8/18 Game Thread

[Elam]

Weathers in to pitch and here comes Ray Ray in for Aurillia as part of the double switch.

[Reds Fanatic]

Anyone up in the pen?

Standridge and Shackelford have been up since last inning.

[cumberlandreds]

Weathers in to pitch against Ray Durham.

[CTA513]

Weathers with a quick 1 pitch pop out.

[cumberlandreds]

One pitch and it's done. Reds 4-2 in the 8th. Pop out to Valentin.

[cumberlandreds]

This was the longest outing of the season for Ortiz 7 2/3. But I wouldn't bring him back next season. He was very bad when we needed him the most.

[Blimpie]

Weathers in to pitch and here comes Ray Ray in for Aurillia as part of the double switch.

Uhm, You mean Rey Rey? Spanish for King King

[KronoRed]

Ray Rey?

[cumberlandreds]

Dunn grounds out to 1st. One out.

[Matt700wlw]

Rae Rae

[westofyou]

Jim Northrup was a very underrated player.

Loved him and McCauliffe

[cumberlandreds]

Casey walks.

[cumberlandreds]

Benitez to enter the game for the Giants.

[ochre]

Good question. I don't view the kid we gave up (Mosely) as a loss. He hasn't done squat and is struggling in AAA. I remember the Angels hyping him initially, but I doubt he ever becomes a good big league pitcher. So, IMO, we gave up nothing of substance to get Ortiz.

However, Ortiz was bad and hurt when we needed him the most (in the beginning of the season). A good August and September which bring his numbers close to average doesn't change the fact that he let us down big in the beginning of the year.

But if he gets his ERA down to 4.50 and finishes strong, it's got to make you consider bringing him back. We need bodies in the rotation and potential tradebait next year.

say he has 7 more starts or so this year. Say his stretches his innings per start out to 7 per. He'll need to give up 10 runs or less in those 49 innings (a 1.84 ERA) to reach a 4.5 ERA. Not gonna happen.

[cumberlandreds]

Loved him and McCauliffe

Don't forget Freehan,Brinkman and Cash. I love those old names from the past.