Ted Caster

Go Bearcats. Experimenting with being a Colts fan. The reds also exist. kick the mormons out of the big 12 I’m tired of their shit.

[Mo Egger @MoEgger]

On the Matt McLain thing...

What I don't understand is if the people who run the Reds actually think Matt can hold his own in center, then why did they wait until very recently to have him start taking fly balls out there?

They had Arroyo making a strong push to get a promotion, well before Elly's injury necessitated a call-up. Friedl's second half struggles from last season had carried over to this year. Even if their respective injuries couldn't be predicted, there was a plausible chance that neither Myers or Dunn were going to be suitable long-terms options. Marte was getting reps in CF in Louisville but he lacked big league experience there.

It would have made sense weeks ago to have him start working in CF - if only to help him stay in the big leagues by adding versatility that could offset his shaky hitting.

But no one had the foresight to suggest that he start doing so until injuries and lack of performance by others caught up to them. So they're playing catch-up, which is this organization's M.O.

And Matt McLain - already seemingly swimming upstream in an effort to re-establish himself as a big league hitter - is a square peg being thrust into a round hole, gamely trying to adjust to a new position on the fly while playing for a team that cannot afford to have people learning on the job, even if it continues to insist on having them do so.

[Ted Caster @TedCaster3]

@BengalsinDa937 “9 is different in January”
Only has 1 or 2 non screen completions of 20+ yards a game

[Ted Caster @TedCaster3]

@RedsInFour At this point the failure is so long standing that I have to point my finger to the very top. They allow all this to happen, an inept front office and a coaching staff that wants it to be 1980.

[Harold Brown, CPA @draftkings76594]

Hungover driving has gotta be more dangerous than drunk driving

[Ted Caster @TedCaster3]

Sell the team Bob

[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.

[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.

[Ted Caster @TedCaster3]

@RedsInFour There was no hope in the Lars Nootbaar return game

[Chase Passive Income @chasedownleads]

@HunterBiden @Kenneth_Belkin Guess who owns the vending machine at that location

[Ted Caster @TedCaster3]

@CSOonX Sorsby had the UNDER on age of his TEs girlfriend. Absolute lock

[Sgt Blackout 🫡 @coldcallsniper]

Imagine doing a fantasy draft here

[project hail mari★*☆♪ @aur0rial]

Rocky donates $2,000,000 dollars to the LGBTQIA+ community.

“Rocky hopes they find cure,” he states.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Been waiting for this moment. There is a lot in my head that I must process and very little has to do with leaving the planet. Today is my first step. I have never in my life felt peace like this.

[Cincinnati Reds @Reds]

Red 4 Life.

Brandon Phillips will sign a one-day contract on April 25 and retire a Cincinnati Red!

[Ted Caster @TedCaster3]

@Timo_NFL Secret Jowon Briggs graphs

[Ted Caster @TedCaster3]

@RP_Macura55 @XansasXayhawkz Brother is just writing fanfic on the timeline now

[Ted Caster @TedCaster3]

@aggies0635 Brother if you don’t have ESPN+ you’re either broke or don’t know ball. You’re probably both

[Johnny @htownrocket78]

When everyone says you can’t murder or play cornhole without arms and legs

[TotallyNotAlex @TotallyNoAlex]

my grocery store didn’t get the update bro, we calling it the bam beef now