David Lowenthal

Professor of Computer Science, University of Arizona. Don't draft running backs with high picks.

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@dhayes818 @CharlieG__ You can’t swing at 3-0 there with a guy having trouble locating the zone.

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@CharlieG__ The bullpen is what it is. Maybe you could ask why he didn’t pinch hit for Higgins in the 6th, when he knows the struggles the pen has had.

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@bryce_spalding Can we talk about how Higgins took the AB in the 6th? When the bullpen is likely to give up more runs?

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@Craig_Sandlin The sad part is that at this point, an outing where he puts 7 guys on in 4 IP (3 by BB) is better than we expect. Yeah, this one wasn't his doing, but what in the world happened to last year's version of Singer?

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@all_about_aBenj @bryce_spalding You just can't have guys in the bullpen that don't ever pitch. The first order problem is that most of the relievers in the pen are bad.

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@RedsFan_Brandon Gullickson being on this list is kind of wild.

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@bryce_spalding @Cam_Kroeger29 We have no idea if he will be fine. This is the first year he's really hit. But you gotta leave him in there.

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@Soly_Reds If you talk about April being lucky the “one run wins are a skill” people pile on.

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@CharlieG__ “Hasn’t been effective enough” is a wording choice.

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@JeffWarner_Indy @bryce_spalding It is but santillan should be one of the low leverage relievers.

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@ne_nature @Michael21baseb1 @RedsFan_Brandon Moreover, none of the current AA catchers are top prospects. He needs to be there yesterday.

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@yuggs513 His results have been quite good outside the one disaster start but his peripherals are quite bad.

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@HatPeck @CharlieG__ Abbott having a 1.5 K/BB rate will make it impossible for him to be effective.

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@bryce_spalding Separately, Yunior had "back end of the bullpen" ability and they just DFA'd him. So they are just blowing smoke about all these guys.

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@CharlieG__ The pitching problem is much more that the bullpen is just terrible than it is "five inning starts". The Reds are just about league average in IP/start, more than the Brewers.

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@bryce_spalding @TheHerrm Gotta wait him out but there has to be some concern with his first 125 PAs, as there would be with any guy getting older.

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@Jeremy_Zilber @RedsDaily4 And he will.

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@CharlieG__ He's versatile. He can not throw strikes in the middle innings or not throw strikes as a setup guy.

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@RedsFan_Brandon If only the Reds gave Krall a larger budget, he could have signed Bo Bichette.