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Cincinnati Reds 2019 season (Black Hole)

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Nick Senzel exits Reds game with sprained ankle
Doug Gray

07/07/2019


In the top of the first inning Nick Senzel raced into the right-center field gap and leapt at the wall to try and make a catch. He didn’t quite get to the ball, and worse, his cleat got caught in the wall for a second. After the play the trainer and manager David Bell came out to check on him and after some discussion, he remained in the game.

In the bottom of the first, Nick Senzel led the inning off with a walk. He ran the bases that inning. When the second inning of the game got going, though, Senzel didn’t take the field and was replaced in the lineup.

Later in the game it was announced that he has a sprained right ankle. It was the same ankle that he had sprained in spring training that kept him out of games for the first month of the season. However, manager David Bell noted after the game that the sprain was in a different part of the ankle than his previous injury.





If there’s ever a good time to have an injury that may not take long to recover from, right before the All-Star break is it. As Reds manager David Bell notes in the interview after the game, he is hoping to have Nick Senzel back when the break is over. Noting that “it’s not nearly as bad” as the one he had in the spring.

For Nick Senzel, his lone plate appearance on the day was a walk. He ends the first half of the season having played in 55 games for the Reds. He’s hitting .263/.325/.455 with 13 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs, and 8 steals at the break.



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Jaxbuck said:
Start saving money for the flowers

He's a dead man
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He couldn't be so lucky. He'll be healthy enough to play (for the Reds), but damaged enough to never play well again. Unless he gets lucky and gets traded for a dirty t-shirt and a box of tampons. Then he'll be an Allstar.
 
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This year, with runners on base, Votto is only delivering an RBI about 9% of the time, which is way below the MLB average. Not sure, but I think the MLB average is between 14-15%. Up until this year, JV was averaging 16%. Here are the RBI averages for 2019 (I have rounded them up or down) for the other Reds players.
Casali=19%, Senzel= 18%, Farmer=18%, Dietrich=17%, Iglesias=16%, Suarez=15%, Puig=15%, Peraza=12%, Barnhart=12%, Votto=9%, Winker=9%.
 
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brodybuck21 said:
I think the MLB average is between 14-15%.
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brodybuck21 said:
Votto=9%, Winker=9%.
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Cincinnati Reds' Luis Castillo strikes out 2 in MLB All-Star Game, tosses scoreless inning
Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati EnquirerPublished 9:45 p.m. ET July 9, 2019 | Updated 12:22 a.m. ET July 10, 2019

CLEVELAND – Luis Castillo didn’t feel any nervousness when he made his Major League debut during the 2016 season and he said he was calm when he made his first Opening Day start in March.

Why would the All-Star Game be any different?

Castillo was smiling and pointing at teammates as he warmed up for the bottom of the fourth inning in the American League's eventual 4-3 win. Once the spotlight was on him, he was electric. He struck out Indians first baseman Carlos Santana and Boston Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez with a mix of 98-mph fastballs and 88-mph changeups. He broke into a smile after striking out Martinez.

"He throws a (bleeping) good changeup," Martinez said. "Thing was coming off and it looked just like his heater. It just went ... gone."

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Jul 9, 2019; Cleveland, OH, USA; National League pitcher Luis Castillo (58) of the Cincinnati Reds throws against the American League during the fourth inning in the 2019 MLB All Star Game at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports (Photo: Ken Blaze, Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports)


Castillo fell behind in a 3-0 count to Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, but again, he had no problem keeping his composure. He threw a 97-mph fastball for a called strike. Bregman swung and missed on a 98-mph fastball. In a full count, Castillo induced a groundout to end his 1-2-3 inning.

After Bregman's groundout, Castillo ran into the dugout where he was high-fived by his All-Star teammates. He threw 15 pitches and 9 strikes.

"Obviously felt great," Castillo said through an interpreter. "I think everyone comes out with the mentality to absolutely throw their best stuff out there. I was just happy trying to throw my best pitches and God-willing, I was able to strike out those two guys. You just try to go out there and be competitive."

National League manager Dave Roberts, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was mic’d up on the FOX broadcast during the inning and told announcers, Joe Buck and John Smoltz, that Castillo reminded him Pedro Martinez. Pedro was Castillo’s childhood hero.

"Anytime you're ever compared to a legend like that, like Pedro, it's amazing," Castillo said. "It's great."

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...IezQkafoPUpViCoLPIfFt1IeqYqP9EVtKjPQBcCHjl3yg
 
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