The Official 2021 Cincinnati Reds Thread
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wolves82
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Everyone was ready to crucify / trade Castillo after his terrible start. 10 starts in June and July he has allowed a total of 12 earned runs. Brilliant - ERA 1.71. Yet he only has 3 wins in those 10 starts because either the pen blows it or the bats take the night off. Pen tried to blow it last night. He certainly deserves better than a 4-10 record.
zeeman
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Why does he deserve it? Your record is your record and he was awful early in the season. Games in April count the same as games in July dipshyte
The thing about won loss records is you control your losses. It is pinned on you when you are responsible for more runs than your offense scores. Wins are a bit different because you might not be on the mound when your offense scores the go ahead runs.
Castillo is certainly responsible for 10 losses.
he didn't play today and they lost? i think burrito boy is suarez? im not a racist so i don't use those terms.
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wolves82
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Never said the April/May games did not count and he certainly deserved those losses.
Here is what I said. When you have 10 starts in a row and only give up 12 earned runs total, you certainly expect more than 3 wins. I said it in plain English, and it is not hard to understand. For most people.
zeeman
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No dipshyte, you said he “deserves” a better record
wolves82
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Very good, the first step is curing a problem is admitting that you have one.
wolves82
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Moron - if he got 6 wins is those 10 starts, as one could reasonably expect, his record would be 7-10. Is that better than 4-10?
14Red
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Considering I follow the Reds pretty closely, didn't hear anything about this, thanks for posting.
zeeman
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If a chicken could pucker its bill it could whistle. He could of lost all of his four wins and be 0-14 just as easy dipshyte
zeeman
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Cool, that’s what the warden keeps telling me
14Red
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I think most of us who follow baseball knew he'd get things around as long as there wasn't a injury. The velo was there, just was struggling getting his locations down. And you're 100% correct, Luis deserves a much better record, and we've heard extensively how misleading records can be. However, I will say that IF you can go 7-8 innings per start, you have MORE control of that start. A 5-6 inning start where you're relying on the bullpen to cover 3-4 innings, you open the door for more problems. Castillo is definitely on a roll right now.
14Red
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The curious thing about Castillo is he's been traditionally a slow starter. Some have thought that because he's Latin and pitching in cold weather may be an issue. Or may it simply be that he's just not fully prepared for the season to start and uses his first few starts to "get ready" for the season?
wolves82
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If a guy has 10 awful starts and 10 great starts, it is reasonable to think he might be around .500. ?
If you want to argue about that, cool, go ahead and be dumb. It's expected.
zeeman
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I’m not the one who said he deserved to have a better record which is an idiotic statement ?If a guy has 10 awful starts and 10 great starts, it is reasonable to think he might be around .500. ?
zeeman
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I’m not the one who said he deserved to have a better record which is an idiotic statementIf a guy has 10 awful starts and 10 great starts, it is reasonable to think he might be around .500. ?
and you would be correct, burrito boy left like 12 runners on base last night. Why, in the name of Zeus’ bunghole was he batting fifth? Garrett throws all of one pitch
14Red
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Not much on here today from last night's game, which is not good. Apathy is worse that negativity. Apathy means you don't care anymore. Last night was incredibly difficult because even though Miley wasn't himself, the Reds still did have control of the game, and had numerous chances to put it away. But look, we've seen this act all season. This team can put up some runs, but they also struggle at times putting games away, and as we know, this bullpen is what it is.
Now, the big talking point is the Garrett/ Baez deal at the end. And look, many of you know I've bashed Amir as much as anyone on here. But I tip my cap to him for holding some restraint and not starting a brawl with Baez. Garrett certainly started some things with the Cubs in the past. I'll also say Baez will likely get a lengthy suspension. This was way, way over the top in even baseball's new world. Baez was chirping at Garrett before the at bat, and continued all the way to first base, including carrying his bat and throwing it in Garrett's direction. To me, this is not what baseball wants at all. This is direct confrontation of another player, not celebrating with your teammates.
Now, the big talking point is the Garrett/ Baez deal at the end. And look, many of you know I've bashed Amir as much as anyone on here. But I tip my cap to him for holding some restraint and not starting a brawl with Baez. Garrett certainly started some things with the Cubs in the past. I'll also say Baez will likely get a lengthy suspension. This was way, way over the top in even baseball's new world. Baez was chirping at Garrett before the at bat, and continued all the way to first base, including carrying his bat and throwing it in Garrett's direction. To me, this is not what baseball wants at all. This is direct confrontation of another player, not celebrating with your teammates.
14Red
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It's been kind of a broke record. Bell went for it in the 5th, used alot of his bench and I think it bit him later in the game. But if the Reds blow it open then, no one says a word. I do think as Reds fans we get a little tunnel vision with this team. There are ALOT of mediocre baseball teams out there, with the same bullpen problems. I see so much negativity about our bullpen and the ownership not spending. I honestly don't know if spending money is the answer. So would you rather have expensive bullpen guys blowing games, or inexpensive ones? Our highest paid bullpen guys have been the least reliable.
In today's baseball you pay in order..
- starting pitching
- position players/ power guys
- bullpen
wolves82
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Well, the success has been in very small doses. Basically for about 4 weeks the pen was decent, mid/late June and early July.
- Garrett - 42 appearances - 6.75 ERA - 1.60 WHIP
- Doolittle - 39 appearances - 4.32 ERA - 1.56 WHIP
- Hembree - 37 appearances - 4.50 ERA - 1.00 WHIP
- Hendrix - 35 appearances - 5.87 ERA - 1.50 WHIP
- Brach - 30 appearances - 4.33 ERA - 1.41 WHIP
- Sims - 28 appearances - 5.02 ERA - 1.33 WHIP
- Perez - 23 appearances - 6.95 ERA - 1.86 WHIP
The only decent numbers from the pen are Tejay Antone's, and he is 8th in appearances due to injury. Hembree's WHIP is good. All other numbers are straight trash.
14Red
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I think relief pitchers ERA's are really hard to quantify. You give up one run in an outing and your ERA is 9 and it takes several outings to work it down. Now we've seen pretty much every relief pitcher except Cionel Perez have some form of success with this team, and maybe Doolittle. But for the most part, the other guys have moved between mop up status and back end bullpen guys, even if only for a day.
No, we have seen this act for about 30 years...... nothing changes.... EVER.