There is always that difficult thing to process where "going with what got you there" isn't working anymore. Baseball is about adjustments. Geno is going to have to consider making some adjustments or it may never get better. The biggest parts of his contract is still to come, so I don't foresee any scenario where he gets replaced.
You cant hit .130 and expect to stay in a major league lineup just because you have a contract.
I understand how MLB hands out suspensions as they've remained pretty consistent over the years. SP usually get 6 games so it guarantees they miss a start. RP get 3-5 which is realistically a 1-3 game suspension when you look at uses. I'd think they'd still consider Amir as a closer or everyday relief which aligns with your one inning appearances. He's struggled at times this year and his time on the mound has probably reflected that recently.
Agreed. Amir's antics need to stop. I just want some logic / equity in the suspension decisions. Baez leaps the rail to escalate the fight and gets nothing. Cardinal relievers head-hunt with fastballs and get nothing.
I generally put myself in the other persons shoes and see how I'd react. If I were MLB, Amir Garrett's name has popped up repeatedly in many of these scrums. I was at the Pirates game two years ago when he charged the Pirate bench. My guess is MLB has basically said to the Reds, we let you try to get a handle on this, now it's our turn.
I do not know the history of Baez. MLB probably saw that it was Garrett's taunting of Rizzo that caused Baez to "leap over the rail" which seems to be a rallying cry for Reds fans - who cares if he walked out through and opening or leaped over the rail??
I would really be surprised if Suarez continues to hit .130. He's gone 5 of his last 14 and is now at .156. Don't be shocked if Bell doesn't start moving him up in the lineup again. We need some balance with all the lefties we have. Hopefully the Colorado air does him some good.
You beat me to the post, but 100% agree. Also we have gotten nothing from Shogo, and Votto has been hurt. This team has had a lot go wrong, so to be sitting where they are is promising.
Garret is a punk, take your rose colored glasses off ?
Right, he shows clear regression. It coincides with his position change which, to my point, shows he's a headcase and a lot of players don't recover from that. Even with slumping players you can look at advanced metrics and at least make an argument that things may not be as they seem (eg good contact and making hard outs). Suarez's advanced metrics tell a pretty dismal story.
Well I certainly hope he gets at least most of the way back to the norm because we've got alot invested in him the next 3 seasons.
As do I, but at some point the Reds have to intervene with his trajectory. He's a liability in the lineup every day both defensively and offensively until he figures it out.
Certainly not, but if he reverts back to his career norms the next 4 months, April was just an anomaly.
His streak of poor hitting also lasted all of last season, that's what I meant when I said this is not just a slump.
Never said he wasn't a punk. Being a jerk doesn't earn you a suspension
Castillo is neck and neck with Perez for 'worst pitcher', but yes I agree with you. Killed the momentum. Perez is awful and has to get sent down.
It's mechanical. He's leaving pitches over the plate. That tells me it's his release point. He needs to get sent down to figure it out.
Maybe just skip him once and let him work with DJ more. Not sure he has options.
Maybe let him pitch to the Mexican in bp, that should build his confidence