2-12 in division.
11-21 since they started the season 20-11.
No Elly. No Greene. Pen blows every game that’s within a run.
Bleak. Could get real ugly rest of this month. #Reds
Bad series loss. Royals are bad and you missed their 2 best arms.
Ugly. Pen was great until Tony came in and did what he’s done all season.
Offense didn’t take advantage of chances they had. Doesn’t get any easier.
@ObscureExReds Another Bill James wannabe thinking they did “research “ and found some stats. Pitchers don’t fear Steer. At all. Nobody with any sense wants his baseball card or jersey. He’s not an athlete. He’s a schmuck.
Over the last two seasons, Matt McLain has 803 plate appearances and among the 135 players labeled “qualified” during that time, only one other player has a lower wRC+ than his 76
Tonight the Reds take the field without Elly De La Cruz available for the first time since July 29, 2024.
Most consecutive games played in club history:
1) Pete Rose 678
2) Rose 281
3) Elly 276
Since April 25th - the day JJ Bleday played his first game as a Red - his .434 wOBA is the 3rd best in the sport behind only Schwarber & Buxton (and that was before today's two doubles).
Ohtani (.430) and Juan Soto (.429) rank right behind him.
Noelvi Marte had three more hits, including his 7th homer, in Saturday's doubleheader for @LouisvilleBats.
He's hitting .374 with a 1.016 OPS. I'd submit that if the #Reds really don't believe he can help them more than several current roster options, they should trade him.
If they don't like Marte, if they don't believe in Marte, if they want to punish Marte, cool. Trade him. I'm not saying he's a perfect player. I'm not yet convinced he can be successful, long term on the MLB level.
But I do know in 90 MLB games last season, he hit .263 with 14 HR and 51 RBI. How many players on this team are on that pace for 162 games?
I get the concern about his plate discipline and how he carries himself. But he's shown the discipline and 'attitude' to tear up AAA.
Time to fish, or cut bait. This is silly.
The #Reds today activated IF Eugenio Suárez from the 10-day injured list and placed IF Ke'Bryan Hayes on the 10-day injured list (lumbar bulging disc), retro to 5/21.
The Reds have a -1.0 fWAR for 3B from 2024-2026.
They've spent over $50M for that.
And are committed to more than $25M for that position.
And they're telling us they're too broke to extend Sal Stewart.
Cincinnati Reds starter Chase Burns has put himself squarely into the NL Cy Young race:
6-1, 1.83 ERA
He gives up just 3 hits and one run while striking out 9 in the Reds' 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Burns' last 7 starts: 5-0, 1.27 ERA, 25 hits, 42.2 IP, 46Ks
The #Reds bullpen in May…
I don’t know if yall are ready for this.
-64.2 IP
-7 losses
-8.07 ERA(!!) / 6.87 FIP
- NEGATIVE 1.7 fWAR
-16 (!!) HRs allowed
-62 K to 50 BB
The 2nd worst bullpen in MLB this month has -0.3 fWAR & a 6.39 ERA.
Unfathomable numbers.