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Cincinnati doesn’t deserve to participate in the postseason because the Reds didn’t deserve to take part in the postseason. Just watch the condensed game replays on MLBtv (it’s free) and you will see the utterly amazing offensive power of deserving playoff teams who not only score big, but they score big in the clutch. If someone compiled a “best of the Reds in all of 2023” video, it might compare in awesome offensive firepower to what the winning 2023 playoff teams display in a single game. Wait ’til next year.
The Cincinnati Reds scored more runs than the Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Maybe. But they wasted so many on blowouts and then got blown away the next day. The Reds only sporadically scored in the clutch. When they were good, they were very, very good, but when they were bad . . . well, you know.
What do you mean, maybe? The Reds did score more runs than those teams. It’s not an opinion.
Every team is good when they’re good and not when they’re not.
Shel, I think what you were getting at was that the Reds needed to be more consistent in their offensive output.
To wit, take a look at the number of runs the Reds scored by month:
April: 121
May: 131
June: 153(!)
July: 117
August 115
September: 139
Not coincidentally, they had their best monthly record in June (18-9) and their worst monthly record in August (10-17).
Basically, they lost their chance at the playoffs in August. If they had scored just a few more runs in that month, they would have won a few more games, and that would have sent them to the playoffs.
The collective team hitting stats for August were brutal:
.225/.293/.393/.686
For the record, having a monthly offensive collapse is not unique to the Reds. But better teams have the pitching to bail them out, which is what happened to the Reds in July. The Reds’ pitching came through in a big way in that month, putting up a team ERA of 3.51, which was nearly a point and a half better than their next best month (4.92 in April) and definitely better than August (5.03).
Bottom line? The Reds need to be more consistent overall. If they can shave somewhere between half a run to a full run off their team ERA, and consistently put up about 130 runs per month, they’ll be in a good place.
A good example of ‘good when they’re good and not when they’re not’ is the Dodgers, who had a great regular season, in the playoffs who gave off an attitude of why are we still playing instead of being home or at the beach.
The city of Cincinnati and Reds fans absolutely deserve it. The are fanbase is underrated and one of the best baseball fanbases in the entire sport.
Only deserve it if win enough games which they did not. I saw a lot of empty seats at GABP down the stretch that I did not see in Chicago Milwaukee, Arizona, or even out of contention teams like New York or St.Louis. So I don’t know why the sporadic attending Reds fans get a tear over those other fans. Fill the place up then talk.
They have to hit well with RISP.
…and develop a bullpen that can get outs with RISP.
Just want the Reds to compete for titles year after year and that takes an organization willing to do so.No secret the Reds have some young talent but how many of our players would start for other clubs?Watched a little of the game last night and who do we have that would play on those teams?Reds have a chance right now to take another step next year but they have holes to fill and will they do it?A starter,a right handed power bat and at least 3 power arms in the pen would go a long way but it will take some doing with money and players.We have some trade chips but will the money comes with it?Its always about the money especially in baseball.
Not all that many…. yet. But that can be said for many of these players elsewhere when they were rookies. These young guys have shown they have talent. They will learn and grow. They’ll get there, but the FO does need to back them up and fill in the gaps.
Nick Castellanos, Kyle Farmer, Jesse Winker, Eugenio Suarez, and yes, even Mike Moustachios made the playoffs. Elly Kalamazoo la Cruz and the rest of the brat pack did not.
the pandemic set us back. 2020 was to be a break out year for the reds as far as performance and ticket sales. if the pandemic didn’t happen i think Castellanos is still a red and we make the playoffs this year!
…but the pandemic was an equal opportunity excuse for every other team as well.
Well, speaking of “playoffs”, I kind of expected a few postings on the status of things in the NL and AL, and allow us dummies to make snarky remarks.
And talk about team with a lot of offensive firepower, let’s talk about the Atlanta Braves, and the probably MVP from their team.
WHAT HAPPENED? It’s like they just didn’t show up.
In the past few years I’ve made “playoff discussion threads” and it honestly didn’t do much to make it worth it. We’re talking just hundreds of clicks, and mostly just the same handful of users creating those clicks.
Doug, really, it’s okay. We can always babble among ourselves. 🙂
Can you build an edit function into the discussion threads for those of us who so often misspeak and need to correct a comment when we are thinking out loud?
https://twitter.com/JayCuda/status/1712550336026784225
Well, that’s just depressing. And somewhat embarrassing.
You can actually extend it out to 28 years and the Reds are still on the bottom row with nothing
You’ll get nothing and like it!
I mean, where else are you going to go to be a baseball fan? – Phil Castellini
Yeah, yay Bob and the ownership group. Success!!!
Yes. I guess we picked a bad century to be a reds fan. Don’t worry there is always next century
LOL
And the White Sox won it all in 2005, just 18 years ago.
Cincinnati deserves playoff baseball? Right, and new team ownership, new front office personnel, and new field managers. And guess what, fans aren’t likely to get any of that. If the Bell extension and the Krall/Meador promotions, during the season, doesn’t tell fans the organization’s priorities, we aren’t paying attention.
David Bell is schizophrenic. He has only two speeds: lethargic, and manic outbursts that get him tossed.
Jeez you goobers are in good spirits on this fine sunny Sunday morning. Did someone pee in your fruit loops?
Just imagine the mood if the team would have lost 100 games….