The Cincinnati Reds hit the road tonight as they begin a series with the 4th place Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. First pitch is set for 8:05pm ET.
Starting Lineups
Cincinnati Reds
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Chicago Cubs
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| Jonathan India – 2B | Wilson Contreras – C |
| Jesse Winker – LF | Kris Bryant – RF |
| Aristides Aquino – RF | Anthony Rizzo – 1B |
| Joey Votto – 1B | Matt Duffy – 3B |
| Eugenio Suarez – 3B | Patrick Wisdom – LF |
| Tyler Naquin – CF | David Bote – 2B |
| Kyle Farmer – SS | Jake Marisnick – CF |
| Tucker Barnhart – C | Nico Hoerner – SS |
| Wade Miley – SP | Kyle Hendricks – SP |
Starting Pitchers
Wade Miley
It’s been a strong season for Wade Miley in 2021. The lefty has made 17 starts and has a 2.72 ERA through 102.2 innings for the Reds this year. He’s faced the Cubs twice this season and allowed two earned runs in both starts that saw a combined 11.2 innings pitched. The most recent one came earlier this month on July 4th when he threw 6.2 innings against Chicago.
As we have continuously pointed out on Wade Miley start days – teams don’t put lefties in the lineup against him very often. Through 17 starts left-handed hitters have managed just 86 plate appearances against him compared to 338 from right-handed hitters. The lefties deemed good enough to face him have found next to no success as they have hit .198/.244/.222 with two doubles and no home runs. By comparison righties are killing the ball against Miley – but that’s only by comparison because of how poorly lefties have performed. Right-handed hitters have a .247/.301/.388 line this season against Miley. There are some home/road splits working for Miley, too. On the road hitters have just a .570 OPS against him (.708 at home), and his ERA is 2.52 (2.91 at home).
Pitch usage from 2021
| 4-Seam | Cutter | Slider | Change | Curve | |
| Velo | 89.8 | 85.4 | 79.3 | 81.5 | 75.1 |
| Usage | 16% | 50% | 4% | 26% | 4% |
Kyle Hendricks
Maybe one of the more underrated pitchers in baseball over the last decade, Kyle Hendricks has made 20 starts for the Cubs and had a 3.61 ERA this season in 117.1 innings. He has given up the most hits in the league with 125, but he’s also walked just 23 batters on the year to go along with 87 strikeouts. He’s only faced the Reds once this season and it was back on July 4th when he and Miley squared off. Cincinnati only scored one run in 6.0 innings against him on that day, but the Reds came out ahead by scoring twice off of the Cubs relievers to win 3-2.
Left-handed batters are hitting .289/.347/.512 against Hendricks this year. Right-handed hitters are having less success, posting a .256/.282/.420 line. His home/road splits are similar when it comes to the slash lines (.002 difference), but his home ERA is 3.90 and it’s 3.34 on the road.
Pitch usage from 2021
| 4-Seam | 2-Seam | Change | Curve | |
| Velo | 87.1 | 87.0 | 79.8 | 73.1 |
| Usage | 19% | 41% | 26% | 14% |
When and Where
- Game time: 8:05pm ET
- Where: Wrigley Field, Chicago
- Watch: Bally Sports Ohio, MLB.tv,
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: 87°, sunny, 0% chance of rain
News and Notes
Cincinnati Reds updated Top 25 Prospect List
This morning the Cincinnati Reds Top 25 Prospect List was updated over at RedsMinorLeagues.com. At the top of the list is Hunter Greene. Several players have really jumped up the list since the last update, though. In a strange twist for a Reds list – it feels a lot more pitching heavy than position player heavy. If prospect lists are your jam, go give it a read.
Nick Castellanos is healing up
David Bell said Nick Castellanos could begin some baseball activities tomorrow. Made "great progress over the weekend." #Reds
— Bobby Nightengale (@nightengalejr) July 26, 2021
NL Central Standings
Playoff odds via Fangraphs
| Team | W | L | GB | Playoff % |
| Brewers | 58 | 42 | 0 | 92.3% |
| Reds | 51 | 48 | 6.5 | 11.9% |
| Cardinals | 50 | 50 | 8.0 | 3.3% |
| Cubs | 49 | 51 | 9.0 | 2.6% |
| Pirates | 38 | 61 | 19.5 | 0.0% |
Time to stomp out the Cubs for good if possible.
+1000
Outstanding prospect update!
Good info
yes, thanks a lot for that update
Joe Ross going tonite for the Nats. Thats one guy the Reds could use imo! He’s only 28 and touched 97 mph tonite. 4.02 era coming in with 91 Ks/28 walks in 87 innings.
Vast improvement over Vlad/Hoffman as a 5th starter and he only makes 1.5 mil this year. Get a guy like that and maybe sign him for 2022-23 if he works out.
If there was ever a night for the under.
The cubs claim that they might be sellers…. lets explain it too them
Wind blowing out, but only 7 mph. 8.5 total? IDK? I was going to take the Reds as a dog, but we don’t hit soft-tossers that well normally.
Geno….rap name Sir Strandsalot batting 5th? Idk?
Milw plays Pitt 9 times by mid-August. We need to be within 5-6 by the last 3 games vs Milw in late August. I doubt we gain any ground much by then
Good Rap Name for Geno! I keep hoping that he reverses his fortune and starts knocking in some of those lonely baserunners!
Brewers starting another series with the Pirates tomorrow. Gotta win now.
Pirates played the Giants tough this weekend in SF. Hope that trend continues! Reds need to take care of business in Chicago!
So, we face the stupid Cubbies before the Fire Sale changes their lineup by the end of this week! Let’s start with a win! Good news from last night after the loss to the Cards is the Reds did not lose any ground in the Wild Card race or to the Brewers!
No Baez? Is he headed out of town or injured?
Beat the Stupid Cubs. Beat them HARD!!! Beat them like a trash can in Houston.
Can’t fault Jesse for trying to make that happen. Took a pretty good throw and that carom off the wall.
I mean this litterally, if jesse had gone for the side of the bag and not the top of the bag keeping his hand flat to the dirt he would have been safe there…. very close
Yep. The replay showed that right at the tip of his fingers. Spread the hands a bit and keep them flat – he’s in.
Too easy of a throw for their guy imo plus he’s a 3B so you know he’s got a cannon. Just another Reds baserunning mistake. As usual
Aquino, Votto, and Suarez on deck. Even if you make 2nd base Aquino and Suarez don’t hit singles that often? Stay on 1st and hope somebody makes it 2-0
the fact the ball came right off the wall to him helped.. I am not knocking that try and it is certainly not a TOOBLAN. Was just a good play
Safe all day with a swim move slide
So we get to play from behind again … this feels so familiar.
even against hendricks this is nothing for a game that has 8 innings left
Its something. I had a bad feeling about tonite. Cubs are a veteran team and just take what the pitcher gives them. They’re vulnerable to a pitcher with good stuff, but they won’t get themselves out which is where Miley/Hendricks make their $
And a breeze blowing out. Just need The Hulk to settle into a groove.
but but but…
Yeah, we know … he’s practicing for his role as our DH next season.
Votto Votto Votto.
Got on Votto awhile back when at his Lowest.
So glad see him doing well.
Youth opened his eyes.
And farmer been playing well lately.
Well, that helps.
Wouldn’t it be cool if Votto, by the end of the year, was in the MVP running?
he keeps this up, that may be a possibility
Joey Votto is not a coward or a Frady Cat.
that is how I use to run…in the 1980’s
Kyle farmer with the Ivy assist triple
Hustle triple by Kyle Grit Farmer!
Farmer’s dream is to play SS in the ML. He doesn’t want to leave.
I like him and his attitude
He keeps making a case for it. I have my doubts regarding his durability for a full season, but he’s more than serviceable from what I’ve seen.
I can’t believe wink didn’t reach in to the ivy
well now hearing the rule I think we are glad he didnt
yup …me to
Smart move to do what he did. Them’s the ground rules in Wrigley. May have saved a run there.
Make that DID save a run
yup I just see wink as impulsive and it looked he was fighting the urge to reach for it
The Hulk to lead off the 3rd … slap one somewhere, Wade.
Like that …
oops
Come on AA. Put the ball in play.
If they are giving them away for free…. we will take it
Geno rally killer – how in the world does Bell put him in the 5 hole – that’s insane !
AA ripped off on the 1-1 pitch so it put him in swing mode. He needs to do better, but these umps just ruin games and ruin careers. That pitch had some comeback action just to get close but it was never a strike.
Awful at bat by Aquino
Good job Votto.
AA is really blowing his case for more playing time
You noticed that, did you?
Joey Just missed a grand slam. Tie game… not an inning later
On July 18th Winker was at .292 and everybody wanted to sit him. Since then he is 12 -28 at a .428 clip.
Sir Strandsalot adding 2 to his collection
he will make the rap HOF soon
So he did. Is there a stat for Strikeout to LOB ratio?
lol
I mean his performance patently is
Irrelevant ! No other manager in mlb would be penciling him in the lineup on a daily basis – that’s inexcusable by Bell . However , I expect nothing else from him . He’s not a good manager and his decisions are not smart more times than not .
I’d like to argue the opposite point … but I just can’t based on what I’ve seen as evidence.
That works. Plus India is on 3rd now as well.
I have know idea why Bell Started Aqiuno tonight. You can’t base it on 2 at bats, oh well just another Bell stunner. I think this is the kind of guy Shogo could hit, he has trouble with high velocity.
Yeah, you’re right. Evidence would be Miley’s little flare.
Please?????????? SHogo has a 500 ops. Miley is a better hitter! He takes a mans swing unlike Shogo
AA has like 300 career at-bats? Why does everyone love Shogo and Lopez? AA is stronger then both of them put together. He can make 60% contact and the ball goes out.
He’s not doing well tonight so far of course but AA talent/potential will never be realized until somehow he gets at least a couple of months in a row where he can see good pitches on a regular basis. I want to win now and I’m glad he’s starting tonight for whatever it’s worth. He’s already shown to be much better at recognizing pitches. It’s easy to tell just by the number of walks he’s been getting.
We dont know on Aquino
I’m all for playing him in RF till Castellanos gets back but he cant strike out with the bases loaded swinging at a 2 seam fastball that almost hits him .
He’s got a cannon arm and absurd power. He also has plate discipline issues and that needs to play out. I’m just coming to recoil on guys who strike out beyond 25-26%. Aquino has a career 30% K rate and is at 37% in 2021. Keep playing him but if he cant stop swinging at balls, hes not a hitter.
@ Old-school
I would agree with that. I don’t like all or nothing hitters either. He needs to be a .250 hitter at least.
Unless we’re talking Suarez then .170 is fine.
Geno not covering 2nd on the shift? Mistake there somewhere? Thats a doubleplay ball.
Miley off tonight… most unlikely of slugfests is beginning here
Maybe it’s just me, but as much as I love Barry, I prefer the combo of Sadak/Welsh. I prefer Welsh’s commentary and I feel like he and Sadak play better off each other.
Is Miley getting “squeezed” by the HP umpire?
Maybe a little. He’s not as sharp as we’ve seen the last few outings from my perspective.
Why didn’t the Stupid Cubs trade Bryant earlier today? You know he’s moving. As somebody said, probably to the Mets right after this series so we get to see him again later this week.
Not turning 2 on Rizzo’s grounder comes back to get us. What happened there? The shift can’t be right if nobody is there to turn an easy dp on a ball right to a guy?
Has to be Geno there. I’d pull him
We’re headed to the bullpen about the 6th unless something drastically changes here. 65 through 3 is a LOT even for The Hulk.
Yikes! Miley at 65 pitches thru 3 innings!
The hitters in front and behind Votto are not helping much.
Well, that works. And he already has the triple. Would love for him to get a cycle in here.
Farmer!!! Cycle alert!!! I wish we had more then 2-3 guys hitting at a time.
what was the over under today?
8.5
hahaha!!! Farmer trying to say, “Don’t waste your time trading for a SS”. lol
+500
Kyle Farmer ties it halfway to the cycle
the hard half too
Jorge Soler 2 more HRs tonite so far. 48 bombs in 2019 and hes a FA next year. $8/mil this year. He was having a Geno type year, but KC is the biggest park there is.
If Nick goes then he’s the first guy I’d go after!!
I agree with Cowboy the Reds don’t need a short stop , they need an outfielder and maybe a starter, short term. The Bull pen may actually take care of itself if everybody comes back healthy. It is going to get tested tonight, look at Milley’s pitch count.
Reds have signed their #1 pick
McLain signed
I haven’t seen Miley pitch this poorly in quite a while.
I’m not sure the Reds bullpen would do worse than this.
Clean throw gets him
Bad defense tonite. Miley doesn’t have it, but Bell has no long man to go to? Hoffman? You give up runs in gabp and everyone runs their pitch count up so Bell is stuck with the starter. Not good. This team was just basically scuttled w/Nick’s injury on top of Antone/Sims/Lorenzen/Warren
looks like someone got some water on the fuse here
Good job by Barnhart there. He was NOT letting him reach home plate.
+100
Walking Rizzo is not the worst idea here.
Smart veteran move.
Good old pitch around on Rizzo. Now take down Duffy.
Just like that.
Hoffman threw 36 pitches yesterday. Osich 16 and Tony 21.
Doolittle alert. Maybe Hendrix or Perez or some other base circling enablers
+100 for the phrase “base circling enablers”
perez is in Louisville, I highly doubt we are seeing him here
Perez isn’t on the team.
Big Daddy AG is back. We might need 1.2 from him tonite
As bad as Miley has been he could go another inning and make it into the 6th.
One more inning for Miley?
Have to hope that’s the approach.
Why is Kris Bryant still in a Cub uniform?
So he can torment us in Chicago, move to the NYM and torment us there later this week.
Any other questions, Dennis?
Oh, and did the rest of this group clear you to watch this game tonight?
It’s friends like you guys on the RLN that keep me coming back! I’ll be around unless I fall into my swimming pool when I put shock in later this evening!
because its not friday
Winker 14-29. 482 clip.
Aquino and suarez at 3/5 holes gotta produce here soon
Lets go reds
and we have lit a fire of our own…. forget what i said about the under
Is Joey chatting with them, or just checking out the blonde?
i think the opposite….
🙂
Good AB by AA there. He learned from his two previous ABs.
Are they conceding the run here?
Think they may have. To get to Geno.
If they walk Votto here they are SMART with Suarez coming up.
Hendricks did the right thing walking Joey
OK, Geno. Just do at least what you did the last AB.
Yep. Not what we needed.
I hope this is Geno’s once a week HR.
I hope he hits a sac fly or walks
Well. Neither one got what we wanted unfortunately.
Strikeout. Starting him and in the fifth slot is management malpractice.
Sadak…Suarez, 5 for his last 46…
He’s coming around though. lol
You know Melvin, he may somewhere else. A place where the manager has the guts (or brains) to sit him and tell him he gets back in the lineup once he’s solved his problem. A number of people here have identified mechanical issues with his swing that the Reds management either don’t see, won’t address, or are ignored. End of the day, it’s a management issue.
Well Johnny Bench agrees. That’s for sure
Early night for Hendricks.
He’s pitiful – continues to play . Just brutal and ridiculous.
Dude needs to be in the bench period . And stay there
Alright, Into their bullpen. still got 2 outs to play with. Just cant defend geno. He has until moose gets healthy. cause I am playing farmer over him.
Unintentiional Intentional walk to votto with bases loaded to allow a run to get to Suarez and he strikes out
Then they remove the pitcher
That just happened
Bell is so blind when it comes to Suarez it is just sad. I have never seen a player that is hurting the team as much as he is getting chance after chance, unbelievable.
Let’s see if the Other Kid can make it happen
That ump is terrible.
Let’s all just assume the HP umps are terrible. Then we’ll be pleasantly surprised when one (by some miracle) calls a decent and consistent zone.
who is the one that has a loud and articulate description of every pitch… i think that is the only decent one all year
alright… whatever works… a single or a double here Farmer
Tyler Steve gets the job done more often than not. He IS a hitter.
Ugly, but we’ll take the run
Not sure I like burning Stephenson as a PH so quickly. Shogo replaces him at first as PR.
It worked out. We exchange a faster runner for a slower one on first and score. It’s all good.
And now a MUCH faster runner. Maybe a steal here? But don’t want to take anything away from Farmer tonight.
Winker and stephenson have 2 productive at bats by putting the ball in play on balls that barely reached second base
Give me guys who put the ball in play
Im done with
Geno +3 more LOB, 5 total. Thanks Bell for putting him in the middle again. Incompetence in the dugout.
I suspect that Big Bob is making the call on playing Suarez, aka “The Rally Killing Machine.” Bob’s probably saying “I’m not gonna pay that man all that money to sit the bench!!”
Never mind that RKM is a boat anchor dragging on this offense. For Reds ownership, winning games is of secondary importance.
How about letting Barrero play SS, and sliding Farmer over to 3B?? That would significantly improve the infield defense, and even if Barrero hits .190, it would improve the team’s offense.
Big Bob is making Bell the manager too so it’s kind of one and the same.
A combination of Moose and Senzel will displace Suarez at third… as long as they are not healthy Suarez will play
That makes perfect sense.
Which is why I would bet folding money that the Reds won’t do it when Senzel and/or Moose get activated.
I hope I am wrong, but when did reds management last make a move that made good sense?
I’d really like to see another run or two here. I’ve got about 20 more minutes I can go and then I turn into a pumpkin.
Right behind you Mark! Will hang in for one more inning!
Is there a strike zone for Miley tonight?
the pitches are slightly outside, but i would swear Hendricks was getting those calls….
Santillan warming. Can we hope for multiple innings? Please?
Silly rabbit! Trix are for kids and NO Reds RP can pitch more than one (1) inning!
Hate to see it but time to replace Miley!
Good play by Farmer. Got to admit it.
Guys on Mlb tonight had a great analysis of Suarez….says players lie to themselves & tell themselves that they will be fine because they were successful before & they just have to keep doing what they did before & it will all come around eventually & refuse to adjust & do something else….that is Geno exactly
50 HRs baby!
It’ll come. Just keep swinging hard in case you hit it.
Managers lie to themselves apparently too
Do you suppose coaching (or a total lack thereof) might play at least a part of this situation? Is there a hitting coach who is working with RKM to try and make adjustments? If not, why not?? Because clearly, what he’s doing now – ain’t working.
Since 2020, Geno is last in MLB, that is 80 out of 80, in wRC+ (min 550 PAs).
Last! Meaning worst offensive player in baseball.
He bats 5th in our lineup.
https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=550&type=8&season=2021&month=0&season1=2020&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2020-01-01&enddate=2021-12-31&sort=18,a&page=2_50
https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=550&type=8&season=2021&month=0&season1=2020&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2020-01-01&enddate=2021-12-31&sort=18,a&page=1_50
Yikes! He’s coming around though. Don’t worry. lol
Well considering our options, I agree with David Bell in leaving him in there THIS time.
Cubs are looking to lose a face here maybe, not bryant but Andrew chaffin. Deal being finalized with Oakland
Witnessing a big moment for Santillan
He’s now a high leverage reliever.
It was telling yesterday when Hoffman pitched after Gray. That was filler and they were elevating Santillan for this moment.
Hope he answers the bell.
Yup. Let’s see some high leverage Santillan, finally. He was facing the right guy first, Heyward.
Need a DP like a baby needs a mother! Or a couple of strikeouts!
Well done Mr Santillan
Thank you very much.
Nicely turned DP to hold on to our advantage.
One more inning and I’m out.
DP — NICE!
Nice good job Tony.
Tony S comes through, only three pitches… his AB will be this inning so will we see him bat?
Nope! No way! Time for Doolittle!
Yep!!
Nice job Tony !!! Wow needed that !!!
Jim Day reporting Andrew Chafin bullpen lefty headed to A’s
Cubs mailing it in
I like Tony in the pen. Air it out with the heater/hard slider and see what happens.
21 pitches yesterday. He’s on deck….kind of surprised w/Bell
As for Geno? Shrock didn’t even start and had an rbi double/walk yesterday. Whats going on? Is it ownership or Bell or what? He’s cost us atleast 4-5 games in the standings by himself. I’m not even assuming his replacements would be average and its still 4-5 games.
Bell is as stubborn in his resistance to analytics as Geno is changing his approach.
They aren’t benching Geno for Lopez or Shrock.
They will for Moose. I hope they do for Senzel.
Suarez is longer hitting for power
He’s 5-47 with 1 HR last 15 games or so. OPS after the ASB in the 400’s
He s literally having one of the worst seasons in MLB history and its August next week. Senzel is my vote at 3b this weekend if his rehab goes well
I’ll bet Senzel takes PAs away from Naquin and Farmer, but not Geno.
I would think management would try to spare him the indignity of an historically bad season.
But I think that is giving them too much credit.
When will Moose be ready to play?
Here’s another stat Geno leads, LOB. Add in tonight and he’s at 200. He’s got a 19 LOB lead on 2nd place! Go Geno.
He bats 5th in our lineup.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/custom?year=2021&type=batter&filter=&sort=2&sortDir=desc&min=50&selections=b_lob,xba,xslg,xwoba,xobp,xiso,exit_velocity_avg,launch_angle_avg,barrel_batted_rate,&chart=false&x=xba&y=xba&r=no&chartType=beeswarm
Wow! Words fail. We knew it was bad, but leading by a full 10% margin? That’s a ton.
I couldn’t find that stat, but I just knew. I watch other teams enough to know
@Indy, yeah there was little doubt. No other manager would put an abysmal player in the middle of the lineup to give them that many opportunities. That stat says as more about Bell than it does Geno, in my opinion.
Strong work ATH
Good info on why RBI isnt about the hitter but the guys hitting ahead.
joey Votto said so after his 1000th RBI…he didnt really care.
A good hitter hitting 5th for this Reds team with 3 top15 OBP guys plus Votto would have 90 rbi by now.
Yeah Geno had 200 men on base, 18 HRs and 53 RBI. So he only plated 35 of the 200 runners on base.
RBI is almost as bad a stat as pitching wins and saves. Meaningless.
I got that wrong. It is 200 LOB, so must have been 235 on base since he plated 35. So he plated 35 of 235. That’s pretty bad.
Well if Geno had the mentality of Tyler Steve and just do what it took to get a run in he would have MANY more RBIs that’s for sure. He needs to watch Stephenson. Perfect example tonight. I little nubbler plated a big run. That’s the difference. Situations like that are when RBIs matter.
Last comment. I’ll watch the B6th and catch up in the morning.
Great sharing this game with y’all again. Someday, we need to pack a section at GABP.
Goodnight Mark! Making a trip from the Orlando area to Northern KY the last week of September. Going to take in a game at GABP for the first time in ten (10) years!
Dennis- its a great time.
Went last weekend. Sonny was bad but great venue and atmosphere. Head out to RF for an inning . Great views of the river and the game. Reds team shop is cool as well. The area around GABP is great.
Tony Santillan
Wow! Three (3) strikeouts in 5 batters faced!
I hope Santi keeps pitching like this out of the pen. He’ll be a stopper.
Wait a minute. Do we have a good relief pitcher here in the making?
Tony The Tiger!!! Grab some bench!!!
He’s a reliever for sure!!
You’ve trademarked not one but 2 nicknames.
Tony the Tiger
SirStrandalot
Sadak wears me out – guy can’t shut up for 2 seconds
After watching Aquino these past few games, I have one simple question: when’s Castellanos coming back??? Because AA is flailing and failing.
I’m an AA fan but he’s not making me happy tonight.
Have we learned anything on Aquino in 2 days?
0-5 with 4 K and 3 BB and a popup
Talk about 2 outcomes.
Certainly not helping his case for more playing time
So Santillian is out after 22 pitches for Brach? Saving him for “tomorrow” doesn’t make much sense to me. As for AA, Geno has been giving him pointers.
pitched yesterday as well, dont want to blow out the arm
AA has 320 career at-bats guys. Mike Schmidt hit .196 early on
Yeah. I’m not giving up on him yet. He’s just not making me happy tonight. Didn’t that Schmidt guy end up with a pretty nice career? 🙂
Remember Hernandez? It’s a Bell pattern.
Sorry this is the wrong thread. This is IRM’s Brach thread
Walks drive me crazy.
No way Aki caught that ball. Umpires are getting worse all the time. Pathetic.
Brach is too old to be used this often. I’d try to get 2 out of AG, but its shaky no matter what Bell does.
Tucker got’em. Inning over
6 outs to go
He’s out
Farmer great tag
Tucker solid
Anyone else think 5 runs won’t be enough to win this game??
Geno a solid .154 the last 30 days. Sit him last May and we would have a ten game swing on our record. He makes Farmer look like an all star. I just can’t understand what they are thinking.
Base hit!! He’s good til Labor Day now)))
9 more ABs and he’ll get another one. Glad he got this one
The only Red with more ABs this year is Winker.
Brach, Osich and Garrett: please, NO MORE!!!
Doolittle? Santillan and HH can’t pitch every day. We never blow anyone out so every day is high pressure
Here is a situation where Oakland would use their best guy Trivino in the 8th with the Cubs going 9-1-2. You put in AG or whatever and their first 3 are righties til Rizzo.
Maybe we get 2-3 runs and we won’t have to sweat it so much?
We HAVE to take advantage of this somehow at least a little.
I have noticed this about Barnhart….when there are men on base, he swings at anything & everything
Reds are simply terrible situational hitters. All of them. No one seems willing to choke up and out the ball in play.
Add that to a total lack of team speed and these failures to score with the bases loaded aren’t really all that surprising.
Need more runs here!
Bases loaded nobody out twice and got 1 run total. Thats it if we lose.
Rat Nipples!
Cubs: “Here, take the game, it’s yours.”
Reds: “No thanks. We want to do this the hard way.”
every time.
Nothin. Oh well. Whoever is your best pitcher left you pitch him now.
HH here with the top of their lineup and being righties. Then AG in the 9th if his pitch count is too high versus their weaker hitters
Too late to pitch our best pitcher now to keep the lead.
That inning could Bite our reds.
Relax…..Innings like that never come back to haunt us .sarc
Just awful !! This team gotta be worst in MLB WITH DRIVING IN RUNNERS FROM THIRD KESS THan 2 outs !!!! Pathetic and it happens over and over and over and over
Once again can anybody on this team just put the ball in play or have a productive out? Sad
Stephenson
Well at least that is one! A few more couldn’t hurt.
Yep
Theses bases loaded nobody situations are killing the team, you have to find a way to get at least 1 run across. It would have been a good idea to squeeze or something. That may cost the team the ball game.
Welp
Reds out of players again in the 8 th inning
Hope the bullpen saves it
Its Mike Freeman to the rescue as last position player and Osich to pitch the 8th
Why Osich?
Bell. I said go HH there because its the top of their lineup. Even AG is better then Osuck
Everyone agrees with you except the guy making the selection
Osich is not good.
Bell runs this guy out here … Brilliant
You knew OSTRICH was gonna give it up
He ain’t got it … ain’t had it
he never had it…. even his best stuff isnt good. He needs to be on a bus to Louisville yesterday
There are times Sadak where you need to shut your mouth. Ssying Hendrick is on the hook. Next pitch is gone. The guy is a human jinx
I have notice the same thing … guy does it over and over again
THAT’S why we needed more runs ….
Tie game with a short bench because of early substitutions…
OhNosich again
Our hitters choked and so did Bell. You have to mix and match with the hitters they’ll be facing. If I can do it then why can’t the man that does this for a living?
Just a poor choice by Bell yo go to Osich, he is just an awful manager.
Batting practice in full effect
How many games like this must fans endure before the FO gets some additional bullpen help and fires Bell. Start with firing Bell.
They’ll probably go like 83-79 and then the front office can blame it on injuries, etc.
He’s not getting fired unless they lose 15 out of 20 or something
Should have left Santillian in another inning
Nah….he had 21 yesterday and 20+ today. You have to consider pitch counts and usage
40+ pitches over two days for a starting pitcher doesn’t sound like that much. This is yesterday all over again. Throw away a very winnable game.
You go with HH there. He was off yesterday and only threw 8 pitches on Saturday. If he gets beat then so be it. Lose with your best guy. Not with Osuck….the career scrub??
Left handers hit over 300 against Osich. So let’s leave him in.
So according to the broadcast Hembree was up but then down after the HR? Does that mean we don’t pitch our best unless it’s a save situation? If so that’s Dusty Baker er I mean David Bell.
Why is Votto soft-tossing to second on a potential DP.
He has faced his 3 get him out of there while we still have a chance
Lol Garcia coming in – Cubs bout to be in lead
Antone,Sims,Lorenzen,Warren,Hembree and Santillan. That leaves 2 spots. Garrett will get one because they need a lefty. Who knows who gets the last spot but it will good to get rid of all these garbage pitchers
Thats twice in a row HH gets used, but not when HE CAN ACTUALLY SAVE THE GAME?? Whiskey tango foxtrot????????????? Bell is adjective clueless
November 1963 Dallas:
Dealey Plaza didn’t go that well. Lets hire some more security for the ride back to the airport
Yeah. JFK, like LIncoln, was much better protected after death than when alive. I get it.
Trying to win a division & running these Aaa pitchers out there is just brutal
well a smart move finally from bell
Reminds me of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:
They’re in Bolivia and hired on to guard the bankroll. They’re looking over their shoulders left and right.
Strother Martin says “What are you doing?
B&S “We’re looking for an ambush”
SM “You don’t have to worry about an ambush until AFTER we get the money”
Why not AG over Osich? AG was your closer coming into the season. Has he fell that far that he’s behind a scrub off the scrap heap? I swear Bell makes no sense?
That 15-11 game he used HH and Castellanos, but neither one when they could win the game. Nick hit with a 4-5 run deficit just so his IL stint can last longer? Atleast let the man try to win the game in the 8th 9th or whatever? Its so stupid that its hard to believe
Bell defies any logic whatsoever
Bell knows less about baseball than any manager I’ve ever seen. 90% of his decisions are wrong!!! He’s single-handedly lost 15 to 20 games for us this year. And that’s not counting him continuing to play the worst player in baseball (Suarez) game after game after game. And the Reds team is filled with chokers. Bases loaded all night long with no outs and not being able to score. They should be called the Cincinnati Chokers. Even their good hitters choke under pressure. Did I mention Bell is the worst manager in history and Suarez is the worst player in history? No clutch players,..and a moron for a manager. We’re going nowhere.
ALright Aquino, keep them moving
Thank you AA. COME ON VOTTO!
Stupid pitch there by Kimbrel….had to throw the wrinkle there …we’ll take it
Better get it done here … auto out on deck
This ump behind the plate completely sucks
Suarez is just pitiful – no accountability by Bell though – ZERO
NO WAY he went in my opinion. Did he?
votto swing two no swing three yes. Suarez maybe, but the pitch was a near foot outside and the Ump seemed to call it on the pitch
Votto went IMO. Suarez didn’t.
I don’t think he did on either pitch but he did not complain
He clutched his fist towards the 3B umpire as if to mimic him in disagreement.
Wish Stephenson were still available to pinch hit here.
Akiyama can never get around on a fastball anymore
I don’t know how you can take a chance and let that one go Aki. Two on, nobody out. Nothing again. We need to win this game.
Deserve to lose – hate to say it but deserve to lose
First 2!9 on and they don’t even move – awful
Well, at least we will have Shogo on second to start the 10th.
Lol. I love you dude! The Reds could be 19 out with 20 to go and you’ll say “So you’re saying there’s a chance”
This game is on the entire team, bases loaded nobody out don’t score, putting Osich in the game and so and so on.
I think winker Votto, WInker India and Farmer have pulled their weight today
I’m going to go with mostly Suarez and Bell. They’re the icebergs to the Reds Titantic.
Yeah Bell didn’t get one hit or record an out.All his fault.You and your other not smart buddies need to get a life
3 strikeouts in a row, just wanted a texas leaguer there or some productive outs but we have all seen this before, right Bill Murray.
Don’t forget the groundball Rizzo hit where he hit it directly into the shift and fell down in the box. Nobody covered 2nd base so we didn’t get the dp and Geno was the only guy on that side.
That has to be on him. No way a shift is devised where you can’t turn 2 on a grounder right to someone?
That cost us a run
For those who say Bell never mismanages the bullpen I don’t see how they would have a leg to stand on tonight. Oh well. Let’s win anyway. Let’s find a way to get it done.
Game won’t make it to 10th I’m afraid
Stupid walk to lead off inning
That was scary. Good job AA. Need a double play.
Bad loss … really bad
8 walks for the cubs tonight
Heath is gassed. AG should come in for the lefty. AG should have actually been in in the 8th, but whatever. annother loss
What an implosion….like we haven’t seen this before
Maybe Bell loses with HH in the 8th, but atleast give your closer a lead to protect. We had a million guys on and couldn’t score more runs. 4-3 bases loaded nobody out and got 1 run. Bases loaded after that nobody out and got nothing. 1st/2nd nobody out with 4-5-6 coming up and got nothing. Now they’ll win the game
I like our young talent. AA had a nice hit off Kimbrel. We’ll play out the string and should have a nice roster next year
… meanwhile front office sits around and watches the grass grow
51- 49. Bell needs to go, unless you watch every game you simply can’t believe how bad he is.
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How did that feel Reds
If he is not suspended by tomorow
He’s injured anyway. No loss for them.
Yayyy. Another bullpen malfunctionnnn. Have not seen that beforeeeee.
Once again, count on AG. This game was just like Sunday’s game against St. Louis. They brought home less than 1/3 of the base runners. Suarez is a train wreck. And Bell? Bell couldn’t manage a lemonade stand.
They said on the radio Suarez leads the NL in outs made. There is one guy in MLB who has made more. Can’t remember who it is though
Yep,..right on. Is Krall the one the one that doesn’t understand just how bad Suarez and Bell are???? Someone can not process what the rest of the Reds’ fans see plainly are the problems and understand clearly what needs to be done. It’s unbelievably embarrassing that the fans understand but the management has no clue. It’s as if they want to lose.
Are you freaking kidding me? They lost this one. I’m sorry but I put this one the offense just as much as anything. Reds should have had atleast 5 more runs!!!!!
Mr. LOB hits 5th every game. No idea why on earth he is in the lineup every day, let alone hits 5th. Also, apparently the FO thinks our bullpen will just get healthy and return to some semblance of normalcy.
I think it’s time to sell and get value for some of these guys when you can.
Reds have left way too many stranded without getting one across the plate. When it’s a tied ballgame you do anything you can to get that lead. Strikeouts and pop-ups won’t. A good bunt could
People say the RBI is a useless stat. I sure wish they would have gotten a couple more tonight!
That’s correct. What do you think Tony Perez or others of the Big Red Machine would say about the RBI? They could use this game as an example.
Probably something like…….you can get them on all you want, but you have to have guys who can get them home!
Well, if that action doesn’t fire up this team nothing will, that was awful and the entire Cub organization should be ashamed of what happened. The Reds need to use that for the rest of this series.
I will say for the 100,000 time … this team ain’t winning NOTHING with David Bell as manager
Ownership will do nothing to improve this team By Thursday (as usual ) at the trade deadline
Too late now. Really it doesn’t bother me. We’re not that good with all these injuries. If they traded the future for this year then thats a mistake
Some have said that all year but others refuse to believe it. Time to be sellers!
Personally I’d pay someone a lot just to take Bell off our hands. Would that be considered a seller?
This team without Castellanos goes nowhere.
RKM. The fifth spot is unsustainable.
Tony was great
AA had a hit/walk work in progress, but potential
Farmer rock solid utility guy in the future
AG gets beat on the first pitch. He’s never going to be high leverage. The 3 batter minimum kills him because he can only get out lefties.
Sorting out has begun, but of course Bell doesn’t process what he’s seeing. Geno will strand another 90 before football season
Well said Indy … Bell DOES NOT Process what he is seeing indeed … especially in game …. great point
He’s simply the worst manager in the history of the game.
AG placed into an impossible situation there. Half the team is injured half the team is trying to win. Boez needs a suspension and i suspect there will be benches cleared Tomorrow for the smallest issue. Reds need to take the rest.
The Reds will take the rest (Cubs 31-18 at home) like Shogo will start the 10th on 2nd
maybe before Baez pulled his stunt. Cubs trade announced… their teardown is already underway Reds still have things to fight for and now the Baez incident will provoke them.
I’m sorry, but with 6 outs to get why would anyone put Osish in the game? Bell got what he deserved
Their futility with the bases loaded and nobody out tonight and not scoring is duly noted. The team that can never land that knockout punch, always one hit or one pitch away.
The useless walks by the entire staff continues. Just not a very good baseball team, lost in the land of mediocrity. Garrett’s nonsense came back to haunt him, Baez imitating his sweeping nonsense last time teams met comes back to bite AG and the Reds.
Just an awful loss, nothing will change. Geno will be out there producing nothing again tomorrow. Bullpen burned threw arms tonight. Reds awaken a dead team, just unfortunate that this Reds team doesn’t know anything about putting a team away.
I concur with everything you just said. Only thing you left out is our manager,..who makes all those calls. Instead of using our best bullpen pitchers to nail down a 5 to 3 win,..he always uses our broke armed bums to lose the lead. Then he’ll go to our better pitchers (Hembree and/or Garrett,..or whomever is temporarily pitching decent) when the situation is basically hopeless and all they need is a sac fly to win the game. Point being,..he uses thegood ones anyway,..but just to lose the game, and not to nail down a victory. Santillan should have pitched the 8th and 9th last night. He was GREAT. Then also it’s Bell that keeps sending out Geno to strand the bases loaded game after game. Einstein said the very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result each time. We desperately need a new manager. Bell has lost 20 games for us this year by making the same bonehead moves over and over and expecting a different result.
Stinks to lose always.
Team lose for sure.
LOB late when could extend the lead.
Stay fighting reds.
Onto the next.