2019 Reds Thread

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they always say that pitching is ahead of hitting the first few weeks of the season.  Hitting is tougher in the cold, but then I would think gripping the ball and getting the proper spin would be also.

Someone needs to translate that into Spanish for Raisel Iglesias

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they always say that pitching is ahead of hitting the first few weeks of the season.  Hitting is tougher in the cold, but then I would think gripping the ball and getting the proper spin would be also.

Someone needs to translate that into Spanish for Raisel Iglesias

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Lineups

            BREWERS

1. Lorenzo Cain (CF)
2. Christian Yelich (RF)
3. Travis Shaw (3B)
4. Jesus Aguilar (1B)
5. Mike Moustakas (2B)
6. Yasmani Grandal ©
7. Ben Gamel (LF)
8. Orlando Arcia (SS)
9. Jhoulys Chacin (P)
            REDS

1. Jesse Winker (LF)
2. Joey Votto (1B)
3. Yasiel Puig (RF)
4. Eugenio Suarez (3B)
5. Scott Schebler (CF)
6. Derek Dietrich (2B)
7. Tucker Barnhart ©
8. Jose Peraza (SS)
9. Anthony DeSclafani (P)

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BREWERS
The Brewers used three pitchers to cover 4 innings. None of them worked over 1.2 innings. None were working on consecutive days. However Alex Claudio and Alex Wilson both threw ~25 pitches and may be limited tonight. For those wondering, Josh Hader worked exactly an inning (16 pitches) and no doubt is available to do at least the same tonight.
REDS
The Reds used 4 pitchers to cover 4.1 innings. Only Amir Garrett worked longer than an inning. No one was working on a consecutive day. Amir Garrett and David Hernandez did have pitch counts >20 and may be limited tonight.
Bullpen stat of the day>>> Raisel Iglesias used 3 fewer pitches (13) to allow the winning run in the 9th than Josh Hader needed (16) to save the game in the 9th.

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The Cincinnati #Reds have acquired an interesting relief prospect in Diomar Lopez from the San Diego Padres for Matt Wisler

Left-Handed Pitcher Brandon Finnegan cleared waivers and has been outrighted to the minor leagues.

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Alright.  Reds try and even this series tonight from GABP was Jhoulys Chacin goes for the Brew Crew, 15-8, 3.15 ERA last season vs Anthony DeSclafani, who was 7-8 last year with 4.93 ERA.  

Chacín is almost exclusively a fastball/ slider pitcher at this point in his career. He uses a sinker (35%) instead of a 4 seamer (13%) as his primary fastball. In 2018, Chacín began using a split finger fastball as his change up. Watch for this pitch tonight as he used the splitter almost 11% of the time in his opening start of the season.

If DeSclafani can recover his prior form and stay health, he could become a major force in the Reds rotation. Tonight, watch for improvement in Discoâ€s secondary pitches, most notably his curveball, as they were an area of focus in his off season work.

DeSclafani HAS to keep the ball in the park to win, show good command and give the bullpen a rest.  The Bullpen has been used good amount to this point.

Winker in LF and leading off.  Deitrich at second base batting sixth.  

ENJOY the game  

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Minor league club offered cotton candy burger.

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Reds down one going to bottom of 4.   DeSclafani pitching a gem striking out 7 through 4.   NEED SOME RUNS!!!

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Reds have tied it up.  Suarez drives in a run with double.  Puig at 3rd...Suarez at 2nd...two outs....Dietrich at the plate.

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Lorenzen comes in and gives up a 3 RUN BLAST to Arcia.  He just doesn't impress me at all.  Iglesias and him are failing in my mind and statistically.  4-1 Brew Crew.   Lorenzen is big and strong and hangs breaking balls for JACKS against guys who are not hitting well till they face him.  Incredible.

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SUAREZ WITH A BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Now 4-3 Brewers in the 8th.

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Hader comes in an shuts the door again.  Brewers bullpen and hitters are just better than the Reds.   Lorenzen stinks.  They should trade him and he is the most overrated guy on the team.   Schebler can't hit in clutch either.  Peraza hasn't hit but I have confidence in him.  Barnhart can't hit.  Suarez is real deal with 2 hits.  Puig with 2 hits.  Votto with two walks.  Winker isn't hitting but he will.  DeSclafani pitched a solid game.    The hitting will come but in the meantime the Bullpen has to do better and Lorenzen just blew it with the HR he gave up to Arcia tonight.  Unacceptable. 4-3 final and Brewers have won 5 in row by one run. Great pen.

Reds now have dropped 3 of 4 in opening the season to division opponents.  Not acceptable at home.

BOX

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My team (Yankees) still have nothing to show for the money. 2-3 vs Baltimore and Detroit at home. I'll tune in at All-Star break. That's the time teams will either be doing well or headed to another crappy season.

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My team (Yankees) still have nothing to show for the money. 2-3 vs Baltimore and Detroit at home. I'll tune in at All-Star break. That's the time teams will either be doing well or headed to another crappy season.

Fans can follow as they wish.  Win or lose I'll follow each Reds game this season and EVERY season until I die.

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With all of the pitching additions brought in this winter and the anointment of Luis Castillo as the the Opening Day starter for the Cincinnati Reds, itâ€s easy to forget that Anthony DeSclafanifinally, finally exited spring training healthy for the first time in years. In part due to those injury issues, itâ€s also easy to forget that when heâ€s been healthy and in the groove, Disco has actually been a damn good pitcher for the Reds at times.
Good Disco was rolling in his earliest April start in years tonight, too.
He was pulled after just 89 pitches on this relatively chilly April night, but he left having allowed just 1 ER in his 5 IP, allowing 3 hits and 3 walks in that time. Of course, he also fanned 8, using what appears to be a much improved breaking ball to put away the potent Milwaukee Brewers hitters early and often on the night.
If thatâ€s what the Reds can get out of him on a rather routine basis this year, the depth of this revamped rotation just might be pretty damn reasonable after all.
Honorable Mentions are due to: Eugenio Suarez, who dingered, doubled, and drove in a pair; Joey Votto, who walked twice and scored twice; Yasiel Puig, who had a pair of singles; and Robert Stephenson, who fired a fairly impressive pair of scoreless innings from the ‘pen.
Key Plays

• Walks, as they say, oh so often haunt. Thatâ€s what bit Disco in the Top of the 3rd, though a bit of an #UmpShow regarding the strikezone sure didnâ€t help. That there screencap came in the 2-out PA against Travis Shaw, who eventually walked to bring up Jesus Aguilarto the plate. Aguilar then managed to dump a single into RF that brought in Lorenzo Cainwho - if youâ€ll believe it - had walked earlier in the inning (and swiped 2B). Reds trailed, 1-0.
  
  
• The Reds elbowed back in the Bottom of the 4th, however. Joey Votto coaxed a walk - because Joey Votto coaxes walks - and he moved up to 2B on a laser of a single into CF by Yasiel Puig. That, for the record, was the first Reds hit of the game. Suarez immediately drove in Joey with a double into shallow LF that was a ricochet off Milwaukee 3B Travis Shaw, and the game was squared, 1-1.
  
  
• The Top of the 6th was a large bag of farts, really. Disco was pulled after 89 pitches and 5 IP, and Zach Duke was brought in to face...mostly righties. That resulted in a walk and a loud single off the RF wall off the bat of Yasmani Grandal, who eventually swiped 2B to put runners on 2B and 3B. David Bell turned to Michael Lorenzen to face light-hitting Milwaukee SS Orlando Arcia - who hadnâ€t had a hit all season - and Arcia promptly swatted a meatball over the wall in RF for a 3-run dinger that broke this thing open. All that with pitcher Jhoulys Chacin on deck - who eventually took a walk of his own and stayed in the game. Reds trailed, 4-1.
  
  
• I noted that Chacin stayed in the game. Well, he exited early the next inning after a walk (Votto), single (Puig), and walk (Suarez) loaded the bags for the Reds with 1-out, but some active bullpenning from Brewers managed Craig Counsell resulted in just a lone run for the Reds, as Votto scored on a Scott Schebler ground-out. Reds trailed, 4-2.
  
  
• Suarez squared up a Junior Guerra pitch in the Bottom of the 8th, clubbing it into the LF seats for a solo blast that brought the Reds closer at 4-3.
  
  
• Bob Steve powered through a pair of scoreless innings to keep the Reds within striking distance late, but unfortunately Josh Hader again slammed the door to send the Reds home with a loss. I said loss. That was a 4-3 loss, for the record.