See I didn’t even realize the ball hit him, I didn’t have the best angle of it but I thought it was one of those situations of knizner’s foot knocking it out of the glove.
It's definitely the correct call by the rule book. Tho, I can understand the anger from Reds fans.
It will take a couple of years to see what the rebuild looks like for them but I really did not understand their moves this past off season. Castillo, Mahle, Greene, Lodolo is a very good 4 man rotation and they would have had Winker and Suarez included in their lineup. They could have invested instead of selling off and I would have expected that squad to definitely compete for the WC spots and division.
The issue is that the Reds are one of those teams that are always rebuilding because they either rush into things before they’re ready or blow everything up as soon as one thing goes wrong. In 2020, they wanted to be contenders, so they sign quite a few players in FA and trade for talents like Bauer. The issues is that they were adding these guys to a nonexistent core that wasn’t supplemented with talent besides Votto. The young talent the team was banking on either wasn’t developed well/well enough (Senzel) or wasn’t ready then (Greene and Lodolo). But now those young players are ready and are contributing to a team that had been gutted after not making the playoffs in 2021. Thus ensuring they will have to rebuild again and wait for the next wave of talent to come in after Greene, Lodolo, Stephenson, etc. will be shipped off after the Reds couldn’t play competitively for the next 3+ years. It’s the Pittsburgh Pirates model of baseball.
I think long term, they made the right decision to sell of and hope for greener pastures but sometimes you see franchises like the Reds who haven't competed in a while just try and "go for it" as in get to the playoffs for playoff revenue without really thinking they've built a contender. To be fair, playoff baseball is probably the most random of all sports. It really comes down to pitching.
If only club had a fluky hot career minor leaguer with cheesy facial hair for him to fixate on..
cant score runs off last place teams like cinci, good luck against the Mets and Dodgers
Consistency is key, I feel like so many guys have had moments of being that 3rd bat but haven't kept it going. It looked like O'Neil was that guy after last season, but he's had a tougher year maybe in part due to injuries.
Contreras is my #2 target this offseason behind Trea Turner. I'd also like to add another outfield bat, but I doubt DeWitt is going to spend his money like I would.
DeJong is worse than Bader. A raise? smdhYou'll be happy to know that DeJong will be getting a $3 Million raise for next year!
I hope they can dump him on the Arizona Coyotes.
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You could actually call it $6 million when you add in his buyouts for 2024 and 2025.You'll be happy to know that DeJong will be getting a $3 Million raise for next year!
I hope they can dump him on the Arizona Coyotes.
Paul DeJong
And it's also not consistently the same person. I know you are referring to O'Neill, but even ignoring health, he's had 1 legitimately MVPish caliber season, and the rest of his career has been pretty garbage at the plate. This season he was great in June and had power in August, but not really good any other time.
He wasn't consistently healthy until last year either, which is I'm sure part of the reason he was expected to be a contributor this year. The problem is that he was again injured and never really got into a groove. But to expect him to be a 25 HR guy wasn't all that unreasonable. And even looking pretty pedestrian this year and being injured for a lot of it, he's a 15-15 guy with 60 RBI.
