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That's the opening day lineup, right?

Will probably still beat the Reds major league team

Will probably still beat the Reds major league team

Indeed. We're going to be passing through Cincinnati while on vacation, so I figured we'd stop to see a Reds game. Lower level seats are being sold on Vivid Seats for as little as $10. I guess there's not much interest in watching a team that traded away most of their stars.

Indeed. We're going to be passing through Cincinnati while on vacation, so I figured we'd stop to see a Reds game. Lower level seats are being sold on Vivid Seats for as little as $10. I guess there's not much interest in watching a team that traded away most of their stars.

 

See I'd go watch my team if they were rebuilding and had a direction. They still need to move Bruce and Votto at some point. At least you could watch the young players they traded their stars for and watch them grow.

What did Frazier do wrong?

Every year when Spring Training starts, I say, "Ugh, the season is still 6 weeks away."

 

Then when the last Cactus League game is being played every year, I say, "Man, Spring Training went by fast."

What did Frazier do wrong?

 

What do you mean by this?

 

 

 

Let's fire this s*** up! Just get through today with no injuries boys.

What did Frazier do wrong?

 

Probably nothing. There just aren't enough guys left in major league camp to rest all of the starters.

Probably nothing. There just aren't enough guys left in major league camp to rest all of the starters.

 

Some team, might have been the Padres, had a scout play in a game the other day. I think everyone is ready for the real season to start. Every highlight I've seen has had pretty damn big crowds so I'm sure MLB isn't going to cut down the amount of spring games but we sure as hell don't need this many. Only concern would maybe be getting your starters innings ramped up but certainly they could just use more Milb guys and intrasquad games.

Edited March 30, 201610 yr by chitownsportsfan

This is an MLB Network game so tune in on your big screens .

This is an MLB Network game so tune in on your big screens .

 

And CSN locally. Benetti said they are hoping to have Hahn on the broadcast.

I'll be watching in an hour.

Go figure my first game and it's gona be delayed due to finish of this Red Sox Pirates game

My first Frazier AB

Hahn in the booth on TV right now.

 

Right off of the bat Hahn makes it sounds like they know who the 25th man is already.

 

It was a quick inning, but Hahn did talk about Rollins mentoring Anderson a lot, and how much it will help him.

 

Anderson strikes out on 2 pretty bad strike calls.

Anderson strikes out on 2 pretty bad strike calls.

 

I just shook my head at those calls

 

Some team, might have been the Padres, had a scout play in a game the other day. I think everyone is ready for the real season to start. Every highlight I've seen has had pretty damn big crowds so I'm sure MLB isn't going to cut down the amount of spring games but we sure as hell don't need this many. Only concern would maybe be getting your starters innings ramped up but certainly they could just use more Milb guys and intrasquad games.

FWIW, this gets said every year and I always 100% disagree with this.

 

You're completely right about position players - they could be ready to go by mid-March, probably earlier if they had to given modern training techniques.

 

However, the trick with baseball is the pitching staff. You're just not going to convince me that for most guys shortening ST is a good idea. There is a big difference between working out in the offseason and having an arm conditioned to throw 100 pitches as a starter or to come out and throw as hard as possible for 20 pitches out of the bullpen, and you're not going to get to that point unless you're facing live batters and build up 30-60-100 pitches over a couple starts. Heck, we see enough pitchers who don't get their full velocity until May as starters that I could see some guys benefiting from an even longer throwing program in the preseason. And no, simulated games aren't going to work for most guys, they're not putting the same effort in no matter how they do it.

 

So, pitchers need game action, and they need to be facing live hitters actually trying to hit off them. Rodon had his "dead arm" start last time out, better in late March than on April 10.

Good job on that rundown

Q getting hit hard today so far

That was ugly by Anderson