molina (R) C
6. Paul DeJong (R) SS
7. Matt Carpenter (L) 2B
8. Justin Williams (L) LF
9. Kwang Hyun Kim (L) P

[NebraskaRed]

Blandino getting his first start of the year.

Go Stanford Banana Slug Baseball!

[NachoMan]

Now I'm not one who cares about lineup construction, but if I was... I would wonder why Stephenson always bats 8th when we have seen him do nothing but absolutely rip.

[REDREAD]

Now I'm not one who cares about lineup construction, but if I was... I would wonder why Stephenson always bats 8th when we have seen him do nothing but absolutely rip.

yea, if it was up to me, Stephenson would hit 5th in this lineup. Blandino would probably be 8th.

[Tony Cloninger]

Classic Dusty. Can’t find his eraser so he puts in whoever plays 3B in the same spot. Good thing Juan Castro isn’t available.

[757690]

Now I'm not one who cares about lineup construction, but if I was... I would wonder why Stephenson always bats 8th when we have seen him do nothing but absolutely rip.

All Blandino has done this year is rip too.

Stephenson 2021 OPS - .952
Blandino 2021 OPS - 1.226

[UPRedsFan]

Blandino getting his first start of the year.

This should have happened a couple games ago instead of thinking Farmer would get on a hot streak

[TexasRedsFan]

Now I'm not one who cares about lineup construction, but if I was... I would wonder why Stephenson always bats 8th when we have seen him do nothing but absolutely rip.

Yep. .370 average, but Bell only pays attention to positions and a catcher must bat at the bottom of the lineup cause that's how baseball works. I mean, he's even hitting behind India? As they say on ESPN, "C'mon, man!"

[mth123]

Now I'm not one who cares about lineup construction, but if I was... I would wonder why Stephenson always bats 8th when we have seen him do nothing but absolutely rip.

I wondered the same. I'd flip him and Senzel.

[Ron Madden]

Reds taxi squad for St. Louis and LA:
71 Diehl, Phillip ......................... LHP
77 Warren, Art ......................... RHP
43 Cionel Pérez ..................... LHP
31 Taylor, Beau ............................ C
26 Heineman, Scott .................... OF

[KeefeCato]

I imagine Gray is on a 80 or so pitch count still. Antone, Garrett and DeLeon are the three relievers not used yesterday. Plus new guys Hembree and Hendrix.
I doubt Hendrix will get in if the game is close. They really need to ease him in use him in low leverage games. To see if he is going to throw strikes or not. His stuff is good enough if he controls it. Hembree has a very good spin rate.

[mth123]

yea, if it was up to me, Stephenson would hit 5th in this lineup. Blandino would probably be 8th.

Nick Senzel had two hits Wednesday. Those are his only hits since April 10.That 28 ABs with 2 hits. Dude is lost. He'd hit 8th.

[Umkubas]

Blandino getting his first start of the year.

Go Stanford Cardinal Baseball

[JaxRed]

Joey is hitting .143 with .200 OBP this year against lefties after hitting .178 last year. I'd have started Farmer and swap Joey in once we knocked Kim out of game.

[KeefeCato]

Joey is hitting .143 with .200 OBP this year against lefties after hitting .178 last year. I'd have started Farmer and swap Joey in once we knocked Kim out of game.

Plus he hasn't had a day off yet. I agree. The best part of Farmer's game was hitting well against LHP.