5-3-23 Reds @ Padres 4:10 PM

[Tony Cloninger]

Why does every team has a corny celebration after a single?
Dimitri Young was the first player I ever noticed doing it. It was fun. Now every player on every team does it now. And each team comes up with a different one each year. It's tired. End of old man rant.

Well they wanted baseball to be more like football for excitement and that’s what you get. Celebrating over the most minute play no matter the score. It’s always the over correcting. This is part of it. No more unwritten rules. Everything goes.

[icehole3]

Cessa

[KeefeCato]

Cessa has got to go. He has no put away pitch and gives up way too much contact. 9 Strikeouts on the season says it all.

[JFLegal]

cessa is straight batting practice. he's one of those guys we'll talk about in a few year and be like "can you believe this guy was actually in the starting rotation?"

[mth123]

I get that. Do you get that 66 PAs is a small sample size?

On this Reds team, he can get PAs and he's far from our biggest problem

For his career, Fairchild has 193 PAs at an OPS+ of 102. He's a major league player. Probably a platoon or a bench guy, but he plays solid defense and can run a little. The Reds total lack of pop leaves him mis-cast hitting in the middle of the line-up, but that doesn't mean he's not a solid big leaguer.

[JFLegal]

Cessa has got to go. He has no put away pitch and gives up way too much contact. 9 Strikeouts on the season says it all.

yes, there is a reason he couldn't even get innings on the mexican team in the WBC. he no bueno.

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activity already in the reds' pen

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hell of a play by senzel there. 2-0 padres headed to the 3rd.

[Ron Madden]

Bottom 2

Jake Cronenworth singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder TJ Friedl.

Ha-Seong Kim walks. Jake Cronenworth to 2nd.

Rougned Odor flies out to left fielder Jake Fraley. 1 out

Brett Sullivan doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Stuart Fairchild. Jake Cronenworth scores. Ha-Seong Kim scores.

Trent Grisham flies out to center fielder TJ Friedl. 2 outs

Fernando Tatis Jr. grounds out, third baseman Nick Senzel to first baseman Spencer Steer. 3 outs

SD 2
CIN 0
End of 2

[KeefeCato]

yes, there is a reason he couldn't even get innings on the mexican team in the WBC. he no bueno.

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activity already in the reds' pen

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hell of a play by senzel there. 2-0 padres headed to the 3rd.

Hopefully this is his last start. Though Weaver isn't much better but at least he can strikeout a few batters with runners on.

[KeefeCato]

For his career, Fairchild has 193 PAs at an OPS+ of 102. He's a major league player. Probably a platoon or a bench guy, but he plays solid defense and can run a little. The Reds total lack of pop leaves him mis-cast hitting in the middle of the line-up, but that doesn't mean he's not a solid big leaguer.

Agree and I said this last night. There are a lot of bad players on MLB rosters. Fairchild would make nearly every teams roster. I get that he shouldn't be hitting cleanup but it's not like they have a bonified 4 hitter.

[icehole3]

Barrero's baseball IQ.

[Ron Madden]

Top 3

Kevin Newman grounds out softly, pitcher Seth Lugo to first baseman Jake Cronenworth. 1 out

Jose Barrero flies out to center fielder Trent Grisham. 2 outs

Jonathan India singles on a line drive to left fielder Juan Soto.

TJ Friedl pops out to third baseman Ha-Seong Kim. 3 outs

SD 2
CIN 0
Mid 3

[Sea Ray]

Agree and I said this last night. There are a lot of bad players on MLB rosters. Fairchild would make nearly every teams roster. I get that he shouldn't be hitting cleanup but it's not like they have a bonified 4 hitter.

As of June last year he was not a major leaguer as the Giants waived him. If what he's done since then makes him "a solid big leaguer" then kudos to him. It's sure not his fault that he hits 3rd or 4th in our lineup. That's on Bell and the front office for the lack of good players

[JFLegal]

it's time to trade cessa to the mexican league for a few pesos.

haha! he gets a DP just as i posted that!

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senzel plays a mean third base. i like it.

[icehole3]

Senzel looks very good at 3rd

[757690]

Senzel’s glove saves Cessa for now. really nice DP all the way around