Rob Nickels

I like to do people things and interact with my fellow humans.

[Dominik Tarczyński MEP @D_Tarczynski]

Who did this? 😂

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@TaraBull All I see is a dude who ruined a wall.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@jefffcarr I’ve stopped paying attention, everytime I do they find a way to disappoint me. If I stop paying attention they can’t do that.

That thought itself makes me sad for this team.

[America @america]

America is the greatest country in the world and it’s not even close 🇺🇸

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@NYCMayor It’s also the reason why SpaceX and other companies aren’t in your state or city giving you tax revenue. Moron.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@RedsDaily4 Last years bullpen, I don't trust anyone now.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@mlbtraderumors This definitely won't come back to hurt the Reds ever, for all time, I'm sure of it.

[Mo Egger @MoEgger]

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.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@kanokaclubyt Wasn’t it possible that she was during the flashback scene in Toy Story 2?

But who asked for this movie?

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@esidery I get the idea of the trade for Burrow; but I don’t want Ty Simpson as a “replacement.”

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@LanceMcAlister Amen. If the Reds organization as a whole don’t shape up they will not have any fans watching.

It might actually give the owners a true excuse to attempt a move for another city. Which would absolutely be devastating for all involved and a tragedy.

[LanceMcAlister @LanceMcAlister]

I don’t know about you, but I needed this #Reds off day.

I’m tired of watching this team and saying “what was that?” I’m flat worn out by this organization.

With the exception of late inning heroics on Tuesday night, the Reds appeared a combination of dazed, tired, disinterested and lacking energy vs a woeful Kansas City team.

The slivers of moments offered like Tuesday night simply aren’t enough. Hell, the slivers of moments offered since 1995 aren’t enough.

This is a franchise that has not won more than 83 games in a season since winning 90 in 2013. Butler math makes that 13 years ago. This franchise not only hasn’t won a single home playoff game in the existence of GABP, it hasn’t won a playoff series since 1995.

This organization is broken. It’s been broken. And I have zero confidence in anyone being capable of fixing it, Not ownership. Not the President of Baseball Operations. And I didn’t figure to say this, but not the Hall-of-Fame manager to be.

This organization continues to spin the wheel of transactions. Cycling guys up and down, onto the roster, off the roster, into the lineup, out of the lineup. They DFA’d three pitchers inside of 24 hours this week.

Exactly what kind of organization building is Nick Krall doing when the answer is Yunior Marte? Stop it. Yesterday, Triple-A Louisville pitchers walked 14 batters and allowed 18 runs. Low-A Daytona is 19-34 and has been outscored by 90 runs. Please, stop it.

Meanwhile, Terry Francona continues trying to force square pegs into round holes, and appears unwilling to uproot the flag of loyalty he’s planted for too many players.

But this truly is a ‘team’ effort. While this roster no doubt lacks enough MLB talent. There is no question multiple players are simply not holding up their end of this.

As for injuries, the Reds can get in line. Every team in MLB is hurt. The week started with 255 MLB players on the IL, and 13 teams had more IL players than the Reds.

What’s most galling is that all of this appears to be acceptable to the organization. I continue to wait for someone, from the front office up, to come out and publicly declare what is happening as 'unacceptable'....and that the fans deserve better.

Last week, Brewers manager Pat Murphy said of a poor outing by rookie pitcher Brandon Sproat: "We're not going to tolerate too many duds like this, that's for sure. If he's not going to step up — we're trying to win. We're not rebuilding."

So refreshing.

Guardians GM Mike Chernoff recently told MLB Radio that he won’t use the MLB economic system as an excuse: “Whatever the system is, we have to find a way around it. We have to do things differently. We have to find a way to win. We’ve made the playoffs 7 of the last 10 years, with a World Series appearance, and an ALCS.

What a concept.

People often asked me, ‘How do the Rays and Brewers find ways to win?’ Survey says: Because they know what they are doing.

The model for the Reds is driven by hope. Hope to stay healthy. Hope to eliminate the peaks and valley’s. Hope to get to the .500 range. Hope to grab the sixth and final playoff spot each season.

I need a nap.

Wake me up when the Reds decide to get serious about winning.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@seamus_coughlin I thought he was a Presbyterian. Man am I confused.

[Cincinnati 💔 @CincyProblems]

MYLES GARRETT IS OUT OF OUR DIVISION

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@UrinatingTree I mean at this point why bother having a draft lottery with rules like this?

It’s rigged from the start and can’t possibly be a long term solution to their problems as a league.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@Nati_Sports Probably because they are infielders and not outfielders.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@RazorFist Can’t wait for the next Offensive, it’s going to be soo good basking in panican tears.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@Nati_Sports May won’t last forever and Elly is currently a beast this month on both sides of the ball.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@LASHYBILLS 72 During summer/68 during winter. Done.

[Rob Nickels @muchrealhuman]

@james_ptweets1 @UDCincyFan 👍