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From: Shawn on 20 May 2010 16:00 time to make a trade for a bullpen arm. we have plenty of young talent in the minors to deal. and are bullpen has cost the reds to many games this season. it is a glaring weakness that needs to be addressed.
From: john smith on 20 May 2010 16:49 I would agree they need a closer. He has been very very shaky, even when he gets the save. This isn't a knee jerk reaction either. I lobbied last year for them to get rid of Harang and Cordero and I said keep Arroyo. Rhodes has been the only lights out guy all year down there and he is very old. You start overusing him and that is only going to bring his performance down as well.
From: tom dunne on 20 May 2010 17:00 On May 20, 4:49 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > I would agree they need a closer. He has been very very shaky, even when > he gets the save. This isn't a knee jerk reaction either. I lobbied last > year for them to get rid of Harang and Cordero and I said keep Arroyo. > Rhodes has been the only lights out guy all year down there and he is > very old. You start overusing him and that is only going to bring his > performance down as well. Cordero is SECOND IN THE LEAGUE in saves. If Laynce Nix isn't out there playing volleyball with the bases loaded, he saves today's game. This bullpen is shaky because Nick Masset is pitching horribly and innings are going to guys like Ondrusek and Fisher. Cordero is not the problem.
From: john smith on 20 May 2010 17:37 I disagree, I believe the ball was going to leave the ball park regardless. Nix leaped at the last second and I believe the ball would have been at the very least off the top of the wall, if not gone altogether. Save stats are very nice but when you come out and constantly put runners on base every time you go out there, it's not a good sign. Today he just gave up the homerun. Cordero may not be the only problem but he definitely is a problem. The bullpen besides Rhodes has been nothing to write home about. I think Mr.Masset has been very good in the last 3 weeks except for the hit last night and the walk today. His ERA might not show it but he was pitching well. The Braves broadcasters remarked that the Reds people had told them, Rhodes and Massett have been very good during the recent upsurge and Cordero had been so so at best. So somebody besides me can see how Mr. Cordero has been performing lately....
From: tom dunne on 20 May 2010 17:45
On May 20, 5:37 pm, eddyg...(a)msn.com (john smith) wrote: > I disagree, I believe the ball was going to leave the ball park > regardless. Nix leaped at the last second and I believe the ball would > have been at the very least off the top of the wall, if not gone > altogether. "Laynce Nix thought he had it. The ball hit in his glove. The batter, Brooks Conrad, had turned to go back in the dugout. But the ball bounced out of Nixs glove and into the seats for a walk-off grand slam." http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/05/20/nix-thought-he-had-it/ |