Where's the Runs?

It has been a while since we have posted, why not come back with an exciting post about why our Cincinnati Reds are not scoring any runs....

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Taking a look at the Reds team stats can be brutal, they currently rank a horrendous 28th out of 30th in Runs scored. As a team they are batting .244 which puts them 22nd in that category amongst all MLB teams. Combine those stats with the fact that out of 1227 plate appearances the Reds have had this year, they have struck out 270 times (for those not great at Math that would equal 22% of at bats).

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Through these struggling times, us Reds faithful need to look at the positives that are presented to us. Since Billy Hamilton's rough start he has come on of late raising his batting average to a solid .260, stolen 12 bases and has 3 triples one of the more exciting hits in baseball. He is very young and hopefully with time will be able to improve his avg. and reduce his strikeout ratio. 

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Another feel good story about the Reds this year is the progression of 3B Todd Fraizer. Mr. Big Band Fraizer has been keeping the Reds alive and currently has a 12 game hitting streak going into tonights matchup against the Padres. Todd is batting .265, leads the team with 7 home runs and has 21 RBI's this year. Projections are just... well projections, but Todd is on pace to finish the year batting .265 hitting 30 HR's and knocking in 90. Pretty solid numbers and definitely an improvement from last year.

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With every positive though comes the negatives and boy do the Reds seem to have a lot of those on offense. Lets start with our 1B Votto, now we assume he is going to finish with strong numbers as he has done every year but to be making 12 million this year and putting up .262 avg. not horrible but 6 HR's and a measly 12 RBI's, you have got to start being the Clutch Votto we are used too. Then there is the SS problem, and boy is that a major problem. If only our lineup was good enough to where this could just be a defensive position and not needed to hit well in the lineup. Cozart is having a horrible start to the 2014 season and he just looks terrible when he is at the plate. He is currently batting a horrible .190, he has 1 HR and has batted in just 9 runs. I would say his time is limited but we have no quick solution to SS. No prospects, the only way to solve this is through trades. 

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Then you have the Left Field conundrum, who to start? Is Heisey an everyday starter? Why is Bernadina still on the MLB roster? Who is Ryan Ludwick, is that same Ludwick that was good during the early 2000's? I am not trying to put the team down, but there definitely needs to be some moves soon or the Reds are looking at a sub par season. How great our pitching has been it's time for the Bats to do some backing up. Lets go Redlegs pull it together and lets start our first Hot streak of 2014!

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