Brewcrew82

That was foul.

You still gotta find a way to stay on the base. Throw wasn't even close.

Thanks a lot Perkins..

Gasser has been really impressive lately. I think it might be time to insert him into the rotation for Rea and give him his well-deserved opportunity.

Why are you swinging at that Tapia?

Wow. That was just a drop.

So, we got the better Contreras brother....

Woah. Let’s take a step back here. Especially since I remember you talking about how big of a threat the Pirates were little more than a month ago. Krall may have said that, but the Reds would be incredibly stupid to start mortgaging their prospect capital at this stage of their rebuild. Bieber? As we saw last night, he just isn’t a difference making arm anymore. Giolito is probably a solid #2, but there will be a ton of competition for him seeing as he’ll be pretty much the only top of the rotation arm available at the deadline. Teams that are far more desperate to make and do something in the playoffs than the Reds. And then Greene and Lodolo are currently on the IL, with neither throwing more than 120 innings in a season. Lodolo isn’t set to return until August at the earliest. Not to mention Ashcraft has taken a huge step back. Then you have their lineup which, while producing at a high level at the moment, is still composed largely of rookies, unproven players, and well past their prime guys. De La Cruz is going to be a stud, but his K rate is also bordering 30% and his xStats are pretty mediocre. McClain’s are a little better, but not the greatest. Friedl and Fraley are unproven and soaring past their career norms. And Joey Votto has suddenly risen from the dead to OPS at 1.500. Bottom line is there’s regression coming on this end… Overall, Reds are in really, really good shape for the future, but it’s way too premature to start talking about them as World Series contenders. They’re not even shoo-ins to finish above .500. Could they win the division? Of course. I just have a hard time seeing it happen with how young they are and how bad their starting pitching has been.

Oh yes it was. You may not have been but there were people here talking about the Pirates’ hot streak as legit. They cooled off and we shouldn’t be surprised to see the Reds cool off as well. They are relying a ton on rookies, unproven players, and well past their prime guys. I’m not saying our lineup is good or anything, but I wouldn’t be using batting average to make your case in the year 2023.

Key will be Peralta's start tomorrow. For as inconsistent as our offense has been, Freddy's been rivaling them lately. More all-star Freddy and less bad Freddy.

Same thing was said about the Pirates a month ago.

It's really annoying how many of our pitchers have lost a tick or two off their fastball this year.

Starting pitching, Joey Votto, etc. Plus their rookies will have their bumps, too. I am skeptical of them winning the division this year. Next year on, all bets are off.

Yes.

A 1.5 game lead is not "taking control of the division". They're on a good run right now, but there's still good reason to be skeptical of them.

Just cramps. Good.

Welcome to the 2023 MLB season, Willy. You're only 3 months late.

And another one...

Sad thing is if we had this version of Teheran last year in place of Chi Chi and Alexander, we make the playoffs...Oh well better late than never.

Always nice to have a Gallen killer in the lineup. Now we can DFA Tapia since this is our last game against the DBacks this year...lol

No words for Teheran. We would be in a heck of a lot of trouble if he hadn't come along...

Edit: NVM gameday was wrong.

Even Moreno was starting to walk away there...Sheesh

Until they face the Braves this weekend.

Something tells me that streak is going to come to an abrupt end this weekend.... Still, they're dangerous.