The Cincinnati Reds welcome in the new but not likely improved Chicago Cubs to Great American Ball Park on Monday to start up a new series. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10pm.
Starting Lineups
Chicago Cubs
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Cincinnati Reds
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| Matt Duffy – 3B | Jonathan India – 2B |
| Frank Schwindel – 1B | Nick Castellanos – RF |
| Patrick Wisdom – LF | Joey Votto – 1B |
| David Bote – 2B | Kyle Farmer – SS |
| Robinson Chirinos – C | Eugenio Suárez – 3B |
| Jason Heyward – RF | Aristides Aquino – LF |
| Johneshwy Fargas – CF | Tyler Naquin – CF |
| Sergio Alcántara – SS | Tucker Barnhart – C |
| Justin Steele – SP | Wade Miley – SP |
Starting Pitchers
Wade Miley
With a 3.00 ERA in 21 starts this season, Wade Miley has been the best starter the Cincinnati Reds have had this season. Tonight will be the 4th time that Miley has faced the Cubs. In his first two he allowed two runs in each, one that went 5.0 innings and the other that went 6.2, but on July 26th he allowed three while walking five batters and giving up seven hits in just 4.2 innings. That was against a very different Cubs lineup than the one he’ll face tonight.
Wade Miley doesn’t face many lefties and for good reason. The ones deemed good enough to remain in the lineup against him have hit .200/.255/.253 on the season in 103 plate appearances. Righties have found more success, though they still haven’t been good, posting a .251/.313/.392 line against him. From an ERA standpoint, Miley’s pitched better at home (2.56 to 3.39), but hitters have a higher OPS in Cincinnati against him (.690 to .643).
Pitch usage from 2021
| 4-Seam | Cutter | Curve | Slider | Change | |
| Velo | 89.8 | 85.3 | 74.9 | 79.0 | 81.6 |
| Usage | 17% | 48% | 4% | 4% | 26% |
Justin Steele
The 26-year-old lefty will be making just his second big league start tonight. He’s made 11 appearances for the Cubs out of the bullpen this year and thrown just a total of 18.1 innings for Chicago. He’s posted a 2.95 ERA and struck out 22 batters with eight walks in that span. He has faced Cincinnati twice this year – both times out of the bullpen, and they’ve scored four runs against him in 3.0 innings. Both games came in the same series at the end of April/beginning of May.
Steele was injured and missed almost all of June before heading to Triple-A where he made four relief appearances and then moved into the rotation and made five starts before being called up last week to start against Milwaukee. It’s tough to put much into his splits because the sample size is so small, but lefties are just 2-22 against him this year with a home run. Righties are 10-45 (.222) but are slugging .467 against him with half of those 10 hits allowed being extra-base hits.
Pitch usage from 2021
| 4-Seam | 2-Seam | Slider | Change | Curve | |
| Velo | 93.7 | 93.6 | 82.5 | 87.3 | 78.2 |
| Usage | 43% | 22% | 24% | 2% | 9% |
When and Where
- Game time: 7:10pm ET
- Where: Great American Ball Park
- Watch: Bally Sports Ohio, MLB.tv,
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: 78°, cloudy, 12% chance of rain
News and Notes
Jose Barrero called up, Jesse Winker to the IL
The Cincinnati Reds made a set of roster moves today. Jesse Winker’s been placed on the injured list with an intercostal strain. Shortstop Jose Barrero has been called up to take his spot on the 26-man roster. We’ve got quotes from David Bell on Barrero here, who apparently will be coming off of the bench.
Over at RedsMinorLeagues.com I did more of a deep dive on Jose Barrero’s 2021 season, the changes he’s made, and what we could expect *if* he were given enough playing time.
NL Central Standings
Playoff odds via Fangraphs
| Team | W | L | GB | Playoff % |
| Brewers | 72 | 47 | 0 | 98.5% |
| Reds | 64 | 55 | 8.0 | 34.8% |
| Cardinals | 61 | 56 | 10.0 | 5.9% |
| Cubs | 52 | 68 | 20.5 | 0.0% |
| Pirates | 42 | 76 | 29.5 | 0.0% |
Curious why Barnhart, a lefty, is starting over Stephenson? Is Tucker Miley’s preferred catcher?
My goodness, I think the Cubs are looking worse that the Pirates now. Gotta make hay.
Suarez in the line-up. I think he has something on Bell. Only think I can come up with.
It’s the Bell way. And Farmer who has been acknowledged as “slumping” is batting cleanup. The Reds need to sweep the Cubs. Anything less is a failure.
Batting 5th as well. lol Well let’s just win tonight regardless and have fun. I will say that Suarez reminds me of what we’ve all seen. A Little Leaguer playing nearly every game, playing sometimes in positions he has no business playing, batting higher in the order than he ought to, all because his dad is the coach. lol I don’t know what’s going on but it’s weird to me. Anyway, Let’s Go!
An accurate dose of reality with a salty bite on the end. Love it and on point.
Left an anonymous tip to the FBI to a series of Murders that Is going to take place in Cincinnati this week. If Miley gets a good start in we should have this. This has the potential of being a 6 or 7 game win streak in the offing
Bell rolls out some head-scratching lineups sometimes. Maybe it’ll work out? He’s going to run with Suarez the rest of season even though it’s doubtful he gets the average over .180.
his last 15 games = .179/.27o/.446 … which absorbs a .12o/.214/.32o slump of the last 7 of that dragging it down … supposedly he was making positive adjustments but just when you think he might be turning a corner, he finds another to walk into
Can’t Moose hit lefties?
He hasn’t much since 2o19 … .276/.343/.534
last season in 5o PA .. .214/.298/.357
2o21 in a measly 26 PA .. .o91/.25o/.136
1 for 18 total vs either side since the 3 hit debut vs Pirate batting practice pitching, plus the 2nd day when the rest of the team got 14 hits against the same, he walked twice with o hits … not found his stroke or eye yet, probably taking plenty of BP though … in his case right now, what you see currently is what you get …. until it isn’t
IT’S TIME! Yes, gents it’s time to focus on winning tonight and every game in the next 2 series. No more everybody needs to play, one RP per inning nonsense and no more participation trophies! It is essential that the Reds trim 1 or 2 games off of the Brewers lead in the NL Central before we play them next Tuesday! As much as it pains me will be rooting for the Dirty Birds in their series with the Brewers starting tomorrow. Losses at this point of the season are hard to make up. Go Reds! Put the Cubs into hibernation!
SD is rolling out rookie Ryan Weathers again tonight. They’ve lost 7 of his last 8 starts and the last 3 have all been short of 5 innings with atleast 6+ er (11.2 innings total with 20 earned runs). They just signed Jake Arrieta with his 6.88 era and he’s supposed to start on Wednesday.
Maybe the Reds front office isn’t that crazy after all.
Nope cause SD is in a world of hurt as far as starting pitching depth is concerned and thats our strength.They just put Darvish on the IL and Snell has been just awful and they just need somebody or anybody to get them to the 5th and keep it close.We have 6 of those guys and 8 if you throw in Greene and Lodolo.Hope our front office realizes where SD is and thats it time to make a move? Don’t think so.Memo to Reds front office-SD still running out Weathers who hit the wall weeks ago and just picked up Arrieta who was released by the Cubs who have lost 11 in a row and got hammered most of those games yet didn’t keep him.
St Louis is just as close to us as we are to San Diego.
I love the young shortstop call up Barreor I believe you spell his last name young 22 old who played shortstop last year for us. I read senzel and reds could look a divorce this off season because he still in minors and was not in last night lineup while on a hitting streak. It be interesting to see what happens from this point to 2022 regular season.
Farmer no business batting cleanup – none
And Suarez no business in the lineup period – and Bell moved him back up to fifth …LOL what a complete joke
Pathetic
favor the righties before the lefties vs LHP is valid, Farmer is more valid than Saurez, who gets the veteran nod over Aquino … who else would you put there out of these guys? .. i guess you coulda put Farmer at #2 and moved lefty Vottto to cleanup, but that’s just shuffling deck chairs
At least Bell hasn’t restarted the Suarez leadoff experiment even though it gave him probably his best 10 game stint (and no more) of this year.
“At least Bell hasn’t restarted the Suarez leadoff experiment even though it gave him probably his best 10 game stint (and no more) of this year”.
That’s one of the many reasons I think, that if he is going to play (even though he shouldn’t) he should hit 9th.
Farmer has 1 walk in August. He’s swinging at a ton of pitches out of the zone. He needs some time off!
He and India deserve some time off, the two nutcrackers on this team who need to stay healthy. Love to see the 4-5X a week Farmer playing around the horn and a steady diet of Barerro time at short. There are now alternatives to the sunken cost infield in the purpose of winning!
And he just emphasized your point.
This is not a good line up, Miley better be on.
Suarez looks at strike three straight down the middle. Cant use the soft-tossing lefty excuse, this is a hard-throwing lefty. Berros better be getting some of suarezs starts as well
Barreros and Stephenson should be in the line up, I an sure Stephenson can catch Miley, need bats.
YES!!!
Nick and Suarez takes strikes right down the middle with men on base. And you wonder why we can’t beat southpaws. Pitiful!!! Both of them should be benched. Reds are going nowhere with players that are too afraid to swing. Nick swings at two in the dirt, then takes a perfect strike right down the heart of the plate. We need to bench some players.
So you’re going to bench the guy hitting.325 with an OPS over .900 and put in who?
Some of these people are clueless
Reds will be ok.These guys bust their butts and play for each other.They know its them against the other team and their own leadership every game.
That is very true. No way you can fault their dedication to each other. But there are certain elements that still leave room for a second guess or two.
Pretty sure Barrero could have done something other than look at strike 3. But we don’t want to upset the “chemistry” so he’ll languish on the bench (or so Tinker says in so many words).
Beat the Stupid Cubs and much will be forgotten. Hoping Wade is really The Hulk tonight.
OK everybody, whenever Sadak says “symmetry” we each take a shot … who’s in?
I figure we could all be plastered by the 4th or 5th inning.
or when Sadak calls out “another shot to dee..eep center” and lowers his voice for inflection.
I wonder if David Bell is even aware how many runners Suarez has left on base this season?
This Steele kid has a live arm so just make him work. This Cubs lineup shouldn’t score much.
Looks like the Run on bunt contact there…. had to try something I suppose
“Blue Steele “
Can somebody shut Sadak up
Chatterbox man
Ive had the Reds TV broadcast on mute for about a week. It’s not bad.
Most annoying play by play in along time. Can’t shut up . I think his stats drive all his color commentators crazy.
Thank you, I’ve been muting Reds games for about a month now. I just can’t take all that chatter. It’s like he’s still on radio and has to fill every second of the game. Very annoying.
Joel Luckhaupt is a statistician and Reds informaticist and pretty objective guy.
Check out his twitter on Geno Suarez. He’s played 36 of the last 39 games. He’s not figuring it out. It’s the same historically awful broken record.
That’s just plain sad …
Yep I saw that.
Barnhart actually doesn’t suck vs LHP .25o/.279/.375 in 47 PA before that double
Are you trying to make the argument that a .654 OPS doesn’t suck?
lol no … i mean, comparatively, for himself vs RHP .267/.343/.4o9
and he did just sock a double!
Wasted inning, no idea what Miley was doing.
I swear? Miley never inverted his bat to bunt it towards a base? Just drop it right in front of the pitcher isn’t going to work? He can swing it a little….just let him swing away!
Yeah what happened?I would think Wade could put the ball in play.
I agree let him hit, if you going to bunt= suicide
I know Miley knows you can’t walk the 8 hole hitter who is at 188 but come on man.
Even Castellanos, against type, somewhat underperforms vs LHP
.29o/.347/.516
.324/.383/.579 vs LHP
the Red Kryptonite effect (Red causes Superman to have radical personality glitches)
oops sorry, the second, better split is vs RHP
Nick with the Hustle, The bat dies a hero, Votto gets a hit…. we are in buisness
Got to love Nick’s hustle. Got him to third as well.
He ripped that so hard even the second base bag couldn’t get out of his way.
+100
There is absolutely zero reason for Farmer or Suarez (Farmer at 3rd) to be playing ahead of Barrero.
Except for in David Bell’s world …..
Totally agree … To magically think Suarez gonna do anything different than what he has already demonstrated is crazy
2 pitiful ABs by both of them back to back
Magical thinking is what toddlers do
Three innings. Six men left on base.
Come on guys!
So far Geno up 2 times with chance to drive in run………..2 K’s
How awful can a major league team be that can’t even put a ball in play to get a run home.
At last glance the score was 11-0. Guess they can after all.
Sir Strandsalot…..worst season I’ve ever seen by anyone
Yes indeed – BRUTAL
Wouldn’t be staring on any other MLB team managed by somebody with
common sense
Unbelievable. Suarez caught looking again…. farmer chasing a foot out the zone. Aquino got it in play. The irony is that would have scored a run if there wasn’t 2 outs. The farmer cleanup experiment gets a pass as long as it isn’t repeated tomorrow, but Aquino should never bat below Suarez again.
Very true. We’d be up 1 zip.
Barely behind SS…..that wasn’t scoring a run either. I’m losing my faith in AA
That was awful, Farmer,Suarez and Aqiuno this game is looking like trouble. Bell’s line up construction was horrible and it is showing.
Sir Strandsalot in full swing tonight! 4 total so far and half way to adding to his collection of Golden Sombreros.
I found myself wishing he would argue with the HP ump and get ejected so we’d see Barrero or at least Moose.
I was hoping Bell would get tossed early to help the pitching decisions later in the game.
Nice to hear Sam’s voice.
Agreed. Plus it usually means Sadak talks a LOT less.
I’m thinking that was the absolute limit of Kyle Farmer’s throwing range.
Wow. Great play by Farmer. Wow.
I am with you Mark.How on earth can this guy even cash his check.Please please if Suarez has to play let him hit 8th or 9th.
Nice play by Farmer, but did any body notice that Suarez never budged.
Sure glad we sent Senzel back to AAA.
MM what inning and what number beer? I drink whenever Bell makes a boneheaded move.
You’d be better off starting pre-emptively drunk at that point (most nights)
Better call 911 now you’re going to have alcohol poisoning Bro
They need to run Moose out there vs lefties too. See if he can get it going? Geno has had a million chances
Cannot do worse and that is putting it lightly
Moose needs to be optioned to Reds Fantasy Camp in Goodyear. He’s gained 25 pounds and looks like an ex player and runs like one. Maybe the Reds could have Goodyear Fantasy camp 40 weeks a year with Suarez and Moose managing both teams. I mean I’d sign up for that. Camp Moose?
Bottom third means Lefty, Lefty, Lefty … hoping something happens like last time around (but without the suicidal squeeze).
The thing is with Geno too is that he never makes a productive out. Never shorten up with 2 strikes and try to make contact. Sac fly or groundball. Even with bases loaded nobody out its guaranteed to be a K or a popup
We’re 75% through the season. The league knows what he’ll do with a high degree of accuracy. And they exploit it at every turn, usually to their advantage.
India says ENOUGH OF THE TOMFOLLERY
+500
lefty 94 mph 4-seam fastball on 2-2 right straight down the pike to a righty batter … somebody messed up there!
Thank you India we needed that, bad.
Rookie ball again!
Upper Deck AGAIN!!!!
I will agree the decision to bat RoY India at the top certainly has paid huge dividends. His confidence continues to soar.
This is Jonathan India’s world.
He lets us live in it
+100
India!!
Geno has +32 lead in MLB on LOB, more than 10% in front of 2nd place. That’s more of a knock on Bell than it is Suarez. No other MLB manager would give such a pathetic offensive performer so many starts in the middle of a lineup.
That’s interesting.
Where did you find that statistic and who was closest to him?
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/custom?year=2021&type=batter&filter=&sort=2&sortDir=desc&min=50&selections=b_lob,&chart=false&x=b_lob&y=b_lob&r=no&chartType=beeswarm
Nice pickup stat. File that one in the “it’s clear his LOB must be really bad just by observing the games” but leading the pack by 32!
Incredible, for what purpose is he still allowed to participate in a game? Even the Moose still has some hope of redemption with his limited playing time this season. Write it off, be thankful that without some key injuries that provided opportunity for less heralded players to step up much more than expectations, the team really doesn’t need most of these poor signings any more.
Naquin having a great August! Worked a leadoff walk to get to India there!
People are saying Winker ,Votto or Castellanos as team MVP , but where would this team be without India.
Was thinking the same thing…should have an exciting middle infield for years to come.
I know we all hope Aquino is gonna come around at some point, but honestly, how much difference is there between Aquino and Suarez?? Lefties eat them for lunch. In another day or two, Aquino is gonna be below .200 as well.
Yea, he’s younger, and he is better than average on defense, but …. offensively, he hasn’t been much help. He and Suarez together – just ain’t working.
Their SS make a great play to get Aquino on his first at-bat. Atleast he will hit the ball where its pitched unlike Geno. He’s being outplayed by Naquin and Shogo right now though.
Aquino wRC+ versus lefties is 124. Mimics his career number. He’s a much better option than Geno versus lefties.
I’m very confident in saying that if you give AA the same amount of PA as Suarez has so far that he would have at least 30 HR and at least hitting .240 – .250. Very confident. He just needs to play and get confidence he’s going to play. Bell generally finds reasons to not play him rather than the other way around.
Chuck Norris wants India’s autograph
LOL
+1,000
On a more positive note, Miley is being pretty pitch-efficient tonight. It would be good to see him throw 7 or maybe even 8 tonight. Give the bullpen a rest after they logged a lot of pitches yesterday.
If it goes that long. Raining pretty hard at the moment based on that last camera view. Good thing Miley worked quickly and we’re an official game now.
Wow. Farmer swinging at lots way out of the zone. Ouch.
Suarez walks!!!
Aquino is tired of your heresy
Thats why you can’t give up on the Punisher! He’s got every tool but average.
Thank you AA. As a big fan of yours I needed that. 🙂
That plays. And we’re up 4 zip and it’s an official game.
I took Over 8.5. I figured the Cubs would scratch out atleast 2-3 runs. Maybe we really tear up their pen?
took the under at 9.5, HRE at 28.5 Under. A hit every inning bet and a bet on Indias performance that he will meet with another single
I think you’re good. I have a Reds/Rockies parlay so it might work out pretty well? I think you could just RL the Cubs and O’s every night and win much more often then not
I’m not big on Aquino but I would like to see more of him. That was a great at bat. 0-2 count and the next pitch down and away and he fouls it off. He didnt take a big swing , just followed it off to stay alive. Next pitch down and away and he takes it. Next pitch fastball and gone. When he gets a fast ball, he knows what to do with it. He is adjusting. Not like Suarez.
Yes, it was a good AB. And I hope you are correct that he continues to make adjustments, because the pitchers are sure gonna find ways to get him out. I am willing to cut him a little slack because of his prodigious power potential, and the fact that he isn’t a statue in the field.
But think how good he could be if he learned to shorten his swing with 2 strikes and just put the ball in play??? He’s strong enough to hit some balls out even doing that, and his average and RBI total would increase.
I’d rather see him hit 1/3 fewer HRs and hit .260 or .270 than down around the Mendoza line. And I bet he would drive in more runs that way as well. Because on this team, there are frequently guys on base.
I would agree. I think if he got to play an entire season he would get more comfortable and learn to adjust more. As it is right now it seems every AB he has to prove something. Very hard to get comfortable that way.
Our own crafty soft tossing lefty junkerballer at an efficent 73 pitches to be facing the 4-5-6 in the 7th, drawing a bead on a bottom of the order 8th, giving the taxed from yesterday bullpen a nice break … Baseball Reference grades Miley a 5.3 WAR
No such thing as a jinx here, right?
AA hasn’t reached 400 at bats in the majors.Way way to early to say he can’t or that he can.Power,can run and can throw and as you said that was a really good at bat that he turned in to 2 runs.Only 27 I think so lets wait a little.
Sean Casey = Legend
Did you guys hear him on the broadcast? Talking about being traded for a.good pitcher Mike Williams aww no he’s terrible! Hahahaha I don’t know if The Mayor had a few to drink in him but that was awesome!
+5,000
Get the bull pen up asap.
I am hoping can get through 7.
at 94 pitches to be facing the #8 hitter now
Heyward. He’s their Suarez/Moose. Makes too much to trade away
Great Job by Miley…. now assuming he is not coming out for the eighth just pick 2 from the good crowd. No HH Doolittle experiments.
Justin Wilson hasn’t pitched in 6 days I think. Thats my bet
Nick NL batting title and India ROY!!
BUT BUT BUT #2000 Exception
TWO THOUSAND FOR JOEY
Miley probably didn’t have his best stuff, and he gave us 7 shutout innings. He’s a battler.
Management would be absolutely insane to not pick up his option for next season. You have to keep guys who do what Miley does every fifth day.
So, where do you think he’s gonna pitch next April??
GABP for about half his games is my bet.
I would pay Miley and try to trade Gray.
Gray has pitched 5 innings or less in12/18 starts
Absolutely trade gray
I’m about to tear up … what a night for Joey. What a SEASON for Joey.
Its been unbelievable!
Farmer with the near HR.
Very close. We’ll take the 2 bagger with no outs.
How does Farmer do it?
I know we all want to see Barrero, but still ….
True. He isn’t mashing like he was last month, but he still manages to get at least one hit a game.
We want to see Barrero @ SS and Farmer @ 3B. Nothing wrong with that wouldn’t you agree? 🙂
+500 for that action. I’ll put in a call to Tinker and get it all set up.
Use the HOT LINE. Will ya?
Chance for Sir Strandsalot to add to his total or break the curse (for tonight).
I think my Over hits this inning. Cubs leaving this guy in to take one for the team….hopefully
Suarez walks twice!!!!!
And K’s looking twice.
4 true outcomes.
Ever pitcher who walks Suarez ought to have to run at least 10 laps around the stadium….per walk. lol
+100 and some bad gym class memories
Bust out the whuppin’ stick here, AA!!
Anything less than a run on a nice Sac Fly is a complete failure here.
Colorado 3, Rocks 1 … bottom 3rd, 1 out man on 2nd
the Sad Diego Padrocks lol
3-1 Rockies. I got them at +117 tonite
Oh, and BoR … regarding Joey’s 2,000th hit …
But … but … but … but …
look up the thread a bit
Rockies just went up 3-1 on Padres. Dont sleep on the Rockies at home . I think they are 38-21.
Walk in a run. I thought the Reds bullpen only did that.
That BB to AA was in respect to his last AB. There is an intimidation factor with Aquino as well.
He’s a big man.
My grandmother would say he must have gotten most of the meat with his taters when he was growing up.
Rockies up 5-1
Cubs bullpen out here collapsing faster than the Afghan National Army
Lol . Nice!!!!
I guess we all know who Jim Day interviews tonight.
Its just been announced. Reds cubs to play field of dream game in 2022
Sadak just asked a pretty awkward question of Larkin. Larkin answering pretty humbly. And then interrupted by the catcher getting hit.
Side note amid this current Reds rally: Anyone hear this news? Reds and Cubs will play in next year’s Field of Dreams game in Iowa.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2021/08/16/chicago-cubs-cincinnati-reds-major-league-baseball-field-of-dreams-2022-game-schedule/8159984002/
I want to go … and I was just in Iowa a little over a month ago and hated getting there and back from Raleigh.
That will be awesome!!
yea saw the cinci enquirer article
Tucker is always whacking the catcher in the head
Welcome back to GABP Jose Barrero.
Cmon Jose!!! We didn’t tag from 2nd to 3rd((( I need 1 more run
I can only afford one more run
Taking unders with this Cubs staff is scary. They just gave up an 11 run 2nd inning to a bad team in a pitchers park
yea I think this is the last time I do an under with the cubs.
and leading by 8 we all know who is coming in to pitch
Barrero at the plate!
Working it
Interesting AB … 1st pitch *barely* touched the top of the strike zone and called a strike. 2nd barely touched low & away and fouled off. Nothing else even came close and all curves and cutters, no fastballs … welcome to the bigs, rook lol
Nice at bat. Continues the onslaught.
That’s not the same guy who was here last year. Awesome at bat there.
I can say with confidence that Barrero will be good. I like him.
Great AB, Jose.
LET THE KIDS PLAY
Every. Single. Game.
From now thru the World Series.
And there goes the under. Great Job India
Silly man … you knew who was playing and where tonight 🙂
Atta boy, Jose! I’m glad Bell let him play some.
India, Aquino, and Barrero in on that play. Three young stars of the future?
India is amazing — again.
RoY … RoY … RoY!!!
That might be enough runs to let Garrett,Hembree and Doolittle pitch.
This is beyond a murder BoR … it’s a MASSACRE!!!!
The FBI showed up turned around and said it was nothing they could do.
Figured they’d all in the CIA because it must have been an alien invasion to do that much damage.
That was intense atbat by Jose, but he didn’t chase. Impressive and I don’t think we have anyone scoring that easily from 1st on that ball
+500
Thought the exact same thing. The Barrero we saw last season would have gone down on strikes without a battle.
India. He graded out yesterday as an elite runner on the play he slid into home.
Time for Joey to start the next chapter with #2,001
Got to feel some empathy for Jewell having to face Joey here.
Just let the young guys play please.
Reds and Cubs will play in the Field of Dream game next year.
https://twitter.com/enquirer/status/1427446120465195010?s=21
Indy and Mark warming in the Reds pen.
I think I could manage 3 batters at this point.
Lefty or righty so we can match up in the 8th.Couldn’t help myself?
Best inning the Reds have produced at the plate this year so far. Eight runs (and counting) this inning. And NO home runs!
Cubs broadcast said this is the 5th time in 7 games they’ve given up a 5+ inning. They’re the worst team in mlb now.
I truly believe we should shoot for sweeping them and the Pirates the rest of the year. I think we can.
My wife was asking about a mercy rule. I told her that wasn’t a thing here. I’m betting the Stupid Cubs would want it right about now.
How many times have they scored 10+ for Miley??
Seven times, according to C. Trent (I didn’t know that — I just happened to look at his Twitter feed before seeing your post).
Rockies are beating the Padres 5-1 after the 5th inning.
Good News! It’s Doolittle Time!
This game’s going to go another 2 hours
Is a 12-run lead safe with Hembree on the mound?
Wow hembree need to be cut three straight hits come on dude.
He can catch the same bus out of town as Doolittle …
This part of the roster (Hembree, et al) is better than Senzel, according to Bell.
Bell isn’t the one pulling the personnel strings
Right there, I meant Krall. That was his statement.
Will we really have to use 3 or 4 guys out of the pen up 12-0 in the 8th?Good grief.
How hembree pitching seems it unfortunately this is annoying. I wish we had let him and Doolittle bc both do very lil for this team. John and most broadcaster defend hembree and Doolittle which is annoying
Get rid of Hembree and Doolittle, bring up Santillan and Senzel. I feel like the team is instantly better that way.
Makes way too much sense.
Everyone has a role to play.
Apparently, this guy’s role is to take a 12 run lead and make it interesting.
I could do that and I have a torn rotator cuff!
Now thats funny but we had Big Sal for that and well I thought he did a good job in these type of games.
how did the 7th inning end with Stephenson at the plate?
It didn’t in the version of the game I’m watching. Joey got another single and TySteve was put in to pinch run.
Farmer K and Geno F7
It was a mess up on the app or ESPN if u following on those because he come on first base to run for votto since it was 12-0
yeah. i was watching on the MLB app and the ending didn’t make sense. it showed Stephenson was at the plate.
This bad Cubbies team is making Hembree look good.
Hembree has no idea where his slider is going
FWIW — Shogo, Barrero, and Stephenson all in the game right now.
Who is Shogo in for?
Nick
Shogo in for Naquin
After watching Rizzo’s and Baez’s crap and listening to the Cubs fans for the last few years, I’m going to enjoy them being terrible for hopefully the next 20 years.
It’s getting back to the good ol days when we could beat up on the Pirates and Cubs all year and even Astros back then. I’m glad they’re gone. They’re too good now. 🙂
Umpire is suffering from blurred vision, but that’s fine.
If Hembree manages to hold that zero the Stupid Cubs are sporting …
In any case, it’s nearly time to pack it in. Great fun tonight all around. Hope we saved some for tomorrow and Wednesday.
And we get a Hembree inning after all.
Night everyone.
Well, there goes the shutout! Good grief Heath!
Hembree is incapable of having a clean inning ….. why in the world is this guy
continuing to occupy a roster space !!!!
No reason in the world for Hembree to be taking up a roster spot. Absolutely none.
How do you spell gone? H-e-m-b-r-e-e
Not lethal tonight, obviously, but HH disappoints again. Good thing it was not a 3 or 4-run game.
If Hayward gets a hit off of you, you know you stink.
It’s so hard to find a DFA candidate on the 26 man roster. Just no place to put Senzel. Looks like a good outcome tonight, SD is still trailing the Rockies.
Please Bell, try someone else! HH just gave up a run-scoring double on an 0-2 pitch!
This nonsense has to stop.Get some of these guys off this team.Its bad enough the Cubs are little league and not to be outdone we bring in a little league pitcher of our own.I feel for HH but he needs to go.
Remarkable how a pitcher who throws a clean inning with 14 pitches MUST be removed from the game, but Hembree can be allowed to get knocked all over the park while facing 7 or more hitters and throw 30+ pitches.
I predict Howell will walk the first batter he faces, or worse! Prepare the DFA paperwork for HH now!
Hoffman NOT Howell
Jason Heyward is an interesting player. He was an average, or above average, hitter for Atlanta. He still has a lifetime average of .258.
Last year and this year he has been severely struggling at the plate.
He reminds me of someone on the Reds, but I can’t quite put my finger on who that might be.
One, he’s vern struggling for years.
Two. Hard to say. Maybe a little Dave Parker. Maybe some Bobby Tolan. Year, I feel
Some Bobby Tolan. If not for a torn achilles …
I don’t understand why Hembree is still a Red. Is his contract so expensive that we can’t cut him loose?
Heath Hembree needs to be released tomorrow. If you can’t get thru an inning with your team up 12-0, you have no business being on a major league roster.
Hoffman – box of chocolates – geeze !
Only role he needs is mop up duty
We just can’t have an easy win can we?
I am reflecting at this moment of a bullpen including Raisel Iglesias and Archie Bradley. Fun times.
Reds need to change their mentality that bullpen arms can be anyone off the streets.
Apparently, the bullpen is going to do their level best to create a save situation this evening.
Hembree is the next to go… on Minumum salary, and even if you are around to be the slop guy you still need to at some point get outs. Dont mind the Cubs scoring runs as long as they dont score 12
1.25M
for the year… there is only a fifth of that left
This is just terrible to see.Up 12-0 and its now 12-5 and we will end up having to use 3 or 4 guys to get 6 outs.What a joke.This is not on Bell this is on not getting these guys out of Cincy and getting some guys from Louisville up here.
This mostly comes from not signing anyone worthwhile during the off season. The Reds are scared to spend money on quality RP’s.
I can’t watch this any longer! Will check the box score in the morning! Going to clean the cat litter box and then call it a night!
Hembree has to be released tomorrow, can’t get through an inning with a 12 run lead. How can you ever trust him to pitch?
You’re just saying that because he now has an ERA OF 6.38.
That’s not very good, is it??
That was an error? I don’t think so. Larkin agrees.
Good hard hit anyway AA.
Just release HH and do him a favor. They’re going to end up blowing his arm out or something. The poor guy just looks defeated when he comes out there.
Is Hembree really worth more on the roster than Senzel?
Tucker not having any of this Cubs scoring without retrebution
Tucker getting back some of those runs that Heath let go.
Who gets the 9th with a 9 run lead and should we be nervous?
Jose fouled off the one pitch in the zone … the one he hit was outside only a little. They’re determined to automatically not give him anything much in the zone and he seems hip to that … a good sign
Rockies up 5-2 over Padres in the 8th. Fingers crossed.
Nice win. Huge offensive explosion.
But Geno did what he does best – a mind-numbing 7 runners left on base.
CJ Cron hits a walk off home run. Rockies 6 Padres 5