Red Reposter - Scott Rolen's Reds Rollin' into Goodyear

Wow. I can’t imagine how much work it was to make.

sounds very Slyde-like

i’ll take an one week all inclusive vacation to the south caribbean…

He has to know that his offense just wasn’t there. I would think that he would admit that. I’m sure he’s upset too, but he should be just as upset with himself for not playing at a higher level. I know he’s still young, but he may just be this Reds’ version of Juan Castro.

anyone wanna vouch for me?

Those facts are a little crooked. If he’s on the team before July, it changes his arbitration date, not his contract. If he’s as good as we hope he is, we’ll lock him up before that happens. No matter when he plays in cincinnati, he’s under team control for 6 years.

6 years/$30.25M (2010-14), plus 2015 player option

• 6 years/$30.25M (2010-14), plus 2015 player option
  o signed by Cincinnati as an amateur free agent 1/11/10
  o $16.25M signing bonus ($1.5M at signing; $1.5M each Nov. 1, 2010-13; $1.25M each Nov. 1, 2014-20)
  o 10:$1M, 11:$1M, 12:$2M, 13:$2M, 14:$3M, 15:$5M player option
  o Chapman must decide whether to accept or decline 2015 player option within 5 days after end of 2014 World Series
  o if Chapman qualifies for arbitration after 2012, $5M is converted to a bonus and he becomes arbitration-eligible
  o if Chapman qualifies for arbitration after 2013, $3M is converted to a bonus and he becomes arbitration-eligible

Wouldn’t we need a team of sherpas and oxygen to climb that high?

BTW, I have it on good authority that Sherpas will attempt to cheat death for money, but they would never be willing to wade through the bullshit that a journey to the top of Brennaman’s ego would require

Plus I see no advantage to rushing Chapman, I have no problem with him starting in AA and letting him get used to American professional baseball before putting him front and center in Great American Ballpark.

Many in Reds nation clamored for Homer Bailey to be called up in 2006, and we got our wish in 2007 and he clearly needed more time in AAA, and it probably would have been to his benefit to spend a full season in Louisville before coming to Cincinnati.

I realize that Chapman is not Bailey, but I think one needs to reflect on some organizational errors in the recent past.

Martin Wade has the deep pockets and experience necessary…should be interesting to see if Chef can pull it off.

jch will be there opening night, however

and not just one of those stupid “cover the arb years” deals, but one of those 9-year extensions like Longoria got. i’d love to see something where he is guaranteed money through his arb years, but then something like a 3-year club option for his first 3 FA years. yeah, something like that. and fitted hats on Hat Day instead of those cheap one-size-fits-all adjustable ones. i want a hat like the players wear!

..with the to-date player comparison to WIlly Mo?

is his ability to hit lefties in the bigs. That’s really been dragging down his production. He’s a defensive assett and has already put up an 848 OPS against righties through his age 22 season – but that 198/285/312 line against lefties is brutal.

They should just start with high speed rail, and fund cities to upgrade their mass transit, whether it be better buses, street cars, subways, or elevated trains. The problem is this is a half-baked idea. I mean with the way it stands now, as a Hamilton, OH resident, if I needed to get to Columbus or Cleveland I would drive, simply because the train will take twice as long, and I will then need to rely on poor intra-urban mass transit or a cab.

But then the problems that will plague the 3-C Train are problems that plague Amtrak nation wide. I am looking to go to Boston this summer, but I don’t want to drive, simply because I don’t want to deal with hassle of parking my car when I get there, and I would be going alone and that is a long drive to make solo. So my choices are the bus, which will take 22 hours, and cost $140, flying, which will take 5 hours (with a connection) and cost $260, or the train which will take 22 hours going there, and about 40 hours coming back, for $300. I don’t even have the advantage of being able to take more luggage on the train rather than a plane, because riders can’t check baggage in Cincinnati.

So unless local, state, and federal governments are willing to truly do this right, they shouldn’t do it at all because here is what is going to happen. The 3-C, as it is planned right now will fail and it will lose political inertia because won’t be politically popular to want to upgrade a failing rail system. Unless they plan on using the 39MPH train as a start up, and to immediately being to upgrade to high speed rail, they shouldn’t do it all.

this earlier, but didn’t because I knew you’d just freak out. But if you’re actually interested, here’s a well-balanced look at the current state of it.

What a crochety editorial, complete with the usual whining about Washington “racking up trillions in debt.” I don’t mean to start a political argument there (other than to comment on the crochetiness), since my point is that for this there are benefits and costs.

It would cost a small amount each year to keep service running (ooooh, $17 million! A fraction of one percent of what the state spends on roads!), and there are benefits. Obviously the short-term benefits aren’t outlandishly huge, and don’t include whisking people between Cincinnati and Cleveland at 120 MPH, but there are benefits nonetheless. I happen to be one of the people who think that it’s worth something on the order of $10-$20 million a year for Cincinnati to provide another way for people without cars to get between these cities, but whatever you think, it’s not very helpful to toss out as many red herrings as that editorial does.

Paul Bush has re-signed with the Yankees.

Black Onesies.

might not be big bucks in it…but you could change the world, Mads.

Over their careers, Nix is worth about +10 runs saved for every 150 games in the outfield. Gomes is worth about -22 runs saved in the OF. That’s a 3 win difference over a season on defense alone. Gomes makes up a bunch of that difference on offense, but overall they’re comparable players in total value. They just get there differently.

The point about needing some power is a good one though. I’m still down with them signing Gomes, but I’m not sold on it as a necessity.

And you are nowhere near a minority on this site in regards to your opinion about Bailey and Cueto. We loves them!

Jump in the water’s fine. A Gomes signing definitely would bring some pop into the everyday line up. Nix can play all 3 OF positions and is a good LH PH off the bench, plus good for the occasional start.
J. Bruce is poised to have a break out season…here is hoping that he does.

Don’t pay any heed to all these guys around here who want to muck everything up with the facts.

…100 games a year, but still. 2006 had Freel-Hatteberg at the top of the lineup. Those were good days, my friend.

It’s not a spot in the lineup he’s earned, deserves, nor is logical nor productive, but I guess we’ll just accept it.

Out of our starting 8, isn’t Cabrera one of the WORST options to bat second?

And tallchuck – welcome aboard! :)

Freel and FeLo were a lot of fun at the top of the lineup. Both got on base a lot and ran well. They were a big reason why the Reds had the top offense in the NL that year.

You’ll play everyday in Cleveland.

In Cincinnati, you’ll have to win a job.

Go claim your birthright in Cleveland.

He’d cost a lot up front if he doesn’t stick.

Fay proposes that Androidis should be considered as the #5 starter in 2010…its in today’s Enquirer, I could not get a link.

oh and BTW
BK had better watchout…I’m coming to get you…
4. Obstinate Know-Nothings * Brandon Kraeling – 919
5. Cadavers United Mike willis – 917