Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies - Game 44/162

• se-alum

  

  Midstate01;1445110 wrote:96 doesnt get outs. Period. Guys can sit on it.

  96 can get plenty of outs when you have some movement on it or can spot it. Chapman can do neither.
• Terry_Tate

  

  Azubuike24;1445122 wrote:Just throw the damn thing more, right? Seriously, some of the sliders guys swing at are not even close to the zone. The deception on the pitch makes it very difficult to get a great look at the location.

  
  Yep. A 6-1 fastball to slider ratio is far too high for how good Chapmans slider is. Seems like whenever he hits a bad skid its because he only is throwing fastballs.
• zach24oz

  Chapman's been really sucking the big one lately...better get his head straight. I knew once he didn't get some of those pitches called strikes he was done just by his body language.
• Jughead

  

  Or Dusty could simply leave the starters in to finish the deal. Are we going back to Cordero 2.0?
• sherm03

  

  Jughead;1445129 wrote:Or Dusty could simply leave the starters in to finish the deal. Are we going back to Cordero 2.0?

  Chapman DID give up two runs tonight in the blown save. Giving up two runs was CoCo's M.O.
• mhs95_06

  Which Reds reliever do you think will be the first to go on the DL from today on?
• Azubuike24

  

  mhs95_06;1445134 wrote:Which Reds reliever do you think will be the first to go on the DL from today on?

  Marshall. He's already been there. I'm not sure there is anything physically wrong with Chapman. All of his issues are at the top of the mountain.
• mhs95_06

  Azubuike24;1445227 wrote:Marshall. He's already been there. I'm not sure there is anything physically wrong with Chapman. All of his issues are at the top of the mountain.

  Don't they now have a 7 or 8 day DL for head cases?
• Azubuike24

  

  Yeah. Should've used it up for those week long spans where Dusty doesn't feel he needs to pitch him.