The Cincinnati Reds (41-61) have won 13 of their last 20 and three games in a row. They will try to extend that winning streak to four in the second game of the three game series against the Miami Marlins (47-56) tonight.
Details:
- Time: 6:40 p.m. ET
- Place: loanDepot Park, Miami, FL
- TV: Bally Sports Ohio; MLB.TV (out-of-market)
- Radio: 700 WLW
Lineups
Cincinnati Reds
|
Miami Marlins |
| 2B Jonathan India | 2B Joey Wendle |
| CF Nick Senzel | SS Miguel Rojas |
| SS Kyle Farmer | 1B Jesús Aguilar |
| 1B Joey Votto | DH Lewin Diaz |
| DH Donovan Solano | RF Avisail Garcia |
| RF Aristides Aquino | C Nick Fortes |
| 3B Matt Reynolds | LF Jesus Sanchez |
| LF Albert Almora | CF Bryan De La Cruz |
| C Mark Kolozsvary | 3B Charles Leblanc |
Starting Pitchers
| Name | IP | ERA | xERA | FIP | xFIP | WHIP | K% | BB% |
| Graham Ashcraft | 66.0 | 4.64 | 3.72 | 4.05 | 4.02 | 1.42 | 15.6% | 5.8% |
| Braxton Garrett | 52.1 | 3.96 | 3.54 | 3.23 | 3.35 | 1.18 | 25.1% | 5.5% |
REDS
Just like Hunter Greene last night, Graham Ashcraft gets to face the Marlins for the second time in a week. He faced them on Thursday and gave up three earned runs on eight hits in 6.2 innings. Two of those three runs came off the bat of Marlins DH Jesús Aguilar.
Ashcraft has always been a contact pitcher–his ground ball rate is very high while his strikeout and walk rates are low–but this season, his walk rate has been exceptionally low at 5.8 percent. This is the lowest of his career, both in the minors and with the Reds. However, lately Ashcraft’s control has been not as great, walking eight batters in his last three starts. He walked nine batters total in his other nine starts.
MARLINS
Left-hander Braxton Garrett was the Marlins’ first round selection in the 2016 MLB draft and the seventh overall pick. Since making his major league debut during the shortened 2020 season, Garrett’s bounced around between Triple-A and the big leagues. He started seven of eight games he pitched in for the Marlins in 2021 and gave up 20 runs in 34.0 innings, while striking out 32 and walking 20 batters. After starting the season at Triple-A in 2022, he’s pitched much better at the big league level this season. In 52.1 innings, he has a 3.96 ERA/3.23 FIP in 52.1 innings. He’s struck out 55 batters, and he’s also lowered his walk rate to 5.5% from 12.6% in 2021.
Garrett faced the Reds last Wednesday and gave up five runs on seven hits in five innings. He did, however, strike out eight Reds batters. Matt Reynolds is 2-2 off him with two RBI. Albert Almora Jr is also 2-for-2 against him.
News and Notes
Trade deadline day is here. As expected, the Reds made some moves before the 6 pm deadline, and Redleg Nation has you covered with all the news:
Tyler Mahle reunites with Sonny Gray in Minnesota
Brandon Drury traded to San Diego
In conjunction with the trades, the Reds needed to add a couple players to the roster. Luis Cessa is one; the other move is still pending.
The #Reds today activated from the 15-day injured list RHP Luis Cessa. pic.twitter.com/WSds0RXrlN
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) August 2, 2022
The Reds’ now #1 prospect, Noelvi Marte, is making his organizational debut at High-A Dayton tonight, hitting fourth and playing shortstop.
The #Reds #1 prospect, Noelvi Marte, is in tonight's starting lineup! pic.twitter.com/goMRIG2xWS
— Dayton Dragons (@DragonsBaseball) August 2, 2022
Right-hander José Acuña, the pitcher who the Reds received back in the Tyler Naquin trade to New York makes his first start at Low-A Daytona tonight.
The @daytonatortugas have arrived in St. Lucie ahead of this evening’s trade deadline.
Weather permitting, RHP José Acuña — acquired in the Tyler Naquin deal with the #Mets last week — is scheduled to start and make his organizational debut against his former team. #RedsMiLB pic.twitter.com/CEXAyKt0bn
— Justin Rocke (@JustinRocke) August 2, 2022
Reds executed a coherent plan the last 14 days with trades and draft. It may not work out, but for the first time in forever, they stuck to the plan. 2023 wont be a winner, but at least there is a new beginning and a new frontier in 2024 for Reds baseball. Go Reds.
It’s odd to consider, but did anyone else in the division get better? Perhaps Milw, but it’s asking alot to step up to cover the trade of Hader. 2025 is clearly the target, and 2024 may surprise, but the division still seems lackluster next year. Stranger things have happened.
Will be interesting to see where the farm ranks.
I agree and with Burnes/Woodruff being free agents after 2024 and both getting big raises the next 2 years along with Yelich’s deal their window may be closing.Same with the Cards unless Goldy and Arrenado continue to earn 50 mil plus they will be paid over the same time frame.
Arrenado has an opt out and his current contract pays great now but sunsets late. I could see him opting out to restructure that. Why the Cards urgency for SP and getting in on Soto. They failed on both.
Who will be added to the rotation.
Frustrating time to be a Reds fan. Who knows if prospects will work. Maybe 4, will make it in a Reds uniform.A few will be traded again and some won’t make it, or be a average mlb player.
But hey “where you gonna go”
Kevin, I have a question for you: Of the 5 guys traded in the last few days, who among them was even going to be in Cincinnati by 2024, the first opportunity for the Reds to be any good at all… let alone 2025 when they can be really good considering who they have acquired in those last few days?
Mahle? Castillo? maybe Drury. Look I hope I am wrong and Reds are rocking in 2024, 2025.
Yet Who knows as mentioned Prospect are just that. Until in a mlb uniform and performing.
Kevin Mahle and Castillo are free agents after next year. So no…they aren’t here in 2024.
Guys they have don’t have lifetime contracts, they expire after a certain year.
Kevin, the answer to my question is 0.
I don’t agree with Leather Pants much, but he was right in calling this one of the two best selloffs in the modern era.
Kevin: The Reds will clearly miss those guys in the short run, but given the financial constraints, they were unlikely to extend Castillo, and it would have required multi-year contract–probably lots of years, leaving not much money to pay other players.
Reds acquire Austin Romine from the Cardinals, for cash.
His .176 batting average will fit right in with Papierski and Kolosvary who both are currently hitting … .176.
That’s bizarre but true.
Could we have at least traded for a catcher hitting .177 🙂
What a crazy stat. Thanks for that BK.
What do you know. Bell put Diaz, our best reliever & only one with Era under 3.00, in a closing situation tonight & he came thru. Wake up. David. Thus guy needs to be our closer
Good hitting catchers are hard to come by. That’s why moving Stephenson is so hard.
Given the recent acquisitions by the Padres if they don’t win the NL West and more they probably never will.
Austin Romine, seriously? Another old cast off. Maybe he’s better than the current options, or not. Another Bell special. The old guys are still here despite Krall’s claim to be looking at the younger players
These young pitchers need a capable catcher. This is a good move only necessary due to the injuries to TySteve and Garcia.
Known for defense.Ours are not known for anything
I guess there’s a law somewhere that says the Reds never acquire anyone from an active roster or who may have value currently. Oh well, we know the next few years suck. So it goes
“another Bell special”
What in the world? According to you, Bell must own the Reds, be the GM, manager, act as pitching and hitting coach, and probably the traveling secretary. What don’t you blame Bell for?
Do you get a nickel every time you mention his name?
It’s a Bell special in the sense that he’s demonstrated an affinity for 30+ year old mediocrity. I didn’t say Bell was making the decision just that this is his kind of player. I do hope you are being well paid for being Bell’s cheerleader.
lol, who’s cheering for Bell? Not even close to what he was trying to tell you.
Veteran catcher capable of handling a young pitching staff. Good move
Yes LDS, seriously.
The Cardinals seriously used Romine due to injuries in a pennant chase. Are the Reds better than the Cards?
The Reds seriously needed a veteran catcher to work with the youngsters.
The Yankees seriously played Romine as well.
Seriously.
Why so Serious
Too funny, bet red
Not impressed. But I don’t mind as the odd man out here.
Is anyone here impressed by this? All anyone is saying is they’re being more reasonable than you. Why even complain about it at all, its a back-up catcher and he’s not blocking anyone.
@LDS, doing your best Shania Twain impression, “that don’t impress me much”
You’ve noticed that Stevenson is injured? These guys won’t be starting next year. It’s a Krall special, by the way.
I checked every prospect that the Reds received. In short, I was impressed. Encarnacion may be a 23rd top prospect, but he is a stud. He might be the Reds first baseman in a few years. He still has plenty of development left. The Reds only traded for prospects who are actually performing well. Good job GM!
agree 100%. No major league ready.
Absolutely happy with all the players the Reds picked up. The farm system has to be top 5. Going to be fun to watch all the prospects grow. This is a heads up to Senzel, Aquino and others in the system. Get better or you will be replaced. For once the organization has alot of depth. If you can’t find anything good in these trades then you need to find a different team. You have to hand it to krall , he has a plan and he is sticking to it. No half in.
Castillo return looks great, Mahle’s return looks solid and provided some near-term talent. Trading Drury and Pham for anything is a win. Naquin seemed a decent return as well.
They’re prospects so time will tell how Krall did. All these deals have a chance to look very shrewd in the future, including the Winker deal. Mahle’s deal looks to have the biggest chance to look mediocre in the next few years. Surprised they held onto Solano, or perhaps there was no real interest even though he would upgrade plenty of team’s benches. Overall though I’d give the FO a B to B+ for these moves. At least it seems theyre committing to a plan, and I like that they didn’t focus on major league readiness or forcing a trade for a catcher just so they can move TS to first.
I see solano survived…. pleasently happy of the results we got back for these players. Also like to see MIL dumping money, showing that they may not be able to return the whole team next year.
I really like Senzel hitting second.
I would like to see Moose DFA’d in the coming days. He has absolutely no use on this team. The Reds have to pay him anyways whether he is on the team or not. He is just taking a spot. Like Cowboy said , find out about Fairchild and Aquino the rest of the year.
I dont see any reason to DFA him, you can bury him on the bench though. Even though he’s been shaky he’s still probably a better player than a rushed prospect.
I don’t DFA this year. I’d wait until early spring training, similar to Aki.
Moustakas is blocking Fairchild and Aquino? I know he’s a liability at 3B and 1B, but I didn’t see a move to the OF 😉
Fairchild and Aquino need reps in the OF, not DH.
Here’s why I hold on to Moose until next spring … if we cut him now, perhaps he shows up at spring training for another team in the best shape of his career and produces while we pay him. I would keep him and use him only as a PH/injury replacement. Next spring, he shows up capable of producing and gets to keep playing or he gets cut and no one wants him. He’s not blocking anyone from playing on the Reds for the rest of this year and you don’t want to have to call up a prospect that’s not ready to take his roster spot.
Welcome back Aquino
Nice job Aquino. He had 2 months to shine and that’s a good start. God knows the Reds need him.
Good to see
We forget that his last time up in the month of June he was hitting about .360 until he got hurt again. Let’s hope he lights up August again.
That works
“Sprinting down the line” whiyle blowing a bubble lol. He wasn’t sprinting, but he ran hard and thats all it took.
Ashcraft showing how to properly throw to first
So Bader goes to NYY. He’ll have to cut those goldie locks…lol
Like clock work, players play well on the first game back. Alomar yesterday and Aquino today. Whether it will be downhill from here remains to be seen. Let’s make sure we. Ring up a new player every day please 🙂
Let’s ring them up if we’re pitching, not if we’re hitting 😉
Meant to say bring them up
Yeah, I know.
Just messing around.
Acuna is dealing in his first start as a reds minor leaguer.
So far in 4 innings –
0 runs
0 walks
2 hits
5 strikeouts
Naquin trade is going to look real good. Rodriguez had a triple in his debut too.
The way Votto runs to first base when he walks with 2 men in base is like he just wins the World Series. And the guy is paid to drive in runs. Gutless. And he always points to his on base percentages as his ticket to HoF.
I’ve never seen Votto point to anything, much less his OBP as his ticket to the HOF. Sounds like you just don’t like Votto.
I despise the guy if you have not noticed.
Gutless? Is that you Thom?
Just one more reason to keep Aquino. That kid has a gun.
At least for a late inning defensive replacement. Now to keep that bat going.
WELCOME BACK AQUNIO!!!!
Punisher throw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nailed him by a freaking mile!!
What a throw, with basically no loft on it. Nice play AA.
Shades of Dave Parker to Gary Carter in the AS game.
Not wise to run on AA.
Aquino makes my brain hurt. He hits for power. He has a cannon. He swings at everything and has no plate discipline. He can run. Id give him 100 at bats in a row though. Better than pham
+500
I agree, but that first called strike destroyed his AB. Forced him to swing at the next pitch that was about in the same spot, and that put him at 0-2. Horrible calls behind the dish can really mess an AB up.
Aquino’s a better defender than Pham, but he looks lost at the plate like in that AB just now. Pham at least has a plan and makes hard contact, which only produces average production but still solid.
Nick Kralls speaking ability has improved.
Aquino swings at a pitch 3 feet in the dirt and 2 feet off the plate. My brain still hurts.
He swung badly at 3 straight sliders. He looked overmatched there.
k I’m seeing things. called strike and a ball in there
Everyone talking about 2030 timeline is wrong, obviously we kept Solano for one reason and one reason only. We are going to this post season. Now that we have cut lose the dead weight of Drury, Mahle, Castillo and Naquin, this team is primed for a 40 game winning streak, combined with the slides that the dirty birds and the Brewers are going to suffer after getting rid of their closer and star third string catcher….. Rommine was the pickup this team needed. World series or bust
Don’t make me come to Durham and slap you 😀
Votto was looking for another free pass, smh. Anyone has stat on which player struck out looking the most?
Eye test and memory tells me it’s between JV and 3M.
I thought 3M’s MO was to swing at a breaking pitch 3 feet outside on the 3rd strike.
That as well PTBNL, but he’s racked up his share of backward K’s in the scorebook as well.
You don’t like Votto we get it. A sure Hall of famer.
In an interesting note, Acuna pitching against his teammates 2 day ago in Florida State League action.
You think he has a good scouting report on them?
Nick Krall’s last 6 weeks:
2022 International class: A+
2022 Draft: A+
2022 Trade deadline: A+… called historic by at least 1 talking head.
Going to be a high draft position in 2023. I saw a note that at least the best catcher in the international market is expected to sign here.
Not bad.
Bull Krall now with the WLW team. You have to know he’s exhausted at this point. He did a great job.
He spoke well on the TV side too.
I wish they would bring him in more. Other teams do it.
Except for the Minor trade, I think he’s done a great job pointing the team in a fresh new direction.
DeGromm pitching for the 1st time in a year tonight.
He is a master.
I hope Hunter can watch him, and see how he handles his secondary pitches, and grow into a clone of him
AA has a career 213 batting average with 196 strike outs in 516 Ab’s and yet people think he can help.
Senzel has a career 248 batting average with 186 strike outs in 804 Ab’s and people suggest he is a role playing outfielder at best.
So my question is what is the difference. I much rather have Senzel than AA.
I have a theory on this. AA, as bad as he is, averagewise, he had some spectacular games and that’s what stuck in the mind of people. Senzel is just non spectacular average, regular Joe, so no one remembers her.
We’d just rather see AA then Pham or Reynolds.
Neither might not be a future great Red, but that’s why we want to see and find out.
Career wRC+
Aquino 87
Senzel 77
Who is the better fielder? Better baserunner? Who based on one month appears to have the better upside?
I can see preferring Nick but it’s close worse case.
I look at offense numbers from their stats not war. I am not a analytical guy.
Just stop. Comparing Senzel to Aquino is like comparing Stephenson to Hunter Greene. Why?
Aquino is a power hitting RF with a cannon who has zero plate displine and strikes out like no one else.
Senzel is 95% sprint speed CF with Plate discipline who struggles to get his OPS up.
I have a opinion like everyone else and I can post just like everyone else.
Thank you and have a great day.
Acuna’s final line:
5 IP
4 H
1 Unearned R
0 BB
6 K
Kid looks very composed out there. Like what I’m seeing so far…
Thanks for posting this, lots of new names to watch on the farm
Ash being VERY pitch efficient through 4 tonight.
Might be in for one of those rare complete games.
How did we not trade Sadak today? He’s really hurting my head today.
I will say this about Sadak, when he is with Welsh and Cowboy , he isn’t as bad. Welsh and Cowboy have alot to talk about that keeps Sadak quiet. Larkin? Has nothing to say and when he does it’s pretty useless. Sadak has alot of dead air to fill with Larkin. And that’s when he starts spitting out a bunch of stats that just overload our heads.
That’s one of the biggest problems. He is allergic to what he perceives as “dead air” so he starts filling it with whatever nonsense crosses his mind. Look at some of the truly great announcers (Scully, Nuxy, etc.) and they would let the game speak for itself quite often. And that was radio … we can actually see stuff going on and Sadak STILL has to run off at the mouth.
That’s my assessment too.
Larkin makes Sadak worse IMO.
Scully did not leave dead air time. I loved putting him on late night, but he was talking the whole time, trust me. He didnt need anyone else because of it.
Larkin and Sadak are both bad is what it really is. Cowboy and Welsh were always the reason I tuned in anyway so it doesn’t really matter who the other guy is.
It’s why I don’t listen to the Bally feed if I can help it. Even with Cowboy there, it’s just unbearable. What further baffles me are people who comment (usually FB) how he’s such a great announcer. Not sure why he keeps his job.
I don’t mind Sadak. Like JB said, Larkin offering no insight, even when Sadak begs for it, just makes him seem worse. I think Sadak would be better on radio than TV.
I love Cowboy. I swear there are times Larkin isn’t even in the booth because he never says anything.
Okay done moaning, positive note looks like Ashcraft is letting Lodolo and Greene know anything you can do I can do better lol
Now I’ve got that song stuck in my head 🙁
I got you SOQ, “We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun”……………you’re welcome.
Is it allowable for Aquino to seek hitting advice privately from Pete? He needs it.
Somebody needs to get through to him. Barring that, he’s never going to contribute consistently. Great arm, solid fielder, can light into one at times. But zero consistency at the MLB level.
Aquino arm is like billy Hamilton speed. It’s a weapon . how you balance that with his lack of plate discipline I have no idea but he is a really good right fielder.
I think he has 2 months to show the front office if he has what it takes to stay here. Time is running out for him. What is he 28? How long can we wait here?
The answer is that we can wait until someone pushes the issue from below
That’s true. I guess same thing with Fairchild.
+1000
Did the Reds fill Mahle and Drurys spots or are we 2 men down?
Aquino and Cessa were activated
Aquino was for Pham
The above article says Cessa was 1, but the other was unknown at this point, so maybe we got 25 guys now.
It looks to me they’re playing a man down. Gameday’s roster is 25 players, that last spot is usually a SP however.
McGarry just out-hustled a pick-off throw.
Quintana doubles him in
I was a huge fan of signing Derek Johnson to be the pitching coach. Ive also been a big critic the last 12 months. That said, with Castillo and Mahle now traded, the Top 4 pitchers on the Reds in 2022 are :
1.) Ashcraft
2.) Diaz
3.) Lodolo
4.) Greene
Give DJ credit for pushing these guys
Farmer just whiffed on a routine grounder.
I was a huge fan of signing Derek Johnson to be the pitching coach. Ive also been a big critic the last 12 months. That said, with Castillo and Mahle now traded, the Top 4 pitchers on the Reds in 2022 are :
1.) Ashcraft
2.) Diaz
3.) Lodolo
4.) Greene
Give DJ credit for pushing these guys
Farmer just whiffed on a routine grounder.
The “explanation” is that he was anticipating it to come up more and it stayed down.
I think he’s gassed at this point. He’s grinding it out, but plays like that show the wear and tear. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen that out of the Farm Dawg. It won’t be the last.
He is gassed just as last year.Guy plays hurt and gives 100% but short is a very demanding position.
I will say this about Farmer, if he gets to the ball it’s an out. I was shocked he missed that. Problem is he doesn’t have alot of range. He is definitely the Derek Jeter mold on defense.
Barrero come on up Grandpa Farmer is losing it. Lol JK, but I seriously hope Barrero comes up, his bat is just starting to collect hits, might as well collect them up here.
Castillo against Cole tomorrow at 1. Must watch TV.
Anyone think Cruz could make the jump?
I think he would show more than what Barrero showed when he made the jump.
de la Cruz?
when, do you mean this year or next year?
This year
There’s no reason to rush him so not what I’d do, but those are the type of prospects that can maybe do something at the ML level. I’m sure he’d be overmatched at first.
I think Pham was entrusted with too much responsibility in the early season. I wonder if he would have had more trade value if he would have been given another week of spring training. I think with AA you have to expect disappointment but when he comes through it’s sweet. I love the trades.
Farmer is beat up. He needs about a week off to get those bruises and aches to heal.
IF single for ELDC
Tommy Pham batting 2nd for the Sox tonight. I assume someone was slapped for the mistake
RoY heard footsteps that weren’t actually there
Someone correct me…but what is going on with Barrero? Box score says 3 errors. Might be time to admit its no longer physical in AAA and all the SS signings might be correlated.
The batter, Graham, the batter
Can Ashcraft get the complete game? Stay tuned
Ashcraft just hit 100mph on his last pitch of the 7th! Good lord!
Reds need another run or two.Have fanned 12 times with 2 errors and 3 hits yet still lead 2-1.Never goes like this often.India and Solano with 6 of the punch outs.
We got no lefty hitters. Votto died and Winker got traded. Naquin traded and Moose is just dead weight. Gotta get some lefty thumpers.
This is a crisis. reds dont have any lefty hitters anywhere.
Bullpen and Lefty hitters are a crisis in Reds land.
Cessa’s back, so no doubt he’ll put his paws on this game
Up date on the strikeouts.Solano with 4 and Aquino and India with 3 a piece.Thats 14 and counting.
I see we were unable to trade Miami Valley Gaming, shame
Should have packaged it with Western and Southern’s “Gentle on My Mind” twins.
Thankfully, I am not subjected to that
Solano in a weird 4K-game …. Aquino the same thing, 3 Ks more in just 4 ABs… aside the 2-RBI single that gives the lead until now… The offense looks very weak after Drury, Pham, Naquin departures…
I say let Ashcraft get that Perfect Game
complete game i mean
Moment of truth here
Listening to the Cardinal announcers taking pity on the Reds for everything they have lost and bragging abut the 7 easy wins they have left vs the Reds, that maybe, unless the rookie pitchers are still pitching. However, I don’t think that they have a clue what the Reds got back in return. I personally like the way this team is heading and believe in 2 or 3 years they will be awful good. Even next year with the 3 rookie pitchers only getting better with a little luck they won’t be bad.
Anybody else find that Statcast animation recreation a little creepy?
Oops … can’t do that to Jesus. He can and does swing hard.
Bell pulling the right cards tonight. See if it works
This is why we are still going to be competitive next year….. We have three Studs on the rotation, and a crafty right hander in Overton. Just need to re sign Minor…. I mean get a servicable starter. We have starters at C, 1st, 2nd, SS, and CF. We have a few prosepects that are going to start rocketing up the minors and we have shed alot of money that can now be used forward
I’ll feel more confident when Stephenson returns from an increasingly bad sounding injury.
And if we see Krall spend those savings more wisely than last winter.
The needs are apparent.
We’ve got the shortstops well stocked.
Notice how, Diaz is now the Closer now the deadline has passed. 4 in a row
Ash is fired up … nice win for him and a save for Diaz. Gutted this one out against a very scrappy Minnows club.
Onward to tomorrow. It’s a bright new day.
BTW, any chance 3M was secretly dealt Sunday night? 😀
Night, all.
Reds win.. 500 ball since terrible start. Kudos to Bell and coaching staff.
We’re likely to see a lot of this for awhile.
Solid starting pitching. Not a lot of runs. Fingers crossed bullpen.
Great to see Lodolo, Greene and Ashcraft deliver is succession.
They should rightfully be whooping it.
That’s the great thing about baseball. Aquino struck out 3 times. But drove in all the runs and saved one with a great throw. Contribute however you can, pick each other up. Whatever it takes as long as it’s a win
The Reds are now in 3rd place
Brought a smile to my face when I checked the standings this morning. Especially since it came at the expense of the Cubs. I don’t think it’s sustainable with the offense they’ve got left, but I’ll enjoy it while it lasts. Minor tonight, against a kid with a sub 2 era, so at least it should be over quick.