Reds cut 6

From the Reds, via CTR:

Following today's game the Reds optioned to Class AAA Louisville RHP Ramon Ramirez and INF Danny Richar...reassigned to minor league camp LHP Ron Flores and RHP Jeff Kennard...released LHP Aaron Fultz and 1B/OF Daryle Ward... 36 players remain in camp

No real surprised here. Ramirez and Richar were going to Louisville anyway, and we won't miss Flores or Kennard. I would have liked to see Ward go to AAA for insurance, but it's fine without him too. Also worth noting: Jacque Jones and Darnell McDonald are still in big league camp.

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If Jock Jams somehow goes North

I will do something outrageous. It will probably involve bitching on an internet forum, but it will be outrageous nonetheless.

I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot underage girls were FBI agents.....

by jch24 on Mar 23, 2009 5:09 PM EDT reply actions

Kind of surprised to see Ward released so early

At least early compared to Jones. We’d brought him in for power off the bench and a backup 1B, but it looks like we’ll be depending on Gomes to fill those roles.

by Brendanukkah on Mar 23, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

me too

Blessed be baseball!

by Daedalus on Mar 23, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Kepp

can backup 1st. or if Wilkin or Adam Rosales make the cuts they can also back up 1st. I don’t think this will be a problem area.

by fourrunhomer on Mar 23, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions

If Jones makes it

over McDonald or Nix, I will cry. They can’t, can they?

Why would he still be here?

by nycredsfan on Mar 23, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

if jones makes it, i say we picket GABp

then we can holler at the scabs who go to the ballpark

Blessed be baseball!

by Daedalus on Mar 23, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

can we picket and attend game two

and teh picketers yell at the rr’s who attend?

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

by justin007000 on Mar 24, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions

ERROR

"I usually shoot it pretty straight."- a boating enthusiast

by Colin Auscapee on Mar 23, 2009 5:23 PM EDT reply actions

I really want the Reds to do well this year

but as the same time, I don’t because that just means Dusty sticks around and shit like this continues to happen.

If they’re successful this year, it will certainly be in spite of him, not because of him, and that’s not sustainable.

I’m still counting on Jocketty to ultimately make things right with the roster.

by bengalred on Mar 23, 2009 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

in spite of him, no doubt about that.

Blessed be baseball!

by Daedalus on Mar 23, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I was not

upset when they signed Jones. I thought he had a shot at turning things around. I liked him w/the Twins. HOWEVER, he has done nothing this spring. This is getting ridiculous. I guess we should have read something into it when Dusty said that Jones is not Patterson.
On the other hand, I hated the Ward signing, but he has shown something at the plate. I am surprised that he was let go this soon. I still don’t want him on the team, but compared to what Jones has shown……………One of the beat writers said he hurt his chances by coming to camp overweight.

by fourrunhomer on Mar 23, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions

Let's face it...

Jones has performed well enough to make the team.

We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.

by Gray on Mar 23, 2009 5:59 PM EDT reply actions

I agree with this guy

I don’t know who you all have been watching.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 23, 2009 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I guess

well enough just means putting on the uniform.
Or do you mean he “Performed” well enough.

by fourrunhomer on Mar 23, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Depends on exactly what you are performing...

Coutlangus was always a good performer.

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 23, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions

He had good movement on his slider.

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by PeteyHendrix on Mar 25, 2009 7:01 AM EDT up reply actions

I wonder...

If Jack Jobs sticks and goes north with the big-league squad with his .108 BA and .135 SLG, will that be the worst spring-training performance ever for a Reds player who makes the major league roster?

If so, it makes me think that Dusty should try running one of the Big Three auto makers. I think he has the right mentality.

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 23, 2009 6:01 PM EDT reply actions

How much do spring training stats matter?

It just seems like it’s a really small sample size, involving atypical situations. If spring training stats mattered, Bubba Crosby would be an all-star.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Mar 23, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, they matter enough...

That managers and GMs make decisions based on them all the time, and a lot of times they really do indicate some sort of ability (or lack thereof).

I think this is merely a call for consistency. If you’re going to send down Ramon Ramirez because he is getting rocked, you should do the same with a guy who has struggled all spring to get on the interstate and is probably on the downside of his career, judging by his recent major-league performance.

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 23, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions

i think they matter

i mean, obviously they matter. roster decisions are made based at least in part on spring performance. if Owings had a 10.00 ERA and had looked awful out there all spring, and Homer was just bein’ Homer, then Homer would get the job. ergo, ST stats matter. at least some.

My millions are unconventional!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Mar 23, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I still think

it’s going to be options more than OBP behind the decisions.

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by BubbaFan on Mar 23, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions

They shouldn't matter alot

I mean, a guy like Votto, Bruce or BP struggles a little in ST, and you’d brush it off as small sample size; you also don’t expect a guy like McDonald to hit .370 during the regular season. However, Jones has hit:

’06: .285/.344/.499
’07: .285/.335/.400
’08: .147/.239/.207
’09 ST: .107/.171/.132

That looks like a pattern to me. He’s also going to be 34 next month.

Often wrong, never uncertain.

by sidnancy on Mar 23, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I am reminded...

Of the time when I was in the Far East, and my friend bought a box of what he thought were saltine crackers.

He opened them and, eating one, found that they were stale. He also realized that not only were they bad, they had sugar on them instead of salt, which meant that even when they were good, they were not that good in the first place.

Kind of like our friend Jock Jobs, who has a career OPS+ of 98, with a whopping 87 in 2007, which was his last “good” year.

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 23, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I felt

like I was watching NCIS when I read this post.

by fourrunhomer on Mar 23, 2009 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know what that means cuz I've never seen the show, but speaking of shows set in DC

I got an e-mail today saying that a television pilot was being shot in town, so when you see a gigantic fireball go off by the Key Bridge at 7:00 am and again at noon, it’s cool. Just part of the show.

Sometimes living in this town can be fun.

by Brendanukkah on Mar 23, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Not one but TWO fictional fireballs for a TELEVISION show?!?

Clearly we are a nation struggling with two wars and the reinvention of our economy.

"Not having any experience around farm animals, Cooper presumed that, since the chicken had wings, it would be able to fly. He picked it up and threw it out over the crowd, expecting it to fly away; the bird instead plummeted into the first few rows of the crowd occupied by disabled people in wheelchairs, who reportedly proceeded to tear the animal to pieces."

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 23, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Must be a Jerry Bruckheimer pilot.

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

by PeteyHendrix on Mar 25, 2009 7:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Right. And maybe that's what ailing this country right now..

..we need to get our Bruckheimer back.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 25, 2009 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Didn't Obama mention that in his presser last night?

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 25, 2009 8:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes. Here's the quote...

“Right now we’re so far from our rightful place as badass of the world that it’s all starting to look like a Special Olympics bowling tournament. We need to get our Bruckheimer back.”

"What wrath, Daddy?"

by Fat Vegas Alan on Mar 25, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions

by Brendanukkah on Mar 25, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions

I just received this picture

in the context of “Enjoy sculling tomorrow, but be careful”.

Apparently this was one of the fireballs. Badass!!

...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield

by Cy Schourek on Mar 25, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Is Daryl Thompson in Big League Camp?

I needed him to count 36 in camp or did I miss someone else? Also wasn’t sure about Bankston.

Hernandez
Hanigan
Castillo
Votto
Bankston
Phillips
Keppinger
Hairston
Gonzalez
Encarnacion
Rosales
Janish
Dickerson
Hopper
Taveras
Bruce
Jones
Gomes
McDonald
Nix
====
Harang
Arroyo
Bailey
Owings
Cueto
Volquez
Thompson
Masset
Burton
Weathers
Lincoln
Roenicke
Cordero
Rhodes
Herrera
Bray

by Matt McWax on Mar 23, 2009 11:32 PM EDT reply actions

I'm pretty sure Bankston was sent down

by Brendanukkah on Mar 23, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Thompson is there technically, but he's injured

He hasn’t pitched since 2/27, but he hasn’t been sent down either.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 24, 2009 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Isn't Craig Tatum still with the team?

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 24, 2009 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Nope. He was sent down with Fisher last week.

Reds record while I'm in attendance: 15-0 (lifetime)
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by iamwallaman on Mar 24, 2009 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions

thanks, I don't really pay much attention to the Reds

I’ll go back in my hole now.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 24, 2009 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions

I think you're on the right track though

I think Denove is still around… for some reason. I can’t find him on any cut list.

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by iamwallaman on Mar 24, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions

Bankston is with Louisville

I think Denove is the missing link.

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by iamwallaman on Mar 24, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Denove was cut in the first round of cuts with Frazier and Valaika.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 24, 2009 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Thank you, sir.

May I have another?

I was fooled because he saw some action in yesterday’s game. (replacing Hanigan in the late innings)

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by iamwallaman on Mar 24, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

It's Pedro Viola

He hasn’t been cut yet and he’s not in McWax’s list.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 24, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Bingo

He pitched yesterday too…

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by iamwallaman on Mar 24, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions

BTW

I’ve just updated the roster on the left sidebar of our main page so that you can see the up-to-date list of players still in camp.

"How big IS your magic wand?"

by Slyde on Mar 24, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Aside from Thompson, Hopper and Jones

…everyone has a case for making the final roster. (assuming possible AGon and Bray injuries)

Castillo – versatility is his key but I think he’s more insurance than anything else
Kepp – likely staying but possible trade bait
Rosales – visions of Rose … Cincy will eat that up
Janish – helped his case with his bat this ST
Gomes – a virtual lock
McDonald – playing his way onto the team
Nix – least likely of the outfielders… but hardly worth discounting

Bailey – depends on what they do with Masset
Herrera – the first LHP if Bray is hurt
Roenicke – hard to overlook upper 90s heat
Viola – looking very good this Spring

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

by iamwallaman on Mar 24, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs