Hit-n-Run
Go Reds!!!
You would think it's impossible for the team with the lowest ERA to be in last place nearly 1/4 into the season. Usually the teams with the best ERA's make the playoffs. This team is on pace to lose 96 games.
Sonny Gray is trending towards the guy New York fans remember. He has a 5+ ERA his last 5 starts. Sal Romano could have given them that for a lot less.
Some individual struggling hitters can be reasonably explained. Votto's age and back. Kemp injury history and past prime age. A few guys like Schebler and Barnhart that exceeded expectations early on, but were never projected to hit much in the Majors. But how do you explain nearly the entire team struggling?
Sonny Gray is trending towards the guy New York fans remember. He has a 5+ ERA his last 5 starts. Sal Romano could have given them that for a lot less.
Some individual struggling hitters can be reasonably explained. Votto's age and back. Kemp injury history and past prime age. A few guys like Schebler and Barnhart that exceeded expectations early on, but were never projected to hit much in the Majors. But how do you explain nearly the entire team struggling?