Reds March/April 2025 thread

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(04-24-2025, 11:49 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Won't be shocked if Stephenson practices some 1B on his rehab assignment.

Take the greatness of our catchers hitting thus far this year and basically flip it for what we've gotten from 1B...
28th AVG, 28th OBP, 26th SLG, 26th OPS

Yep 1B has been atrocious.
I wonder if Stephenson can be an everyday 1B, and it may help keep him healthy.
I feel like Trevino and Wynns have C going just fine right now.

At least Candelario and Steer can play multiple positions as utility guys (although I hate the thought of highest-paid hitter as a utility/bench player, but he's the worst hitter right now).
I don't think CES has played anywhere but 1B, right?
If so, he seems like he is the one to demote out of the group.
Baseball-ref says he played 9 games at 3B and a couple games in OF back in 2023, but he's been strictly 1B last year and this one.

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(04-24-2025, 12:14 PM)ochocincos Wrote: Yep 1B has been atrocious.
I wonder if Stephenson can be an everyday 1B, and it may help keep him healthy.
I feel like Trevino and Wynns have C going just fine right now.

At least Candelario and Steer can play multiple positions as utility guys (although I hate the thought of highest-paid hitter as a utility/bench player, but he's the worst hitter right now).
I don't think CES has played anywhere but 1B, right?
If so, he seems like he is the one to demote out of the group.
Baseball-ref says he played 9 games at 3B and a couple games in OF back in 2023, but he's been strictly 1B last year and this one.

He was a 3B in college, but I think the way he's hitting you need to keep rolling with Marte at 3B for now (until he tests positive again).

He's also just not hit anywhere near well enough this year or last year for me to really worry a ton about making sure he has a spot in the majors. His time being truly truly atrocious is closing in on matching the same amount of time he was actually good his rookie year. 

I think AAA is calling CES' name when Stephenson returns.

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Phillies, Diamondbacks, Dodgers and Nationals have had some shitty home plate umps in their games.

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Reds bats lively in Colorado, but what's going on with McLain just struggling hard?

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McLain is still making good contact. That's kind of why his struggles don't quite jump out as much. Not sure what the stats show for TODAY, but less than a week ago, I was watching an Angels game and Kyrien(sp?) Paris was hitting and they showed a stat that said only 5 players(Paris) were in the top 90 percentile of hard contact and foot speed. McLain was one of the other players listed.

And I think that Steer is going to be fine . . . the Reds played 29 Spring Training games . . . even if you don't play, you still take batting practice. He had three Spring Training games before being shut down. He was "s'poseda" go on the DL/minor league re-hab but when Stephenson and Hays came up lame just before the season started, Steer took one for the team and more or less said "I can hit, but throwing is where I have a problem." They needed a middle of the lineup hitter BADLY so he went from "See you in 4-6 weeks" to "Can you hit cleanup or 5th after seeing almost no pitches for a month?"

He had three ST games, the Reds have played 26 games. His Spring Training is officially over. What he does from now on is where I'll measure him.