Sam Schneider

[George Kent @Bambino_Bets]

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[Dugs @yuggs513]

I know I have said this in a roundabout way nearly 1000 times at this point but I genuinely cannot believe just how poorly the Reds have mismanaged this “young core.”

In 2023 the Reds “young core” looked something like: Greene, Lodolo, Abbott, Elly, McLain, Steer, Benson, CES, Marte, Stephenson, India.

For the next month we are going to be talking about trading Lodolo/Stephenson and if/when they do that it will pretty much mark the end of that era of young core.

4 of those 11 will be gone (India, Stephenson, Lodolo, CES). 2 of those guys stink (McLain/Benson). 1 guy we have no clue on (Marte) and then 4 guys who you feel like you have a pretty good grasp on what they are ranging from solid to star (Elly, Hunter, Steer, Abbott).

I just can’t help but sit and think how fucking passive the Reds were toward this group. They didn’t take a swing to extend any of them besides 1, they didn’t try to flip any of them for a big name, they didn’t spend big money to supplement them.

They just gave out a bunch of mid tier contracts to average veterans to come in guide this group through. No real risk. Never once putting your chips to the center. Just 10 million dollars here. 15 million dollars there, and a bunch of guys you can cut bait with 2 years later.

The gross part is? Those guys mostly panned out! 11 players. You have clear hits on Elly, Hunter, Abbott, Lodolo. You have 2 solid guys in Stephenson and Steer. You have up and down from Marte. And 4 floppish guys (to their own degree) in McLain, Benson, CES, India. That’s a pretty good hit rate! And in the other hits you have had (Burns, Friedl, Stewart) and you are left wondering what the fuck?

I don’t even know what I’m getting at. I’m just laying in bed wondering to myself why they just sat back and did NOTHING for years? Zero bold moves in 3 years with this group! And we sit through a morgue of a summer with another sell off impending.

This is a colossal failure. One that can be will remembered mostly by a death of a thousand failed small moves, but will remember it most by their unwillingness to be bold.

[Sam Schneider @mas_schneider]

@CoachZachSmith I really wanted to bring up Hawk/Carpenter as "close" but it's really not. They were just great together but not freakishly athletic, then I thought of Shazier but didn't really have the freak running mate.

[Sam Schneider @mas_schneider]

@IcySportsPlays Send it!

[McNeil @REFLOG18]

Man, gonna miss DG

[Browns fan UK @brownsfanuk]

🔁 RT if Carson Schwesinger is your DROY

[Sam Schneider @mas_schneider]

@bryce_spalding Are we surprised though? Even in the slightest?

[Nick Kirby @Nicholaspkirby]

The death of Matt McLain was greatly exaggerated

[Browns fan UK @brownsfanuk]

🔁 RT if you’ve been impressed by rookie LB Carson Schwesinger. #Browns

[Sleeper @SleeperHQ]

“You don’t suck at fantasy, the players suck at playing”

[Sam Schneider @mas_schneider]

Sell the team, Bob.

[Trace Fowler @CBoxTrace]

You decide to sit on your hands when you have a kid in AAA with a 1.000+ OPS while sitting 0.5 game out of a wildcard spot.

You proceed to score 2.7 runs per game- and 8 games later you’re 5 games out.

You deserve what you got. All of it.

[Chad Dotson @dotsonc]

Life as a Reds fan

[Quigs @BigSeanQ_]

Walks should count towards Total Bases bets

[Chad Dotson @dotsonc]

The next time Kyle Schwarber hits a home run at Great American Ball Park, he'd better be wearing a Reds uniform.

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

I think my decision not to go to Bristol ended up a good one

[Zack Cozart @zack_cozart]

It would be malpractice to not aggressively add to this team

[SleeperReds @SleeperReds]

These three wins in a row were massive for the #Reds playoff hopes

Let’s go get some talent at the trade deadline!

[Zack Cozart @zack_cozart]

1 game out of a playoff spot… sure we be cool to give this team a little more firepower and see where it goes… scared money don’t make money

[Ohio’s Tate @OhioTate]

I apologize for under-reacting. I initially thought the Browns taking Dillon Gabriel over Will Howard was fucking stupid

After reflecting, taking the 5’11 Hawaiian who said “the warmer weather the better” over the 6’4 Ohio hero (who is also CLEARLY better) is flat out..uhh, dumb