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Red Reposter - 7/3/09

  • Basement Dwellers: What's wrong with Bronson Arroyo?
    Jinaz is worried about our boy Bronson Arroyo. "Arroyo hasn't been good this year. He's 8-7, but has a 5.69 ERA, a 6.03 FIP, a 5.15 xFIP, a 6.79 tRA, and a 5.59 tRA*. None of those is encouraging." His home run rate is up and his K rate is down, and Jinaz thinks it likely has something to do with his fastball. And as always, there are some cool graphs.

  • nycredsfan has a FanPost up linking to The Fay
    who spoke to Walt about Danny Richar and EdE. Richar hurt his shoulder sliding into home and will have an MRI today. Could this mean EdE is on his way back?

  • Asst. GM Bob Miller held another chat with fans yesterday
    Here a few of the highlights:

    greginin: Where would DeRosa have played if you had acquired him? Edwin Encarnacion is due back this week and Jonny Gomes has been great as a right-handed bat in left field.

    Miller: One of the great things about DeRosa is he can play first base, second base, third base and outfield. We would have found a place for him to play, believe me.

    KPreds: Are there any offseason moves that, in hindsight, the club regrets making?

    Miller: I've heard rumors that Bob C. regrets not signing me for 10 more years, but I haven't been able to verify that.

    bb_ump: How much longer will the Reds wait for Homer Bailey to reach his "forecasted" potential?

    Miller: Homer just turned 23. My question to you would be did you like Volquez last year? During Edinson's first three seasons in the Majors with Texas he had a 14.21, a 7.29 and a 4.50 ERA. Then he came to us at 25 years old and had a 3.21 ERA with 17 wins. Worth the wait, wasn't it?

  • This one absolutely slayed me
    "Reds Should Make Winning More Important". I couldnt agree more. While we're at it, they should also make sure not to schedule games on rainy days, keep all their star players from getting hurt, and put in luxury recliners instead of stadium seats. Seriously though, on to the article: Marc Katz says the Reds minor league system is full of losing teams (5 of the 6 teams have losing records). Apparently all this losing has something to do with the fact that the Reds focus more on developing individual talent rather than teaching them to win as a team. And that's it. It's barely 200 words. All early reports indicate he got paid.

  • Jay Bruce Bobblehead day is Saturday
    Look at those pearly whites!

  • In the latest edition of Redleg Nation Radio
    They talked with Sarasota Reds manager Joe Ayrault and RLN Spotlight Player Matt Klinker.

  • Ken Rosenthal makes his All-Star Game selections
    and he mentions three Reds: Johnny Cueto makes the team as the Reds lone representative, and Franciscoco Cocordero and Brandon Phillips are mentioned honorably. I'm ok with leaving Coco at home, but to take Freddie Sanchez over BP seems ridiculous to me. I guess he had to pick a Pirate, but I would choose Zach Duke as my Pirate instead.

  • Doug at RML wonders if Devin Mesoraco is starting to come around
    When he was drafted out of high school in the first round in '07, he was scouted as a tremendous defensive catcher with a raw but promising bat. Then last year, his first full year in pro ball, saw his defensive reputation betray him. But Doug thinks he's been improving in that regard the past few months. It always takes catchers a long time to develop and I dont expect him to make it to the bigs for a good while (if at all), but I would like to start seeing these kinds of improvements from him. When I saw him in Sarasota I was really taken aback by his size; he's a pretty imposing looking fella. He certainly has the physical attributes necessary to be a great ballplayer, it's just a matter of getting there.

  • Randy in Chattanooga wrote up a nice eyewitness report from the Mudcats-Lookouts series from earlier this week for Reds Minor Leagues.

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The Dragons need to win!!!!!!!!!!!!

Demote Bruce, Votto, Cueto, etc. to A-. Do it now.

by Snake the Jake on Jul 3, 2009 10:58 AM EDT reply actions  

yeah you sound pretty sick

better stay home and rest it off with some dry toast and a cup of weak tea.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 3, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions  

they didn't buy me being sick

but they can’t do anything about it, in 4 summers of working today is the second day i’ve called off.

I even have free food from the fox sports ohio club!!!

Bloop

by justin007000 on Jul 3, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

4 to midnight on a holiday?

I thought you were working as a substitute teacher.

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

by BubbaFan on Jul 3, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

i was until the school year ended in June

now i am back to my true calling, 2nd shift grocery store cashier. Where I make as much i a week, as I made in 3 days of subbing, plus I can’t throw the annoying ones out.

Bloop

by justin007000 on Jul 3, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

Sounds like someone wants to work for Dayton Daily News
All early reports indicate he got paid.

Doest I sense jealousy?

by jsl413 on Jul 3, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions  

Yeah, he's right

Instead of playing guys at the levels that they need to be playing at to develop, with the intention of making major league ballplayers, we should definitely hold them back so Marc Katz can cover a winning team. If there was more talent that was ready to play in Dayton, then they’d be playing there. And citing Billings and the GCL team’s records in that “5 out of 6” is bunk. Those leagues are almost all full of rookies and raw developmental players. Marc Katz needs to learn how a baseball team is run.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jul 3, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions  

it probably also makes people who are dayton dragons fans

feel good to read shit like that, it is a woe is us sorta thing. Why don’t the gods in the Reds front office help us win?

Bloop

by justin007000 on Jul 3, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

to be honest

i rarely even notice if the Freedom win or lose when I attend a game @ Champion Field. Mmmmmmmmm, dollar beers!

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jul 3, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Ever attend a game started by Jakubauscas?

Now in the Mariners’ starting rotation.

He sits alone...Reds are not home.

by Gapper on Jul 3, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

NBC's Wimbledon coverage is maddening

i dont know that theyve shown one match live thus far. Andy and Andy started about an hour ago, and the third set just started, but NBC’s coverage just started at noon, so they’ll just start it over. Meanwhile I already know what happens in the first two sets, so I just have to bide time for more than an hour while I wait for the telecast to catch up, and meanwhile I can’t go to any sports web sites lest i be spoiled. it’s been like this all week. very frustrating.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 3, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions  

yeah NBC is full of dummies

and i like Andy Roddick and all, but i would really love to see the Englishman make the final against Roger. the hopes of an entire starving nation resting on the shoulders of a kid facing the greatest player on the planet? now that’s good tv watchin’.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 3, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

BOOOOOO...

U S A!!

U S A!!

On 4th of July weekend, none the less.

I still say Votto could beat both of them…at the same time.

Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.

by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jul 3, 2009 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

i know i know

patriotism and all that. but come on, the English havent had a native son win Wimbeldon since the ’20s. in this cosmopolitan globalized world i can afford to sacrifice a bit of hometown pride for something much more theatrically satisfying.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 3, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

A-fucking-greed.

Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans

by Farneyismycopilot on Jul 3, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

a lot's been made of this

and its moot since murray lost, but he’s scottish, not english. while he still falls under the dominion of her majesty and the royal kingdom united, he’s hardly been embraced by the english.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 3, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

really?

huh. i coulda sworn he was English. well then. fuck him.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 3, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

So after quite the backlash in the comments section

Marc Katz commented in his own article.

I just want to apologize for the article. I was doing a piece on Dave Sappelt, but he got promoted to Sarasota. Since it was so close to the deadline, I decided to pull out an article I wrote years ago and change around the words so that it would appear to be new. It’s only the third time I’ve done it this year, so I thought I could get away with it. Anyway, once again, I’m sorry that I’m such a horrible writer. I’m nearing my quota of anti-Reds articles, so please hang tight and keep reading!
Marc Katz
2:30 PM, 7/3/2009

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jul 3, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions  

well shit, I might as well go ahead and put that in my sig

if I have to apologize for all of my shitty writing.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jul 3, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

what?

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Jul 3, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Journalists.....hmmmmph.

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jul 3, 2009 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

so he plagerized himself?

if i do that and get caught i fail the class.

Bloop

by justin007000 on Jul 4, 2009 4:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

YEAH!

He should fail his newspaper class.

"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty

by Slyde on Jul 4, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

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