I think Sam LeCure will take Chris' place with Sadak in Toronto over the weekend
I think Sam LeCure will take Chris' place with Sadak in Toronto over the weekend
Last edited by Ron Madden; 05-19-2022 at 06:15 PM.
Why have 14 pitchers when you cannot find a way to use them enough. Just a question that never gets answered. Reds aren’t the only team either.
Charlie Goldsmith
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Tyler Naquin has won the Ohio Cup Frank Robinson Most Outstanding Player award.
In the 4-game series vs the Guardians, he went 8-for-15 with 2 doubles, 3 HR, 4 RBI and 7 runs scored.
I have not read through this thread, but why isn't Jeff Hoffman pitching lately? He has been very good this season.
See the same issue with Cessa. Santillan. Lack of work now that the starters have gone more than 5 innings lately. They are not behind. Hoffman is going to be rusty soon too. Maybe it’s all teams but Bell uses who he deemed were the late inning closers. Performance be damned for at least the first month. That’s why you see Warren used more than he should in high leverage situations. Hoffman is the long man type. Or we need someone to eat innings when we’re behind.
KeefeCato (05-19-2022)
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/pla...ffmje02&y=2022
Hoffman game log for May
05-03-2022 at Brewers 1.2 IP
05-07-2022 vs Pirates 1.1 IP
05-09-2022 vs Brewers 1.0 IP
05-11-2022 vs Brewers 2.0
05-14-2022 at Pirates 1.0
April 12.2 IP
Last edited by Ron Madden; 05-19-2022 at 04:45 PM.
Ron Madden (05-19-2022)
From the talk by some on here, Bell doesn't make these decisions. We read on RZ all the time that the higher-ups determine who plays, how often they play, where they play, when they play, etc... I personally think Bell determines these things(as he should) but I may be wrong.
I’ve always figured lineups are one thing managers still get some leeway on. Really in general I don’t worry much about batting order other than the very obvious point that your best hitters should be at the top of the lineup to get more ABs. And so Friedl #1 and Naquin #6 is just a blatant example of ignoring that.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
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