Nick Krall is fucking criminal man. Imagine having Elly De La Cruz, Hunter Greene, Abbot, Chase Burns, Sal Stewart & not building a team around them. Fuck Krall. Fuck Phil Castellini.
Elly De La Cruz made his big league debut three years ago tonight.
That day - and the walkoff win that night over the Dodgers - felt significant. Elly's debut and what appeared to be a nice stockpile of young players made it seem like years of waiting for the Reds contend were finally going to payoff. Maybe not immediately, but sometime in the not-so distant future. Certainly by the middle of the decade.
Since then, the Reds are 246-243. A winning percentage of .503. The Reds don't seem dramatically better than they did 489 games ago. The familiar early-summer themes of "not sure if they're buyers or sellers" have become an annual thing. The number of foundational pieces and truly established players remains startingly small.
When the Reds chose to be really bad in 2022, there was lots of chatter from the front office about the desire to eliminate peaks and valleys moving forward.
It seems as if that mission has been accomplished.
2-12 in division.
11-21 since they started the season 20-11.
No Elly. No Greene. Pen blows every game thatโs within a run.
Bleak. Could get real ugly rest of this month. #Reds
Time to vent on Extra Innings after the Postgame Show on @700wlw 1800-THEBIG1... or 513-749-7000. Just a brutal loss... Reds are doing too many fundamental things wrong, starters are burning out their bullpen, not taking advantage of runners in scoring position, bullpen not getting key outs (except for Tejay Antone)... The Reds are under .500 for the first time since Opening Day loss to Boston. This ship be sinking - to quote the great Michael Ray Richardson.
For the first time in history, the domestic box office grossed over $1 billion in May without the help of a Marvel movie
Last month's leaders:
1. Michael $210 million
2. DWP 2 $209 million
3. Mando & Grogu $137 million
4. Obsession $106 million
5. Backrooms $81 million
Overall, it was the first $1 billion May since 2019