The Cincinnati Reds

Now, let's avoid losing two straight to the Cards.

Can't wait til other guys in the lineup start hitting, but dammit, I'll take it. Hoover has been impressive in two outings so far, Chappy is just unreal, and Votto looks like Votto again.

With that said, **** Kevin Gregg and Manny Parra.

 

Oh, and Billy by God Hamilton is a gamechanger

 

Having Jumbo Diaz on your major league roster is an abject disgrace.

 

I thought it would be impossible not to upgrade from Dusty Baker. The Reds somehow managed to find a manager just as awful.

 

I don't think it would be possible for me to be more sick of Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce. Also, there's a [dadgum] reason Marlon Byrd has played for 50 different teams. The Reds are nothing more than a filler franchise now. Might as well be Tampa or Houston.

 

What are you guys expecting from him this year? He's on my fantasy team so i hope i made a good decision.

 

Keep running Fatass Diaz out there. Keep blowing games.

 

Walt Jocketty should be banned from baseball for life for assembling a bullpen where Fatass Diaz and Kevin Gregg are the first two options for the eighth inning.

 

No joke. Its unbelievable.

I am still impressed with Hoover though, he appears to have done a complete 180 from last year

 

There is no damn way that Lorenzen and Howard aren't already better options than Gregg and Diaz

 

Also, any lefthanded reliever in the system who couldn't beat out Manny Para should be released immediately. I'm already looking ahead to what we can get from the Red Sox for Cueto and the Tigers for Chapman.

 

And manny Parra comes in to finish the job

 

I'm realistic enough to realize a team in a market like Cincinnati isn't going to be in contention every year. They were the best team in baseball in '12 and let it get away. It's obviously time to retool and go into building mode. That doesn't excuse subjecting fans to a bunch of shitty journeymen out of the bullpen constantly.

 

For the 25th anniversary bobblehead promotion a week from Saturday the Nasty Boys should come onto the field and beat Gregg, Diaz, Parra, and Badenhop with bats.

 

I am worried we paid 103930209 dollars to a guy with a dead arm.

 

Agreed on the first three. I think Badenhop has been fine outside of his first appearance. Hell, he gets the job done last night if the infield is at double play depth

 

Ha, even Dusty used Chapman before the 9th inning, sometimes for more than one inning at a time.

Dusty Baker > Bryan Price.


Seriously, **** you, Bryan Price

 

Which burned out former Cardinals play for the Tigers and the Red Sox?

 

I'm shocked Jocketty didn't sign Edmonds in the offseason to play left.

 

DeSclafani isn't half bad