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Post by brad on Oct 1, 2018 2:14:48 GMT -5
A combined look at the Marlin-Royal-Pirates series. Much of the same...decent enough pitching and an offense that went south the final month   |
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Post by starscreamlive on Oct 3, 2018 17:19:31 GMT -5
I just don't get it. Our offense was working like gangbusters over the summer and just dropped off the map . I'll admit I didn't care enough to watch many games this year, so what happened for us to experience the significant drop.?
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Post by claycc on Oct 3, 2018 19:05:41 GMT -5
I just don't get it. Our offense was working like gangbusters over the summer and just dropped off the map . I'll admit I didn't care enough to watch many games this year, so what happened for us to experience the significant drop.?
Winker got hurt and they traded Duvall. Granted, Duvall was struggling... but his power numbers were still there. Winker surprisingly turned into a middle-of-the-order beast though. I read an article during the season (before Winker was hurt) that stated that more and more people around the majors were taking notice of the Reds because Schebler was leading off, Winker was batting 5th or 6th, and the Reds offense was booming. They didn't understand how those three points were lining up like they did.
Then Senzel getting hurt for the rest of the season represented the best help they could get from the minors.
So, yeah, the keys: 1. Losing Winker for the rest of the season was HUGE. 2. Trading Duvall lost them a stopgap threat. 3. Losing Senzel took away the only real top tier offensive replacement.
Scooter and Suarez carried them for as long as they could, but they were wore out at the end.
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