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Actually not really it wasn't. At least not when it counted. As I pointed out all season long while the Reds hit 217 home runs, second most in the NL, they hit only .244 with runners in scoring position, and only .209 with two outs. Last I checked that was worst in the Majors. They stayed in contention only because St. Louis allowed them too.
In other news:
• Four players in the Reds minor-league organization have joined pitcher Joe Mays and catcher Dane Sardinha as free agents. Filing for free agency were pitcher Sun-Woo Kim, outfielder Dewayne Wise, outfielder Andy Abad and pitcher Chris Michalak. All were outrighted off the Reds' 40-man roster after the season.
MJ
----- Original Message -----From: AlanSent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:14 AMSubject: Re: Was it the trade?.
__,_._,_...no doubt the trade of kearns and lopez diminished the reds'
offense...but in reality two things should be noted...first, the
reds' offense was still pretty good until their swoon in
september...and outside of aurilia, that affected everyone...had they
simply hit as normal, the fall-off would have been much less severe,
so what i'm saying is that kearns and lopez not being there didn't
account for the whole disparity...and second, though bray and
majewski didn't show up really well at first, if you'll check those
last couple of months, while the hitting was going south, the reds'
bullpen was actually very good...and both bray an majewski showed
that they are young pitchers with some good time ahead of them...i
know this trade didn't bring about much up front, but in the long run
i'm betting it will be a very good one for the reds...pitching is the
name of the game, and if these two young guys do their thing, it'll
be a very good trade...hoping so!!
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