Modern Baseball Archives

You’ll Find the Cardinal Way in the Owner’s Box | Steve Mancuso

09/03/2018

Saturday, John Fay published an important columnÃ‚Â about Jim RigglemanÃ‚Â for the Cincinnati Enquirer. I'm going to bracket off what might be the most discouraging part: Fay's reporting on a meeting that Re... Read More...

Pitching Revolution and the Reds | Steve Mancuso

Steve Mancuso

06/29/2018

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No aspect of baseball through its history has changed more than pitching. Underhand to overhand. Soft toss to max velocity. Adding a mound and rubber. The introduction of players who were pitching specialists. ... Read More...

Dick Williams and Barry Larkin

Steve Mancuso

01/19/2018

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Summer of 2015 I wrote a post (Culture of Narrowness) about how nepotism and insider-bias hiring practices and player evaluation were producing serial failure for the Reds. That article was prompted by aÃ‚Â rep... Read More...

We’ve got Lorenzen for that

Steve Mancuso

07/20/2017

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"Filling a current need." Bryan Price was asked before today's game if Michael Lorenzen might be used as a starting pitcher. That's an idea long advocated by many here at Redleg Nation. Lorenzen himself says... Read More...

Evidence of Early Eugenio Excellence

Patrick Jeter

04/17/2017

12

As we have all observed, Eugenio Suarez is having a nice start to the 2017 season.Ã‚Â As of this writing Suarez is carrying a 200 wRC+ (good for 6th in the NL) and has accumulated 0.8 fWAR/0.9 bWAR in only 46 ... Read More...

How Optimal is Price’s Lineup?

Patrick Jeter

04/04/2017

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We usually toss around platitudes like "It doesn't matter that much" when discussing lineup construction.Ã‚Â On an almost daily basis during baseball season, many of us (myself firmly included) find nits to pi... Read More...

The loser now will be later to win

Steve Mancuso

03/14/2017

Dick Williams gave aÃ‚Â lengthy and eye-opening interview to David Laurila, published at FanGraphs yesterday. Williams talked about improvements the Reds are making based on a top-to-bottom review of the organi... Read More...

A glimmer of hope from the Reds front office

Steve Mancuso

01/10/2017

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Last week, the Reds reached a one-year agreement with reliever Drew Storen. The club will pay the 29-year-old pitcher $3 million, an additional $1.5 million in performance bonuses and $500,000 if he's traded. T... Read More...

Walks are Refundable

Patrick Jeter

11/01/2016

The purpose of this article is two-fold.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â First, weÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll quickly look and see how much it costs teams, on average, to let a guy reach Super Two status.Ã‚Â For an explanation of Super Two, you can g... Read More...

Hey batter, batter, batter …

Steve Mancuso

07/22/2016

Maybe we understood the benefits of plate discipline back in Little League and just didn't know it. Cameron Frye got it. That time-honored tauntÃ‚Â encouraged the opposing batter to swing. No one ever shouted: ... Read More...

Please stop using batting average

Nick Kirby

05/12/2016

Back in 2013, Brian Kenny of the MLB Network began a campaign called "Kill the Win."Ã‚Â The point of Kenny's campaign was to help baseball fans, broadcasters, and writers understand that wins and losses are a b... Read More...

Backward to the future

Steve Mancuso

10/22/2015

The Reds have been a bad, bad team for large chunks of the past two seasons. They finished with the second-worst record in baseball this year. Injuries indeed played a substantial role. That factor exone... Read More...