Thad Bosley

I kinda sorta thought that was the whole point of having a bench coach.

A walk to Grandal. What new!

Probably all of the Reds fans out there.

Way to come back and avoid the dreaded lead-off walk!

Key at bat by Jose.

14 ground ball outs for Keuchel through six innings. Vintage.

Nicky Two Strikes!

Day baseball and a pitchers’s duel. Old school!

Beautiful stab by Jose for the second out.

Quality.

Sigh...and before I saw how long Robert will be out. Changes everything for this season. Still not a fan of trading our elite prospects, but this is a season we need to compete in, so now with the news on Robert and Engel, who knows what will need to be done.

So we’ve moved from an off-season of crazy trade ideas for Kopech, Vaughn, and Madrigal to ones now of Eloy and Crochet. Aye caromba! What’s wrong with you people! Always wanting to jettison our prime, elite young talent. Stop! just take a breath and look where we are at. Yes, we lost Eloy, but for the moment, Yermin is filling the void he left. Robert is out for however long he’ll be out, but you replace one elite part of his game, his defense, with the return of Engel. If Engel can continue showing he’s at least average offensively, then why the need to go and trade a top prospect either for a rental (like Bryant) or some tier two level outfielders like the many suggested in this thread. Whats more important than anything for our team (and it was true even before the Robert injury) is for Jose, Yasmani, and Yoan to provide the level of offense expected from each. If and when we get those three going, and combine that with what we are already seeing with TA, Mercedes, Nicky, and an improving Vaughn, we should have plenty of offense to win this division. Heck, we are already at the top of the league in offense even with those three scuffling so far. Imagine what happens when they start to return to their norms! So a big HARD PASS on knee-jerk reactions to Robert’s injury by trading away any of our premium prospects or talent. The challenges in front of the team can be solved internally with our own guys. Revisit it again at the trade deadline if need be, but for now, dance with the ones who brung you!

LaRussa had a chance to reward Vaughn for his progress of late, and took a pass on it. Not sure I see the wisdom in that.

They got us right where we want them!

So he’s through? No chance to come back and be the productive player they thought he’d be?

Keep those grounders comin’, Keuchel!

Sign me up! ?

This game is a good test for our young team. Rebuild teams don’t come back and win this game, but good teams can and often do. It’s what differentiates the two

Ultimately I think that’s going to happen.

Games aren’t over at least until the 9th, or the 7th in doubleheader’s now. So relax and enjoy a possible, exciting comeback.

I love Nicky Two Strikes!

Part of the learning curve. He’ll be fine. He’ll make the adjustment. The good ones always do.

Great post!

With Boras as his agent and Reinsdorf as our owner, I wouldn’t count on it.

Bravo! ?