Reds Cut 12, still 19 more cuts to come

From Mark Sheldon:
Optioned to Class AAA Louisville: RHP Sam LeCure, LHP Matt Maloney and RHP Robert Manuel.

Optioned to Class AA Carolina 3B Juan Francisco.

Reassigned to minor league camp RHP James Avery, IF/OF Wes Bankston, 1B Kevin Barker, IF Luis Bolivar, LHP Ben Jukich, C Chris Kroski, LHP Adam Pettyjohn and RHP Jordan Smith.

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In kinda related news....

Hal says Masset could be traded.

Taking him out of the equation makes the pitching situation fairly interesting …

Reds record while I'm in attendance: 15-0 (lifetime)
Can someone score me some tickets? :)

by iamwallaman on Mar 17, 2009 11:16 AM EDT reply actions

Not enough numbers...not enough stats

Hal and Barry Larkin…they don’t get it.

Why is obc so mean to me when I offer an introduction to a beautiful 25 year old Red's Cheerleader.

by Madville on Mar 17, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

do you think that was directed at me?

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

When he started talking about a reader taking him to task, I thought for sure it was you

But then it sounded like that guy he was referring to didn’t like Hal telling “personal” stories. That person would probably hate Buck O’Neil, which means I hate him.

by Brendanukkah on Mar 17, 2009 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, props to Hal for taking a potshot at the commenter where he doesn't really get to defend himself.

And then reveling in the support of his fans and reader. They all agree with him, so he must be right, yeah?

Well-handled, McCoy.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Mar 17, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Aw, come on

Every single person on the internet has it coming.

by Brendanukkah on Mar 17, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe Hal is a brilliant ironic master storyteller.

Tossing out scraps of red meat to the wolves gathered around his campfire.

Did he say if the emailer was from the Niagra Falls area?

"I accidently put the night light in the washing machine."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 17, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Hal said he emailed me so he wouldn't "embarrass me the way I tried to embarrass him"

Why didn’t he just call me out on his blog, if he was so sure he was in the right? He could have said hey pal, and placed his arguments out there for the public to see. I’m a big boy, I’ve been told I’m wrong plenty of times here, and even in reality.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think it's you

did you take Hal “to task the other day for injecting too much personal stuff in this blog, dressing me down for pointing out that Homer Bailey is a changed man and that people don’t care that Eric Davis once sent me a pizza after Marge Schott banned me from the dining room.”

I’m not sure why you think it is you he is talking about.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 17, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Mmmm...

Pizza.

And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...

by Paul Householder on Mar 17, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Mmmmmmmmm

Marge Schott! Delicious!

"Hey! Look at the kid in the sombrero!"

by obc2 on Mar 17, 2009 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions

i dont think its you either

in fact, i cant fathom how you think it MIGHT be you

"Hey! Look at the kid in the sombrero!"

by obc2 on Mar 17, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

i think he might be lopping several readers togeather

the numbers line is why.

He told me in his second email something to the effect of numbers not being able to measure heart and stomach.

Please let me have my over inflated self importance.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I refute Hal thus!

There's action across the street. It's Snowman! Take him!

by Man Mountain on Mar 17, 2009 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions

by Brendanukkah on Mar 17, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Dusty's lineup plans

From Fay:

—On the lineup: Gonzalez will bat seventh and Ramon Hernandez or Hanigan eighth at the start of the season. “I like Gonzo second,” Baker said. “But until I know his leg is right . . . "

Jerry Hairston will hit second when he’s in the lineup.

"You need an intelligent hitter in the second spot,” Baker said. “Dickerson is a little young for that role.”

I’m surprised that he didn’t just say: “You need a middle infielder in that spot. Dickerson plays outfield.”

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 17, 2009 11:24 AM EDT reply actions

Aside from the Owings/Bailey showdown...

..this is the greatest revelation to come out of Sarasota.

"I accidently put the night light in the washing machine."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 17, 2009 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions

It should be noted that Dickerson is 27

so very young.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 17, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions

that explains why Bruce doesnt hit 2nd

"Hey! Look at the kid in the sombrero!"

by obc2 on Mar 17, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

It's like Dusty hasn't read anything

about OPS or OBP since Jay Bell bunted 35 times from the 2 hole in 1991 and send shivers of pride up and down Tim McCarver’s leg.

Here’s a hint, Dusty, the guys who make fewer outs should get more PA’s

by timb116 on Mar 17, 2009 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

FWIW

I don’t have too much of a problem with Hairston batting 2nd. His projected OBP is around the same as Dickerson.

I do have a big problem with Gonzalez batting 2nd though. Then again, it worked for Dusty when Alex Gonzalez batted 2nd for him 76 times in 2003 with the Cubs. Has anyone told him that they are not the same Alex Gonzalez yet?

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 17, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions

ok

so is Dusty saying that Hairston is going to get the majority of the playing time in LF? right now it looks like this:

Taveras
???
Votto
BP
Bruce
EdE
Gonzo
catcher
pitcher

if Dickerson cannot hit 2nd, and Hairston can, that sounds like enough reason for Dusty to play Hairston over him most of the time. who else can hit 2nd? EdE? according to Dusty, Hairston is the only 2-hole hitter on the team, aside from Gonzo. but Gonzo cant cut it yet, so it has to be Hairston.

Ive been saying for a while that Hairston’s year last year was a total fluke and he is much more like the replacement-level player he was his first 10 seasons. im afraid he’s gonna get the majority of the playing time and is going to suck hard. i dont know. maybe im just paranoid.

My millions are unconventional!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 17, 2009 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think that is what he said

I think he said that when Hairston is in the lineup (possibly playing SS), he will hit 2nd. It sounds to me like Dickerson will hit 2nd until Gonzalez proves that his leg is healthy., when those two are in the lineup. Yes, Hairston is going to get some starts playing LF, but I thinking you might be overestimating how much playing time Hairston will get.

I’m trying to remain optimistic.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 17, 2009 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I think old Jerry Jr. is going to play a great deal this season provided he doesn't get injured AGAIN

We’ll see him at SS, in LF, and in CF – count on it.

Why is obc so mean to me when I offer an introduction to a beautiful 25 year old Red's Cheerleader.

by Madville on Mar 17, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm probably drinking the Kool-Aid,

but perhaps there is something about a radical improvement in pitch selection that Cherry mentioned last spring, IIRC.

It's all fun and games until someone gets herpes. - Fox 4 News

by PeteyHendrix on Mar 18, 2009 2:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Go Cherry

Go Petey

Why is obc so mean to me when I offer an introduction to a beautiful 25 year old Red's Cheerleader.

by Madville on Mar 18, 2009 4:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Great

So when Gonzo’s proved he’s healthy, Dusty’s preferred lineup will feature a leadoff hitter with a .331 career OBP followed by a #2 hitter with a .295(!) career OBP, who, as a bonus, strikes out too much.

I concur with theories hinted at elsewhere regarding mercury poisioning.

by Mr. Edipus on Mar 17, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions

A good start, but he'll only win his father's love when he starts bringing home pheasants.

DUSTY BAKER’S 10-year-old son, Darren, caught a big fish over the weekend and somebody said it was something like a Cohiba, but I know that’s a cigar, not a fish. Whatever it was, they cooked it in the Reds clubhouse Saturday and Dusty and the coaches devoured it.

by Brendanukkah on Mar 17, 2009 11:45 AM EDT reply actions

How much domestically caught fish does Dusty eat?

This might explain a lot.

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Mar 17, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

I think he meant...

BOHICA.

And Adam Dunn's spirit, ranging for revenge / With Ate by his side come hot from hell, / Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice / Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...

by Paul Householder on Mar 17, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Maloney only saw 3 innings

I don’t think the Reds really hold him in high regard.

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2009 11:48 AM EDT reply actions

he hasn't exactly done much to instill any confidence, has he?

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 17, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

he had a medicore era in Louisville last season but

I think it might have been inflated do to bad luck. He struck out 132 batters in 140 innings, and walked 39. He did allow 143 hits in 140 innings.

I would like to see his BABIP last year compared to years past.

Am I on to something, or am I just trying to pretend I understand something about pitching stats?

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

/madville'd

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions

since i failed to use the reply button

i’m still talking about Maloney

"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.

by justin007000 on Mar 17, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions

(complying with RR protocol...)

There's action across the street. It's Snowman! Take him!

by Man Mountain on Mar 17, 2009 3:09 PM EDT reply actions

oh no!!

my soul!

My millions are unconventional!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 17, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions

He seems less soul-sucking in real life

Under that devastating glare is a dude that looks like he goes about 6’6", 120. Somebody at the stadium commented that if he got hit with a liner right back at him, it would break him in half.

"Sometimes I listen for Griffey’s infectious laugh or Dunn’s humor and wit. But they’re gone." - Dusty

by BK on Mar 17, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions