Reds Series

[Malike]

1 minute ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Man, we gotta keep them off the bases or they're gonna run all over Adley and McCann (and our slow to the plate pitchers).  

Throw 3 LHP, Elly has a .756 OPS as a RHB.

[Mooreisbetter27]

Just now, Malike said:

Throw 3 LHP, Elly has a .756 OPS as a RHB.

Two of them will be anyways.  

[Hallas]

35 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I don't care about Elly, really and you missed my sarcasm.  But my indifference to him merely serves to counteract your man-crush... watching you fawn all over him this weekend will be insufferable, I'm sure.  

Elly is legitimately looking like a monster this year.

 

Thankfully Gunnar is a bigger monster.

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, Hallas said:

Elly is legitimately looking like a monster this year.

 

Thankfully Gunnar is a bigger monster.

Debatable. 

[Malike]

4 minutes ago, Hallas said:

Elly is legitimately looking like a monster this year.

 

Thankfully Gunnar is a bigger monster.

Last 6 games Gunner is 4-23 with 9K's and 1 BB

Edited May 2 by Malike

[interloper]

Just now, Malike said:

Last 6 games Gunner is 4-24 with 9K's and 1 BB

Yankees pitched pretty well this series honestly. They just can't hit.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Debatable. 

He's at 1.9 rWAR (Gunnar is at 2.0).  Now you can say it's not sustainable but I think it's true that he's "looking like a monster" this year.

[Moose Milligan]

Closet Reds fan, everybody. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Closet Reds fan, everybody. 

I'm a baseball fan.

He's exciting to watch.

[interloper]

Hope to get our first look at Suarez out of the pen this series, assuming they don't try a 6 man rotation. Eager to see if he can be a late inning dude. 

Plenty of slumps I'd like to see busted soon: Mullins, Santander, Cowser, and even Gunnar to a lesser degree. 

[Hallas]

35 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Closet Reds fan, everybody. 

I bet you'd call us closet MFY fans for saying that Soto's having a monster year too.

[OriolesMagic83]

1 hour ago, dtk9119 said:

And in 2022 I think we lost 2 of 3 in CIN. It's generally not been a favorable place for us to play over the years.

The O's have tons of HR power now.  I like our chances.  I hope our pitchers have their good stuff or we could have some 12-10 games.

[Fiver6565]

1 hour ago, Just Regular said:

We'll see good SP opponents anyway, but notable winter player friendly contract Frankie Montas is already on the IL for them.

Some of how the Orioles outplayed the Yankees so far this week was the athleticism on the bases contrast, and in Cincinnati the Orioles will see talent like theirs in that part of the game.  

From a BP feature the other day on the Reds run production:

Through this weekend’s games, the Reds were 25th in MLB in DRC+, but ninth in runs per game. That’s partially because of their aggressive and fruitful baserunning, but that stops far short of explaining it. The Reds have more stolen bases than any other team in the league, and they attempt to go first-to-third on singles more often than any other team in the league. 

They’re tied with the Orioles for the league leadership, bringing around 38% of the runners who get on base. Last year, the league-average in that statistic was 31%, and the O’s led the league at 35%. Yes, the Reds’ speed helps them convert opportunities into something tangible.

They’ve reached base on 15 errors this year, most in MLB, and a lot of those have been because they hit ground balls (eighth-most in MLB) and run well enough to compel opponents to rush things. 

Yeah I don’t think any Red will get forced at second on a base hit to RF this series. 

[Fiver6565]

I’m actually surprised the Reds don’t have a better record. They might have the most talent in their division. Definitely a fun MLB.TV watch for me throughout the season. Looking forward to our boys hitting in that bandbox though. 

[Fiver6565]

55 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

He's at 1.9 rWAR (Gunnar is at 2.0).  Now you can say it's not sustainable but I think it's true that he's "looking like a monster" this year.

18 SB at the end of April is pretty amazing.