Farmers Only: Graduation Day!
by nycredsfan on Sep 1, 2010 8:40 AM EDT
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PrintHoly Fastball, Batman, what an exciting time to be a Reds fan. I apologize for the tardiness and shoddiness of this morning's FO. I came down with a fever last night. My temperature got all the way up to 102.7 and was sitting above 100 most of the night.....
So if you haven't heard, promotions are coming in waves today, with Yonder Alonso, Carlos Fisher, and Corky Miller coming now and more on the way on Friday. I, for one, am excited to see what Alonso can do in a few PAs. He'll likely just be a PH, but don't be shocked if you see him get a start or two in LF. Ok, on to the games!
- Louisville lost 4-1. It's really a shame their team is getting ravaged so hard by all of the promotions. That must be tremendously frustrating for Rick Sweet. In possibly Alonso's last game ever for the Bats, he went 1-3 with a walk and SB. Dave Sappelt tripled.
- Carolina won 9-4. Chris Denove had 3 hits and Jake Kahaulelio hit his 12th homer.
- Lynchburg lost 6-0. Only 4 Hillcats got hits, all of which were singles. Ezequiel Infante and Doug Salinas combined for 5 shutout innings in relief.
- Dayton won 12-0. Ricky Bowen pitched 7 shutout innings, Mark Fleury had 4 hits, and Kevyn Feiner and Henry Rodriguez each had 3.
- Billings played a doubleheader, winning the first 7-5, and losing the second 3-2. In the first game Billy Hamilton had 2 hits and stole 3 bases. In the second he got picked off, but that still puts him at 42 SB to just 9 CS on the season (82% success rate). What's most impressive is that he has done that in just 62 games. This kid is an exciting player. In the second game Yorman Rodriguez had 2 hits, including a triple.
- AZL Reds actually played in the AZL Championship game last night. (Who knew?) Unfortunately they lost, 10-8. Robert Maddox had 3 hits, including a homer, Yasmandi Grandal had a hit and walk, and Kurtis Muller had 3 hits, including a triple. Finally, remember this name: Ronald Torreyes. He was signed out of Venezuela, and he doesn't turn 18 until tomorrow, but in the AZL this year he put up a .349/.379/.494 line after tearing up the Venezuelan league. Add him to the list of exciting teenage players to keep an eye on next season.
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kevin mitchell is...fastball?
Ohh, right. Aroldis fastball is batman, got it.
Set the gearshift to the high gear of your soul.
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Sep 1, 2010 9:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Man, FO is gonna drop some ratings with Roldi and Alonso in the MLB!
Oh well, they still have Sappelt and Mesoraco and a bunch of low level teams I know nothing about,
Micah Owings!
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
I don't know enough about the politics except that I'm against Communism and that Cuba's last 50+ years have not been pleasant.
But it sounds like Cuba is starting the initial steps to a more free system. How great would it be for a denouement to take place this October with a state visit from Fidel or Raoul to Great American to watch Aroldis and Yonder.
You got a fever.....
…..and the only prescription is more cowbell.
Also cardinals losing is a good prescription as well.
6-2, 185
Any word on Todd Frazier coming up?
If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.
Bob Uecker
He's not on the 40 man, so I highly doubt it.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Seriously...
Yonder stole another base last night. If he has enough athleticism/baseball instincts to do that, why can’t he play LF at least as well as Gomes?
When you come to the fork in the road, take it.
by poojols on Sep 1, 2010 11:06 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
He stole 9 bases this year
Anyway, I bet he coulda gotten to that ball that went between Gomes’ legs.
When you come to the fork in the road, take it.
by poojols on Sep 1, 2010 11:45 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He has a total of 13 steals between AA and AAA
with only 3 CS. How slow can the guy be? Given the terrible jumps Gomes gets on the ball, he can’t do much worse.
I wonder if there’s a college study that shows how exposing my generation to Three’s Company set gender relations back approximately 715 years
by RoastBeefKazenzakis on Sep 1, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Adam Dunn stole bases, and he was the slowest slow who ever slowed at slowing
"Nothing wakes you up on a cold January morning like hot horse-piss." - Kevin Mitchell is Batman
Dunn ran well when he first came up
He wasn’t a burner, but he had pretty decent speed. He slowed down a lot as he bulked up, though. He still played left field, though – Alonso can’t be worse out there than Dunner, can he?
I wonder if there’s a college study that shows how exposing my generation to Three’s Company set gender relations back approximately 715 years
by RoastBeefKazenzakis on Sep 1, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
And I guess all of this is the essential question:
Would you rather have Alonso in LF, with his really bad defense and (hopefully) good offense, or would you rather try to trade him for a real LFer?
For the rest of this season I’d be glad to see him in LF a few times, but moving forward I’m not sure.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
I know this is dreaming
But I’d love to see him, a pitching prospect, and another position player prospect traded for a bona-fide SS.
"Nothing wakes you up on a cold January morning like hot horse-piss." - Kevin Mitchell is Batman
Yeah, I've been one of Yonder's biggest doubters about LF, but after seeing Gomes butcher it up some more last night, I figure they might as well give him a shot.
If it turns out he’s only bad, not terrible, that would be pretty sweet. Imagine this lineup next year.
BP
Yonder
Votto
Rolen
Bruce
Hernanigans
Stubbs
SS
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Till about June
Then insert Mesoraco for Hernanigans. Or will it be Mesoranigans. Or Mesoranigasms.
When you come to the fork in the road, take it.
by poojols on Sep 1, 2010 11:59 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
SSS, but....
I’m curious to see how Stubbs would do next year in the #1 spot.
I know, it looks retarded, but he did hit .296/.363/.507 in August. Obviously, he won’t keep it up, but he IS a kid and getting better at hitting is what kids do. Let’s see what he does in September.
So my crazy lineup would be:
Stubbs
BP
Votto
Bruce
Yonder
Hanigan/Rolen
Hernandez/Rolen
Janish
Rolen batting 7th when Hernandez is catching and 8th when Hanigan is catching.
Of course you know the lineup would never have three lefties in a row.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
The Bats aren't playing incredibly well
and are no longer leading their division, but they’re still leading the wild card race by four games with only six left to play: one more against Toledo and five against Indianapolis.
Let me write out a formal proof for you.
All the more reason Rick Sweet should be stressed
He has lost his starting 1B, 2B, 3B, C, 2 starters, and his best reliever.
He’s just holding on for dear life at this point
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
by nycredsfan on Sep 1, 2010 2:23 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I have two questions
1.) If Alonso is so slow he can’t play LF, is it in the realm of possibility that Joey could move to LF and Alonso could play 1B??
When Votto first came up to the Reds he started a few games in LF, but I honestly don’t recall how functional he was out there. Even if it made sense, there’s the delicate matter of moving your #1 player out of his natural position to fit an untested rookie into his spot.
2.) Will Alonso be out of options in 2011?
He signed a Major League deal in 2008, so he was on the 40-man then and playing in the Minors. Same for 2009 and 2010. I’m not well-versed enough in the MLB roster rules to know if that means Alonso has used up his 3 options. Being out of options makes him even less attractive to trade parters.
2 answers
1) jocketty pretty much shot this down last offseason. I guess there’s some chance, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
2) he actually has 2 options left. He signed late enough in 08 that he didn’t burn an option, plus college guys who sign MLB deals have 4 instead of 3. So that won’t be an issue in a trade
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
by nycredsfan on Sep 1, 2010 7:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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