All right, I realize that Dusty Baker has been dealt some bad cards, but Dusty is not helping himself any, nor is Walt Jocketty or Bob Castellini. Yesterday the Cincinnati Reds had a line up that was worth 5.7 million dollars and they looked every penny of it. Here's a clue for Dusty, you can not put out a line up where the starting pitcher has a higher batting average than 3 of your God damn starting players!
Drew "the Dumb ass" Sutton is batting second with a mighty .167 average! Why this no good is allowed to profane a Cincinnati Reds uniform any longer is freaking beyond me! Adam Rosales, I am sorry folks who love his hustle, is not going to make it. He is batting a mighty .209 and is the freaking Titanic at 3rd base. Frankly he is Edwin Encarnacion without Edwin’s home runs. Paul Janish is a great defensive shortstop, but is an offensive liability, and part of this weekend Dusty persisted in catching the God awful Craig Tatum who is batting .121, for the love of Christ!
Frankly, it’s going to get worse before it gets better. The Reds are carrying 12 pitchers and that is unheard of even in today’s game. The Reds 2 high priced pitchers Bronson Arroyo and Aaron Harang have cleared waivers. I expect both to be gone by the first of September. I also would not rule out a trade of Coco Cordero and Arthur Rhodes.
So what will the Reds look like? It’s pretty freaking grim! Johnny Cueto needs a blow. He needs to go back to throwing his change up more, his slider less. Homer Bailey and Justin Lehr are your next 2 starters with Micah Owings coming back off the disabled list. This means that you bring up Matt Maloney, Daryl Thompson, or Ramon Ramirez maybe all three.
My best instinct tells me that the Reds should keep Rhodes and Cordero, but Harang and Arroyo will go. It is going to be a long rest of the season, bring on the Bengals!
Big D
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