6-11- 22 Reds @ Cardinals 2:15 PM

[Ron Madden]

Reds
1. Nick Senzel (R) CF
2. Brandon Drury (R) 3B
3. Tommy Pham (R) LF
4. Joey Votto (L) DH
5. Kyle Farmer (R) SS
6. Matt Reynolds (R) 2B
7. Colin Moran (L) 1B
8. Albert Almora Jr. (R) RF
9. Chris Okey (R) C
SP Hunter Greene

Cardinals
1. Tommy Edman (S) SS
2. Nolan Gorman (L) DH
3. Paul Goldschmidt (R) 1B
4. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
5. Tyler O'Neill (R) LF
6. Brendan Donovan (L) 2B
7. Dylan Carlson (S) RF
8. Yadier Molina (R) C
9. Harrison Bader (R) CF
SP Adam Wainwright (R)

[757690]

Congratulations to Chris Okey on his first MLB start!

[Ron Madden]

Mark Sheldon
@m_sheldon

Big age gap in opposing pitchers today.
When 40-year-old Adam Wainwright was drafted in the 1st round of the 2000 MLB Draft by the Braves, 22-year-old Hunter Greene was less than a year old. Greene was born 8/6/99.

[Ron Madden]

Mark Sheldon
@m_sheldon

A couple of pregame tidbits:
Joey Votto is a career .317 hitter with a 1.039 OPS and 4 homers vs. Wainwright in 60 ABs.

Votto is slashing .355/.474/.774 (11-for-31) 3 HR, 12 RBIs during his current 9-game hit streak.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Congratulations to Chris Okey on his first MLB start!

[TheBigLebowski]

The long-awaited debut of über-prospect Chris Okey, who will be catching some other farmhand named Green.

Nick Senzel is back from his most recent bout with rheumatoid arthritis with a side of whooping cough and a hyperextended r mandible. We’re all wishing him well.

Should be a fun one.

[texasdave]

The long-awaited debut of über-prospect Chris Okey, who will be catching some other farmhand named Green.

Nick Senzel is back from his most recent bout with rheumatoid arthritis with a side of whooping cough and a hyperextended r mandible. We’re all wishing him well.

Should be a fun one.

All I need is "hurt back swinging weighted bat" to have a winning card at NickSenzelInjuryBingo.com.

[SomeCallMeTim]

The long-awaited debut of über-prospect Chris Okey, who will be catching some other farmhand named Green.

Nick Senzel is back from his most recent bout with rheumatoid arthritis with a side of whooping cough and a hyperextended r mandible. We’re all wishing him well.

Should be a fun one.

I’ll take Senzel in a body cast over Friedl at leadoff.

[RedTeamGo!]

I feel like Okey wouldn’t have gotten this chance in any other organization. It’s difficult to perform as badly as he did at the minor league level for as many years as he did. Most orgs would have cut him. His 2017, 2018, and 2019 were terrible.

[podgejeff_]

I'm glad Senzel is back for a few games before he's hurt by a barometric pressure drop at the ballpark.

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I feel like Okey wouldn’t have gotten this chance in any other organization. It’s difficult to perform as badly as he did at the minor league level for as many years as he did. Most orgs would have cut him. His 2017, 2018, and 2019 were terrible.

He's a catcher that got a sizeable bonus. He'll probably have a 10 year career.

[Kc61]

Cards catchers do an excellent job of snapping the pitch back into the strike zone.

I guess many catchers do it, but seems to work well for them.

[NebraskaRed]

Mark Sheldon
@m_sheldon

Reds claimed OF Stuart Fairchild off waivers from Arizona and optioned him to Louisville. RHP James Marinan was DFA'd. Fairchild was originally in the Reds organization and traded to the D-Backs with Josh VanMeter for reliever Archie Bradley in 2020.

Now trade Fairchild to the Angels for Bradley

[icehole3]

88mph slider back foot

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99 outside corner geez

[Reds Fanatic]

Greene strikes out the side

[icehole3]

Greene may have his no hit stuff today.