Nice wins over the last two games. Good pitching, clutch hitting, good times all around.
Arroyo helped his trade value with that stellar outing today. Granted, the Nationals are really bad, but a big league team is a big league team and last year the Nats destroyed Bronson in his two starts against them.
Griffey managed to sneak one out to right to put the Reds up 2-0. There are no style points on your dingers when you're struggling like Junior is. I was looking at his numbers during last night's game and realized that if he doesn't go on a tear for the rest of the year he's looking at a full season with about 18 or 19 homers. That's just embarassing.
Predictibly, the trade rumors swirling around before the game turned out to be bunk, at least so far. Something could still happen but for as many reports saying it was nearly done, there was another report calling the rumor a bunch of crap. Bunches of crap smell very familiar to Reds fans. Huzzah.
Disappointing Fourth crowd today but admittedly there was a rain delay and it looked downright gloomy. The Nasti always depends heavily on walkups and they likely didn't get any today.
Taco Filling is a beautiful singer. Let's get three of four tomorrow. Fogg Fever. Catch it.
Friday, July 4, 2008
A Loss, A Win, Some Moves and Some News
Lots going on in Reds country today...
- After being bombed by the Pirates Wednesday Daryl Thompson is headed back to Louisville. I expected him to get another start but he obviously wasn't ready; the two starts he did get through without significant damage were both tightrope jobs where disaster lurked around every corner. A.Phil 2.0, fresh off a brief stint in the Mets organization, is back in the bigs with the Reds.
- Norris Hopper is headed to season-ending Tommy John surgery; he apparently can't swing a bat without blinding pain. He really only got hits by bunting anyway, so what's the problem? Just kidding. You're still the only big leaguer I've drank with and I'll always be rooting for you. Former Alley Cats have to stick together.
- Hopper's DLing will lead to Josh Fogg's promotion. I know, I know, last time it got Foggy in here it was bad. But he's pitched like eight shutout innings in each of his three rehab starts; maybe he can get a few decent starts in and be trade bait. With a one-year deal if he can be even league average the Reds may be able to get something useful for him. He'll be starting tomorrow, as Aaron Harang's turn will be skipped due to tightness in his forearm.
- Most importantly, Taco Filling may be (emphasis on "may be") headed to Philadelphia, possibly along with Hairston or CP23 (PLEASE GOD LET IT BE PATTERSON) for Shane Victorino and possibly a prospect. Posters on Redszone are talking as if this is nearly a done deal, and Taco's start may be abbreviated today as a result. Will be very interesting. Every year it seems we get to a point where a "deal is imminent" but nothing ever happens, but apparently few deals that get as far as this one is end up falling through.
My first reaction to Victorino is, thank God. The center field problem would be solved immediately. His OPS numbers are nothing great but he's good defensively and has played every day for a contender. Arroyo has been up and down all season, is unreliable and too expensive for too many years. If they can rid themselves of Patterson in the transaction and get another prospect as well, it's gravy.
We will see if it actually happens, but so far, sounds good. Some people say there's nothing to it, some people say it's done. Welcome to July in baseball. Go Reds. Taco Filling against Jason Bergmann in about half an hour. Let's do this. I'm calling it: Reds will be .500 at the break. Yes, that involves winning eight of the next nine games. I'm not crazy.
- After being bombed by the Pirates Wednesday Daryl Thompson is headed back to Louisville. I expected him to get another start but he obviously wasn't ready; the two starts he did get through without significant damage were both tightrope jobs where disaster lurked around every corner. A.Phil 2.0, fresh off a brief stint in the Mets organization, is back in the bigs with the Reds.
- Norris Hopper is headed to season-ending Tommy John surgery; he apparently can't swing a bat without blinding pain. He really only got hits by bunting anyway, so what's the problem? Just kidding. You're still the only big leaguer I've drank with and I'll always be rooting for you. Former Alley Cats have to stick together.
- Hopper's DLing will lead to Josh Fogg's promotion. I know, I know, last time it got Foggy in here it was bad. But he's pitched like eight shutout innings in each of his three rehab starts; maybe he can get a few decent starts in and be trade bait. With a one-year deal if he can be even league average the Reds may be able to get something useful for him. He'll be starting tomorrow, as Aaron Harang's turn will be skipped due to tightness in his forearm.
- Most importantly, Taco Filling may be (emphasis on "may be") headed to Philadelphia, possibly along with Hairston or CP23 (PLEASE GOD LET IT BE PATTERSON) for Shane Victorino and possibly a prospect. Posters on Redszone are talking as if this is nearly a done deal, and Taco's start may be abbreviated today as a result. Will be very interesting. Every year it seems we get to a point where a "deal is imminent" but nothing ever happens, but apparently few deals that get as far as this one is end up falling through.
My first reaction to Victorino is, thank God. The center field problem would be solved immediately. His OPS numbers are nothing great but he's good defensively and has played every day for a contender. Arroyo has been up and down all season, is unreliable and too expensive for too many years. If they can rid themselves of Patterson in the transaction and get another prospect as well, it's gravy.
We will see if it actually happens, but so far, sounds good. Some people say there's nothing to it, some people say it's done. Welcome to July in baseball. Go Reds. Taco Filling against Jason Bergmann in about half an hour. Let's do this. I'm calling it: Reds will be .500 at the break. Yes, that involves winning eight of the next nine games. I'm not crazy.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Sometimes This Team Makes Me Want To Strangle Someone
... no one in particular, just someone to get the frustrations out.
I fully expected the Reds to lose two of three to Pittsburgh. The Pirates just seem to be the perfect team to give the Reds trouble; they aren't that good but they have solid lefthanded pitching, and the Reds seem to just let down against them. The Reds are 27-24 against teams with records over .500. If they could just take care of things against bad clubs they'd be in the race.
But they haven't, and they aren't, and the second half is going to have games where you think the Reds aren't that far off, and games where you just want to tear your hair out. Sometimes both emotions, joy and elation, are present in the same game, like the first two of this series. Monday the Reds went to the plate against Paul Maholm like they had a plane to catch. Through five innings he'd thrown just fifty-three pitches, I believe the telecast said. They just don't work the count at all. Aggressiveness isn't a terrible thing if you're swinging at quality strikes and squaring up on the ball, but there's just no excuse to hit a sky-high popup on the infield on the first pitch you see (I'm looking at you, Brandon Phillips, and you, Edwin Encarnacion, both of whom do so as if there were a contract incentive that can vest by popping up).
So with the offense hitting like it was September 30 instead of June 30, the burden of winning the game fell upon Aaron Harang, who aside from an Adam LaRoche two-run dinger pitched very well over seven innings. Hopefully he's getting back on track after a rough stretch.
But late in the game... oh, Dusty. Dusty, Dusty, Dusty. Dunn walked in the eighth, and Baker pinch-ran Corey Patterson for Dunn. Donkey represented the tying run, so this *may* have been a defensible move at the time; however, I cringe whenever one of the Reds' few plus bats is removed for a decided minus bat. Brandon Phillips had an infield single, putting men on first and second (the speedy Patterson on second, remember) with none out. Patterson can score on nearly any hit, unless it's an infield single or an iffy trap situation in the outfield and has has to hold up halfway. Still, though, Dusty asks Joey Votto, not exactly an experienced bunter, to bunt off the tough Bucs lefty Damaso Marte. Naturally, he can't get it down, gets behind 0-2 and strikes out. Edwin also struck out. So, rather than let the rookie lefty Jay Bruce try his luck with Marte, Dusty pinch-hits Javier Valentin in his spot. I know Valentin's only use to this team generally at the moment is as a pinch-hitter. I know Valentin is a switch-hitter. But he's so awful from the right side, he really isn't a switch-hitter at all. Did Dusty know this? Who knows? Whether Dusty knew it or not, Valentin grounded out. Because he's terrible against lefties. Just an awful, awful move, and way too many strategic errors in a row to even begin to defend on Baker's part.
The Votto bunt decision was just inexcusable. It's like Dusty's playing it "by the book" all the time, but he's reading from a book that wasn't written with common sense in mind. Let's ask a rookie who's not experienced at bunting to get down a bunt in a situation where it's not even really warranted? Was he playing from the "play for a win at home" perspective? If he's playing it by the book, it isn't a book I've ever read. You'd think after the Arizona game where Edwin hit a game-winner after getting down two strikes, and the Atlanta game where Dunn homered after not being able to bunt, that he'd give up on the bunting the power bats. And why did he remove Dunn for Patterson if he was going to bunt anyway?
Anyone hiring Dusty to manage their team, though, really was asking for stuff like this, and that's why I can't really feel sorry for the Reds on this one. They had to know what they were getting coming in. Signing Corey Patterson to a Dusty-managed team is like giving a bottle of whiskey to an alcoholic. That dude may be the only person who can see how destructive his habit is, but he's sure as hell going to down that bottle as soon as he gets thirsty. Dusty's going to find ways to get playing time for Patterson. He did it again last night, when he again pinch-ran Patterson for Dunn, and this time it may have cost the Reds the game. You just can't put that bat into the lineup and expect it not to hurt you, and sure enough, Patterson was at the plate with the game on the line in the eleventh, and didn't come through. I don't blame Patterson; I'm sure he's as frustrated as anyone about his sub-.200 average. Jocketty, though, owes it to Reds fans to get him off the team.
Back to Monday, though, Griffey managed to save the day with a ninth-inning walkoff dinger, and it was pretty exciting. Tuesday was also a close, exciting game that saw the Reds blow a tie game in the ninth, send it to extras, get down two in extras, then nearly rally to tie again before the rally fell short. Overall the Reds had enough chances to win that the loss can't be entirely blamed on any one person, Dusty and Patterson included, but all the chances made it even more frustrating to watch. Hopefully they can get the series finale tonight and go into the Washington series over the holiday weekend looking good and feeling good. Daryl Thompson gets the ball tonight against John Van Benchoten for Las Piratas. JVB has been just awful in the bigs his entire career, so naturally he'll look like an ace tonight. I think I'll go kill myself.
I fully expected the Reds to lose two of three to Pittsburgh. The Pirates just seem to be the perfect team to give the Reds trouble; they aren't that good but they have solid lefthanded pitching, and the Reds seem to just let down against them. The Reds are 27-24 against teams with records over .500. If they could just take care of things against bad clubs they'd be in the race.
But they haven't, and they aren't, and the second half is going to have games where you think the Reds aren't that far off, and games where you just want to tear your hair out. Sometimes both emotions, joy and elation, are present in the same game, like the first two of this series. Monday the Reds went to the plate against Paul Maholm like they had a plane to catch. Through five innings he'd thrown just fifty-three pitches, I believe the telecast said. They just don't work the count at all. Aggressiveness isn't a terrible thing if you're swinging at quality strikes and squaring up on the ball, but there's just no excuse to hit a sky-high popup on the infield on the first pitch you see (I'm looking at you, Brandon Phillips, and you, Edwin Encarnacion, both of whom do so as if there were a contract incentive that can vest by popping up).
So with the offense hitting like it was September 30 instead of June 30, the burden of winning the game fell upon Aaron Harang, who aside from an Adam LaRoche two-run dinger pitched very well over seven innings. Hopefully he's getting back on track after a rough stretch.
But late in the game... oh, Dusty. Dusty, Dusty, Dusty. Dunn walked in the eighth, and Baker pinch-ran Corey Patterson for Dunn. Donkey represented the tying run, so this *may* have been a defensible move at the time; however, I cringe whenever one of the Reds' few plus bats is removed for a decided minus bat. Brandon Phillips had an infield single, putting men on first and second (the speedy Patterson on second, remember) with none out. Patterson can score on nearly any hit, unless it's an infield single or an iffy trap situation in the outfield and has has to hold up halfway. Still, though, Dusty asks Joey Votto, not exactly an experienced bunter, to bunt off the tough Bucs lefty Damaso Marte. Naturally, he can't get it down, gets behind 0-2 and strikes out. Edwin also struck out. So, rather than let the rookie lefty Jay Bruce try his luck with Marte, Dusty pinch-hits Javier Valentin in his spot. I know Valentin's only use to this team generally at the moment is as a pinch-hitter. I know Valentin is a switch-hitter. But he's so awful from the right side, he really isn't a switch-hitter at all. Did Dusty know this? Who knows? Whether Dusty knew it or not, Valentin grounded out. Because he's terrible against lefties. Just an awful, awful move, and way too many strategic errors in a row to even begin to defend on Baker's part.
The Votto bunt decision was just inexcusable. It's like Dusty's playing it "by the book" all the time, but he's reading from a book that wasn't written with common sense in mind. Let's ask a rookie who's not experienced at bunting to get down a bunt in a situation where it's not even really warranted? Was he playing from the "play for a win at home" perspective? If he's playing it by the book, it isn't a book I've ever read. You'd think after the Arizona game where Edwin hit a game-winner after getting down two strikes, and the Atlanta game where Dunn homered after not being able to bunt, that he'd give up on the bunting the power bats. And why did he remove Dunn for Patterson if he was going to bunt anyway?
Anyone hiring Dusty to manage their team, though, really was asking for stuff like this, and that's why I can't really feel sorry for the Reds on this one. They had to know what they were getting coming in. Signing Corey Patterson to a Dusty-managed team is like giving a bottle of whiskey to an alcoholic. That dude may be the only person who can see how destructive his habit is, but he's sure as hell going to down that bottle as soon as he gets thirsty. Dusty's going to find ways to get playing time for Patterson. He did it again last night, when he again pinch-ran Patterson for Dunn, and this time it may have cost the Reds the game. You just can't put that bat into the lineup and expect it not to hurt you, and sure enough, Patterson was at the plate with the game on the line in the eleventh, and didn't come through. I don't blame Patterson; I'm sure he's as frustrated as anyone about his sub-.200 average. Jocketty, though, owes it to Reds fans to get him off the team.
Back to Monday, though, Griffey managed to save the day with a ninth-inning walkoff dinger, and it was pretty exciting. Tuesday was also a close, exciting game that saw the Reds blow a tie game in the ninth, send it to extras, get down two in extras, then nearly rally to tie again before the rally fell short. Overall the Reds had enough chances to win that the loss can't be entirely blamed on any one person, Dusty and Patterson included, but all the chances made it even more frustrating to watch. Hopefully they can get the series finale tonight and go into the Washington series over the holiday weekend looking good and feeling good. Daryl Thompson gets the ball tonight against John Van Benchoten for Las Piratas. JVB has been just awful in the bigs his entire career, so naturally he'll look like an ace tonight. I think I'll go kill myself.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
I Just Can't Figure This Team Out
I guess at this point the key heading into 2009 is to decide how to get the good version of the Reds to show up more often than the bad one. Saturday and Sunday's wins over the Indians were picture-perfect textbook victories for the most part, and coming off these good performances I'm fully expecting them to come home and get swept by the Pirates.
Cueto and Arroyo both turned in very good pitching performances. Cueto danced in and out of trouble all night, but allowed no Tribesmen to score. Arroyo looked like Good Bronson, and in a day game, no less. Saturday Paul Bako had a big hit, and Dunnerstag had Jim Jacksons in both games, including a three-run blast today to break it open. The Championship of Ohio belongs to the Reds! The Clippers, Captains, Scrappers and Mud Hens might have something to say about that, though. It's a good thing they aren't all in the running for the Ohio Cup, because the Reds would have to play well in like five straight series, and that's impossible.
In other news, it was Slider's birthday Sunday! Gapper and Slider seem to be good friends. I think the Mariner Moose was also there, and the Rays mascot, and maybe the Oriole. It was awesome! Gapper gave Slider a painting and they hugged! Aww. Do you think the Indians will mail me a Slider hat if I send a letter asking for one? I don't know either.
Reds and Bucs for tres juegos coming up Monday through Wednesday. It's going to be getting kinda hectic at the GABP. Harang against Maholm tomorrow. Let's try to get out of last.
Cueto and Arroyo both turned in very good pitching performances. Cueto danced in and out of trouble all night, but allowed no Tribesmen to score. Arroyo looked like Good Bronson, and in a day game, no less. Saturday Paul Bako had a big hit, and Dunnerstag had Jim Jacksons in both games, including a three-run blast today to break it open. The Championship of Ohio belongs to the Reds! The Clippers, Captains, Scrappers and Mud Hens might have something to say about that, though. It's a good thing they aren't all in the running for the Ohio Cup, because the Reds would have to play well in like five straight series, and that's impossible.
In other news, it was Slider's birthday Sunday! Gapper and Slider seem to be good friends. I think the Mariner Moose was also there, and the Rays mascot, and maybe the Oriole. It was awesome! Gapper gave Slider a painting and they hugged! Aww. Do you think the Indians will mail me a Slider hat if I send a letter asking for one? I don't know either.
Reds and Bucs for tres juegos coming up Monday through Wednesday. It's going to be getting kinda hectic at the GABP. Harang against Maholm tomorrow. Let's try to get out of last.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
For Sale: One Used Matress, Free for Anyone Who Will Haul It Away, also I have a HP Pentium Computer, $200 or Best Offer (Also Reds Lose 3 of 4)
So as expected, after playing well against the Yankees, the Reds looked like crap in losing two of three at Toronto, and the swoon continued with a dismal loss to the Indians last night.
This team just doesn't have enough solid pieces to go anywhere. Bob Castellini needs to realize this team is just not close to contending at all, and whoever convinced him it was before the season (Krivsky? Mrs. Castellini? JoJo the Circus Clown?) needed to have their head examined. Without Harang (who continues to look terrible) the rotation is one ace and four question marks, and the one ace is young and is still going to have his ups and downs (just look at the Toronto start, Volquez has had a great year but he's young). The assumption coming into this year was that Bronson had an unlucky 2007 and would revert to 2006 form, but that hasn't happened, and after his start Tuesday his trade value has to be nil, or close to it. Cueto is up-and-down as expected, and Thompson looks to only have a fastball (a good fastball, but this is the majors, you're eventually going to get tagged if you don't throw something else).
The bullpen has a few reliable parts. Bray, Burton and Cordero have all been good-to-excellent this year. Affeldt has had his moments. It's hard to adequately describe the awfulness that is Gary Majewski, though. His stirrups are truly a classic look, but he's just been horrible. His BAA is .375 right now, opponents are just killing him. It's excruciating every time he enters the game. Lincoln Logs has been okayish at times, terrible at others. Weathers' numbers actually are okay, but it's hard to feel secure when he's tossing his slop to the plate. You have to give it up for him, though, because Reds fans have been saying that for about four years now, and he keeps getting guys out.
John Fay was on the broadcast last Saturday and said the guys he thinks will see the most interest on the trading block are the relivers. We heard that last year, too, and the only guy that ended up moving was Jeff Conine, and that was after the deadline. Griffey is finished, Dunn has had trade rumors seemingly since he was called up in 2001 and nothing has ever happened, and all the other pieces are either untouchable or unwanted. This team is staying like it is, for better and for worse.
And lately it's definitely been for worse, because this team is in another funk. No hitting, poor pitching, the works. One win in Cleveland will clinch the Ohio Cup for the Reds (yay), and I'm not sure if they can get it. Cueto goes tonight against Paul Byrd, and Bronson goes against some guy tomorrow. Bronson's numbers are Miltonesque after the Toronto debacle (I almost wanted them to leave him in longer just to see how bad that would get) and it's a day game, so if the win doesn't come tonight, the Reds are in trouble. They've been in trouble since 2001, though, so it's nothing new. Living on the edge, right?
This team just doesn't have enough solid pieces to go anywhere. Bob Castellini needs to realize this team is just not close to contending at all, and whoever convinced him it was before the season (Krivsky? Mrs. Castellini? JoJo the Circus Clown?) needed to have their head examined. Without Harang (who continues to look terrible) the rotation is one ace and four question marks, and the one ace is young and is still going to have his ups and downs (just look at the Toronto start, Volquez has had a great year but he's young). The assumption coming into this year was that Bronson had an unlucky 2007 and would revert to 2006 form, but that hasn't happened, and after his start Tuesday his trade value has to be nil, or close to it. Cueto is up-and-down as expected, and Thompson looks to only have a fastball (a good fastball, but this is the majors, you're eventually going to get tagged if you don't throw something else).
The bullpen has a few reliable parts. Bray, Burton and Cordero have all been good-to-excellent this year. Affeldt has had his moments. It's hard to adequately describe the awfulness that is Gary Majewski, though. His stirrups are truly a classic look, but he's just been horrible. His BAA is .375 right now, opponents are just killing him. It's excruciating every time he enters the game. Lincoln Logs has been okayish at times, terrible at others. Weathers' numbers actually are okay, but it's hard to feel secure when he's tossing his slop to the plate. You have to give it up for him, though, because Reds fans have been saying that for about four years now, and he keeps getting guys out.
John Fay was on the broadcast last Saturday and said the guys he thinks will see the most interest on the trading block are the relivers. We heard that last year, too, and the only guy that ended up moving was Jeff Conine, and that was after the deadline. Griffey is finished, Dunn has had trade rumors seemingly since he was called up in 2001 and nothing has ever happened, and all the other pieces are either untouchable or unwanted. This team is staying like it is, for better and for worse.
And lately it's definitely been for worse, because this team is in another funk. No hitting, poor pitching, the works. One win in Cleveland will clinch the Ohio Cup for the Reds (yay), and I'm not sure if they can get it. Cueto goes tonight against Paul Byrd, and Bronson goes against some guy tomorrow. Bronson's numbers are Miltonesque after the Toronto debacle (I almost wanted them to leave him in longer just to see how bad that would get) and it's a day game, so if the win doesn't come tonight, the Reds are in trouble. They've been in trouble since 2001, though, so it's nothing new. Living on the edge, right?
Sunday, June 22, 2008
The Rain Drowns Your Hopes; Reds Lose
The Reds lost a rain-delayed decision Sunday as the Yankees salvaged game three of the set, beating the Nasti 4-1.
Johnny Greato was superb, only allowing one run on four hits in five innings of work, but was removed down 1-0 after a rain stoppage in the middle of the sixth. Leave it to Majewski and Affeldt to completely mess that up. Canadian Intensity and Jay Hoops both struck out with the bases loaded in the fourth in the Reds biggest sustained rally of the afternoon, and alas, they came up empty. Griffey's 601st homer of his career in the eighth provided the Reds lone run.
So it was disappointing to see the Reds drop the last game, but beggars can't be choosers and there's nothing wrong with taking two of three. It might be interesting to note that Canadian Intensity had another at-bat in the sixth, this time with two on, and struck out in a pouring rainstorm. Of course, they pulled tarp right after that. Had the rain not come, Greato likely wasn't going to be removed after seventy-five pitches and who knows what happens.
In better news, Jeff Keppinger is back, as mentioned earlier, and has a beard now. Reminded me of my senior year of college, when I started an English class with a Mr. Clean-like instructor, promptly ditched it for quite a while, so long that when I returned he suddenly had hair and a bald spot and everyone I sat around had thought I'd dropped the class entirely. Anyway, per Hal or somebody he was trying to get rid of it but why mess with something so awesome? This game has enough cool goatees and linebeards. Time for someone who looks like a real man.
Per the trainers he's fully recovered. APhil 2.0 was DFA'd as a result, and if he clears waivers will go to Louisville. 2.0 was out of options so he couldn't be outrighted without clearing waivers, hence the DFA.
So now it's another interesting test for the Reds. After giving the Yankees all they can handle, they go to Toronto starting Tuesday night to play Cito Gaston's Blue Jays. Former Jays manager John Gibbons was just fired last week and things haven't been going all that well since the firing. The Cincinnastians seem to perenially be a team that can play well against good teams but lets down horribly against bad ones. Let's hope they come out of this series with confidence and a strong feeling and do their best to win some at Skydome.
PEACE
Johnny Greato was superb, only allowing one run on four hits in five innings of work, but was removed down 1-0 after a rain stoppage in the middle of the sixth. Leave it to Majewski and Affeldt to completely mess that up. Canadian Intensity and Jay Hoops both struck out with the bases loaded in the fourth in the Reds biggest sustained rally of the afternoon, and alas, they came up empty. Griffey's 601st homer of his career in the eighth provided the Reds lone run.
So it was disappointing to see the Reds drop the last game, but beggars can't be choosers and there's nothing wrong with taking two of three. It might be interesting to note that Canadian Intensity had another at-bat in the sixth, this time with two on, and struck out in a pouring rainstorm. Of course, they pulled tarp right after that. Had the rain not come, Greato likely wasn't going to be removed after seventy-five pitches and who knows what happens.
In better news, Jeff Keppinger is back, as mentioned earlier, and has a beard now. Reminded me of my senior year of college, when I started an English class with a Mr. Clean-like instructor, promptly ditched it for quite a while, so long that when I returned he suddenly had hair and a bald spot and everyone I sat around had thought I'd dropped the class entirely. Anyway, per Hal or somebody he was trying to get rid of it but why mess with something so awesome? This game has enough cool goatees and linebeards. Time for someone who looks like a real man.
Per the trainers he's fully recovered. APhil 2.0 was DFA'd as a result, and if he clears waivers will go to Louisville. 2.0 was out of options so he couldn't be outrighted without clearing waivers, hence the DFA.
So now it's another interesting test for the Reds. After giving the Yankees all they can handle, they go to Toronto starting Tuesday night to play Cito Gaston's Blue Jays. Former Jays manager John Gibbons was just fired last week and things haven't been going all that well since the firing. The Cincinnastians seem to perenially be a team that can play well against good teams but lets down horribly against bad ones. Let's hope they come out of this series with confidence and a strong feeling and do their best to win some at Skydome.
PEACE
Obviously, if Jesus doesn't love the Reds, he at least is looking out for them a little bit, at least today...
Additionally, thanks to the YES broadcast, Votto now has a codename: CANADIAN INTENSITY. I love it!
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