Bob Sheed (08-13-2022)
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
In July, the only month he seems to have been healthy, he had close to a 900 OPS in 100+ plate appearances. Rest him the rest of the year, let the hamstring get better, start fresh next year.
HammerTime (08-14-2022),herbdizzle (08-13-2022),mth123 (08-13-2022),Old school 1983 (08-13-2022),Rdirtypirates (08-13-2022),Revering4Blue (08-13-2022)
As is the case for most of the Reds, 2022 was a total loss for India.
Confluence of a bad start, then an early, nagging injury and a goodly amount of bad luck. Never stayed healthy long enough to get in a groove.
India’s going to bounce back in 2023. Maybe he changes positions. He played a really good 3B at Florida. Maybe he stays put. Regardless, he’s still a big part of the team’s future.
“The crows seem to be calling my name,” thought Caw.
HammerTime (08-14-2022),Rdirtypirates (08-13-2022)
I don't know how much good muscles on ball players especially 2nd basemen/SS's are.
I remember a player the Mets had in the 90's Rey Ordonez as short stop. Brilliant defense SS but not a strong hitter. So it looked like he bulked up one offseason (perhaps with help if you get my drift) and was never really the same after that.
I would think weighing less would make him more flexible. Imo he doesn't have to be a bodybuilder
cumberlandreds (08-14-2022)
The last extension of note was Suarez in 2018.
Yet recent history, and what they’ve actually said this year, says otherwise. Just a couple months ago Phil C said that profitability comes first and Krall said that they have to keep the pipeline full. Just don’t get attached to these guys.
Not exactly sure why they should get the benefit of the doubt right now?
But feel free to put me on ignore if I bother you, it’s what it’s there for.
Last edited by LeatherPants; 08-13-2022 at 01:16 PM.
Falls City Beer (08-13-2022)
I meant the overall point is getting tired, it’s very common on social media. Ely De La Cruz will go viral for hitting a bomb. First tweet every single time “can’t wait for the Reds to trade him next year”
Obviously the Reds don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt. India needs to put together some more good seasons before I would even consider extending him.
Just my opinion….it’s boring, unoriginal, and tired.
What would you say.....ya do here?
CaiGuy (08-14-2022),mbgrayson (08-13-2022),Revering4Blue (08-13-2022),SomeCallMeTim (08-14-2022)
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
False
Off the top of my head, players they held on too long:
Dunn
Frazier
Barnhart
Bruce
Phillips
Bailey
Cueto
Cozart
Chapman
Iglesias
Leake
Just ones I thought of in 10 seconds
The reds actually traded Castillo and Mahle exactly when they should have and folks are acting like the Reds are the Rays. It’s silly.
Last edited by RedTeamGo!; 08-13-2022 at 03:41 PM.
What would you say.....ya do here?
RedsManRick (08-13-2022),Revering4Blue (08-13-2022)
I agree with RTG. Given that they're not going to run a top 10 payroll that would enable them to both keep their best in house talent and add meaningful FA talent on top of it, the problem has been precisely their unwillingness to trade the good talent that wasn't enough to actually win with.
They've been much too content with the strategy of building a 80 win talent roster made most of in-house, hoping for a combination of health and luck to sneak them in, and then trading the talent away at discount rates once they've lost most of their trade value.
Last edited by RedsManRick; 08-13-2022 at 04:46 PM.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Edd Roush (08-16-2022),Revering4Blue (08-14-2022)
Not sure how much random fluctuation you see in these things tyhpically, but compared to last year, India's launch angle is up (13.1 -> 16.9), barrel rate is down (9.6 -> 3.6) and he's whiffing against fastballs more often while whiffing less against breaking stuff.
Last year he thrived by absolutely destroying fastballs (.473 wOBA) and doing just OK against everything else in aggregate (.328 wOBA). This year he's doing just OK against fastballs (.345 wOBA) and poor against everything else (.293 wOBA).Code:Runs/100 % pitches wOBA xwOBA Whiff% 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 4-Seamer 0.2 2.7 28.1 31.2 .345 .473 .279 .436 25.9 16.7 Sinker 0.4 0.1 20.1 21.8 .317 .315 .333 .279 11.3 38.4 Slider 1.5 0.7 19.5 18.8 .366 .382 .241 .346 29.8 13.7 Curveball -1.6 1.1 11.3 11.1 .153 .266 .203 .278 24.3 29.4 Changeup -0.9 -1.0 10.7 10.5 .234 .292 .177 .290 27.3 34.6 Cutter 1.2 1.5 8.3 5.6 .313 .388 .310 .382 30.6 26.4 Splitter 12.6 2.7 1.2 0.9 .400 .322 .418 .214 33.3 53.3
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savan...histograms-mlb
Not sure what the scouting reason is, but he stopped hitting fastballs and walking in 2022. Not a good combo.
Last edited by RedsManRick; 08-13-2022 at 05:18 PM.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
*BaseClogger* (08-13-2022),Edd Roush (08-16-2022),Revering4Blue (08-14-2022)
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