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Post by Rodneck on Aug 9, 2018 6:54:54 GMT -5
No hitting and averaging 1 quality start per series. Are we learning anything this season? Are we doing anything to get ready for the 2019 season? I don't think so.   |
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Post by claycc on Aug 9, 2018 14:54:14 GMT -5
It's hard to get down on this team right now.
The offense is missing Winker, Schebler, and Votto. With Duvall gone as well, while his AVG sucked, his power numbers were still somewhat adequate. That's just too much offense to be missing. You can't expect the likes of Dixon, Ervin, and Mason Williams to come close. Ervin seems to be putting his best foot forward though.
The pitching... ugh. These guys can not give up the opportunities that they do when the offense is running on empty as it is. The 11 walk game was freaking disgusting. I want to give Stephenson a pass on it, since he was just called up for the start. But goddamnit... it's fucking Stephenson... which is exactly why I won't give him a fucking pass for his 5 walks out of the 11 in that game. Nibble at the black and such when the ump will actually respect you pitching there. Until then, you're looking like an ineffective bitch.
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Post by Rodneck on Aug 9, 2018 19:59:17 GMT -5
It's hard to get down on this team right now. The offense is missing Winker, Schebler, and Votto. With Duvall gone as well, while his AVG sucked, his power numbers were still somewhat adequate. That's just too much offense to be missing. You can't expect the likes of Dixon, Ervin, and Mason Williams to come close. Ervin seems to be putting his best foot forward though. The pitching... ugh. These guys can not give up the opportunities that they do when the offense is running on empty as it is. The 11 walk game was freaking disgusting. I want to give Stephenson a pass on it, since he was just called up for the start. But goddamnit... it's fucking Stephenson... which is exactly why I won't give him a fucking pass for his 5 walks out of the 11 in that game. Nibble at the black and such when the ump will actually respect you pitching there. Until then, you're looking like an ineffective bitch. Yeah I'm not down on the offense. Just doing the box scores for the pitching every series is wearing me and the bullpen out! We are still at this late juncture of the season getting way too many starts of 5 innings or less. Many times a lot less. I just don't see it resolving itself with the glacial pace of the front office. We will head into next spring again with rotation question marks abound. |
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Post by clinz on Aug 10, 2018 7:25:46 GMT -5
This is what kills me with the front office. Shit or get off the pot. It's still a half rebuild. A couple guys this year, a couple next year. We're still going into '19 with SP questions. Harvey and Bailey aren't part of the future. Those two spots need to be filled by young arms. They need to evaluate those guys on the major league level. Really, from here till the end of the season isn't enough time. I just don't see this team competing next year with this pitching staff. They've wasted a couple years with guys like Arroyo, Bailey. Other teams DFA players with decent sized contracts. I see F. Hernandez was sent to the BP. So, there holding onto Bailey till next years trade deadline to hopefully, maybe trade him. So it must be worth it to keep him instead of moving forward with a young arm to see what you got. Then Stephenson saying what he said after the game. Sounds like Bailey in his younger years, stubborn and doesn't get it. In order for this team to compete next year they need to trade for one and sign a free agent or we'll be in the same boat waiting for prospects to pan out if they ever do.
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Post by Rodneck on Aug 11, 2018 11:28:23 GMT -5
This is what kills me with the front office. Shit or get off the pot. It's still a half rebuild. A couple guys this year, a couple next year. We're still going into '19 with SP questions. Harvey and Bailey aren't part of the future. Those two spots need to be filled by young arms. They need to evaluate those guys on the major league level. Really, from here till the end of the season isn't enough time. I just don't see this team competing next year with this pitching staff. They've wasted a couple years with guys like Arroyo, Bailey. Other teams DFA players with decent sized contracts. I see F. Hernandez was sent to the BP. So, there holding onto Bailey till next years trade deadline to hopefully, maybe trade him. So it must be worth it to keep him instead of moving forward with a young arm to see what you got. Then Stephenson saying what he said after the game. Sounds like Bailey in his younger years, stubborn and doesn't get it. In order for this team to compete next year they need to trade for one and sign a free agent or we'll be in the same boat waiting for prospects to pan out if they ever do. Yeah it's crap. To me it's amateur hour. Even though we are 11 years in Bob Castellini is a new owner and he isn't learning from his mistakes. He isn't making the realization that he inherited a team that was already in place for the playoffs with only a few minor tinkerings. So that is what the belief is now. Do a little of this and get a little of that and it will all work itself out. Add a GM with no baseball experience but within this organization, who is wet behind the ears, and has an overbearing owner and we have yet another ignorant yes man organization like the Bengals. Whose ceiling is mediocrity. This ownership has yet to win a playoff series in over a decade. And the sense of urgency is not there. When this shit spans 20 years you will have lost an entire generation of would be baseball fans. Get your fucking asses moving.. |
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