Rockies at Reds game 4

• dave

  Cueto ftw
  
  day game
• Ironman92

  

  Renteria 2 more hits tomorrow.
• wildcats20

  

  Hard Y will go deep.
• Ironman92

  

  wildcats20;858174 wrote:Hard Y will go deep.

  
  If he is hitting from 2nd base
• se-alum

  

  Ironman92;858176 wrote:If he is hitting from 2nd base

  Even from there it would be a wall scraper.
• TigerNation10

  

  Someone suggested this on another forum and I love the idea so I thought I'd bring the idea here.
  
  With Coco most likely not returning next year and no certain closer of the future in the bullpen now (supposing Chapman goes to the rotation), what do you think about Bailey turning into our closer next year? IMO it's the best option we have and would work out very well.
  
  Cueto
  Chapman
  Leake
  Wood/Volquez/Willis
  Arroyo
  
  I'd take that rotation going forward and the back end of our bullpen would be nice also.
• Ironman92

  

  They'll baby Chapman with pitch counts and will need Wood or LeCure on the days he starts to be ready.
  
  Cueto
  Leake
  Chapman
  Dontrelle
  Arroyo, Volquez or maybe Wood
  
  Give Bailey a shot and let Jeff Brantley tudor him on it.
  
  I like alternating starters with different stuff....seems to take an at bat to adjust. Never liked Cueto, Bailey Volquez back to back.
• thavoice

  I wish Masset was more consistant.
  The dude has nasty stuff.
  
  He could be the closer if he could be more consistant.
  
  
  I am not ready to can Bailey to the BP. Next year is his make or break season. I think he has shown some maturity and I would like to see what he can do with a full ST and starting the season on time without stints on the DL. The kid is still young and has some very good stuff.
  
  
  Leake has propelled himself solidly into the 2 spot. Last night he didnt have his great stuff but got the job done. The diff between a great pitcher and a meaty-okre one is what he does the days he is off and how he limits big innings. If that was bailey, or arroyo, they get beaten like newarkcatholicfans mail-order bride, but Leake was able to get out of the jams.
  
  Some say 4 inning ending twin killings is luck. Well..luck is the residue of design. May have been a bit fortunate but he put himself in that situation by geting ground balls in those situations instead of a fly ball, or a gapper.
• Ironman92

  

  Sappelt
  Renteria
  Votto
  Bruce
  Hernandez
  Stubbs
  Frazier
  Janish
• Ironman92

  

  Sappelt doesn't have a very high ceiling IMO.... But he has excellent instincts in LF...I want to see him in CF a few times.
• thavoice

  Sappelt was raking in ST and I think he was doing well down on the farm too before he was injured.
  
  Gotta see what they have in him and how knows, they may find a firecracker. I agree though< I would be very surprised if Sappelt is a mainstay. I would like for him to succeed though, but we will see
• se-alum

  

  thavoice;858654 wrote:Sappelt was raking in ST and I think he was doing well down on the farm too before he was injured.
  
  Gotta see what they have in him and how knows, they may find a firecracker. I agree though< I would be very surprised if Sappelt is a mainstay. I would like for him to succeed though, but we will see

  Sappelt has hit into some tough luck. He's hit alot of balls hard for outs. He's very good defensively. I think he can be the leadoff hitter this team needs.
• Ironman92

  

  OK...why are the umpires in such a hurry on these afternoon games? How many horrific calls are these guys going to make?
  
  The play to end the game last night was not close with a good angle....today with bases juiced the same bleeping ump called Frazier out at 2nd and it didn't even come close to passing the eye test....I saw that play full speed and came completely out of the recliner...saying...no way...no way....then replay it and it's unbelievable.....where the hell was Dusty? My daughter asked me if it was the same guy at 3rd last night and after answering yes...and then she said makeup call.....maybe...but again it was an awful call....how does he not get reprimanded? Then the homeplate ump rung up a Rockies player on a 3-2 pitch that missed the zone laughably low and inside....strike 3....new inning.
  
  If they suck that bad unintentionally....get rid of them...if they are trying to speed up things for their own benefit....get em outta here! I wanna watch a baseball game that ends on an actualy out and I want to watch the game take it's own pace and see how things work out.....I don't give a shit about their plans.
• Ironman92

  

  Cueto drilling CarGo in the butt seemed intentional....now he's up with bases loaded.....hope it wasn't intentional and hope karma doesn't kick in.
  
  Those things motivate guys.
• Ironman92

  

  This ump and Cueto's stuff....should be unhittable
• Ironman92

  

  Cueto mixed it up and fooled everyone...nice
• Ironman92

  

  get him on 2-2
• Ironman92

  

  Jesus....thank God that was foul
• Ironman92

  

  95 on the corner....nice!
  
  If Cueto had the upper level focus mixed with this guy's zone.....no hit potential. He pitched CarGo PERFECTLY
• Ironman92

  

  Cueto is as nasty as I have seen him.
• thavoice

  Ironman92;858811 wrote:OK...why are the umpires in such a hurry on these afternoon games? How many horrific calls are these guys going to make?
  
  The play to end the game last night was not close with a good angle....today with bases juiced the same bleeping ump called Frazier out at 2nd and it didn't even come close to passing the eye test....I saw that play full speed and came completely out of the recliner...saying...no way...no way....then replay it and it's unbelievable.....where the hell was Dusty? My daughter asked me if it was the same guy at 3rd last night and after answering yes...and then she said makeup call.....maybe...but again it was an awful call....how does he not get reprimanded? Then the homeplate ump rung up a Rockies player on a 3-2 pitch that missed the zone laughably low and inside....strike 3....new inning.
  
  If they suck that bad unintentionally....get rid of them...if they are trying to speed up things for their own benefit....get em outta here! I wanna watch a baseball game that ends on an actualy out and I want to watch the game take it's own pace and see how things work out.....I don't give a **** about their plans.

  
  Umps like to have a few drinks after ballgames. The home plate ump typically refrains the night before he has the plate but the rest dont mind indulging a bit, so tis possible that on day games they are a little sluggish.
• Ironman92

  

  They aren't sluggish.....they are just bad.
  
  
  Cueto is overwhelming the Rockies hitters......but it's still just 2-0....Reds need to add on....Tulo and Helton on the bench.....Cueto will see them in the 9th
• Ironman92

  

  not sure what I missed....but Cueto has 120 pitches????????? He's out after 7???????
  
  gotta add on
• Ironman92

  

  Edgar patiently draws a walk to get bases loaded and now Votto up to try and seal the game.
• Ironman92

  

  only 1 career grand slam?