Originally Posted by Mi_chief_fan:
I didn't realize how bad the Reds are.
they chose this. They wanted to be at the top of the draft as their rebuild model. Fuck them. Purposely lose for draft position. Yet you want fans to pay full price for tickets when you want to lose? [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
they chose this. They wanted to be at the top of the draft as their rebuild model. Fuck them. Purposely lose for draft position. Yet you want fans to pay full price for tickets when you want to lose?
Seems to have worked well when Houston bottomed out for a couple of years so could see some more copycats. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Cubs and Royals too. Wasn’t really dissing the plan but that they expect fans to pay full price when they are not even trying right now.
The Royals didn't purposefully tank. They were just incompetent. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Cubs and Royals too. Wasn’t really dissing the plan but that they expect fans to pay full price when they are not even trying right now.
How expensive is a game at Great American Ballpark? Can't be that much?
Girlfriend wants to go to Cincinnati sometime before too long. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
In MLB our Cardinals:
Leadoff/Fowler is batting 28th/32 teams
2nd/Pham is batting 17th/32 teams
3rd/Carp is batting 27th/32 teams
Matheny is still sticking with this same lineup. What’s the point? We have a known history with this lineup and players in those spots.
We know Carp does well in the leadoff position. If I’m remembering it right, Fowler did good last year batting 3rd. Am l missing some WAR #’s or something here?
Because it is still early, and Fowler batting lead off is probably our highest ceiling if everyone hits their norms. They both are in a slump, and Pham is pressing a bit between them, though not even close to the degree Carpenter and Fowler were hurting us. Between the two Carp worries more than Fowler, his best position right now is probably 2b. If Gyorko comes back hitting bombs and playing great D, you have to think about moving Carp back to 2B unless Wong gets his head out of his ass finally and realizes he should be a line drive spray hitter. [Reply]