Blog Red Machine » 2011 » December http://blogredmachine.com A Cincinnati Reds Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 16 May 2012 22:11:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 One Fan’s Resolve Concerning the Cincinnati Reds http://blogredmachine.com/2011/12/31/one-fans-resolve-concerning-the-cincinnati-reds/ http://blogredmachine.com/2011/12/31/one-fans-resolve-concerning-the-cincinnati-reds/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:10:19 +0000 John Heitz http://blogredmachine.com/?p=7551 It is 5 hours till midnight on the New Years Eve 2011.  A disappointing year is complete and bright possibilities are on the horizon.  The hardest thing in life for me at least is to apply patience to each equation.  I resolve not to complain about as many small things and focus both praise and criticism on the big picture.  The keys for the Reds in 2012 can be broken into two categories:  Preseason and Season.  Join with me in taking a look at both!

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]]> http://blogredmachine.com/2011/12/31/one-fans-resolve-concerning-the-cincinnati-reds/feed/ 4 Looking to 2012: Reviewing the Starters http://blogredmachine.com/2011/12/31/looking-to-2012-reviewing-the-starters/ http://blogredmachine.com/2011/12/31/looking-to-2012-reviewing-the-starters/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:50:43 +0000 Steve Engbloom http://blogredmachine.com/?p=7550 Over the past few days, I’ve been looking over the Bill James projections for the Reds starters. Let’s take a moment at look at those projections…

W L ERA WHIP
Cueto 11 11 3.77 1.26
Latos 15 9 2.99 1.13
Arroyo 11 12 4.00 1.26
Leake 9 10 4.04 1.29
Bailey 9 10 3.96 1.33
TOTAL 55 52 3.73 1.25
2011 50 55 4.47 1.39

You will notice I put the totals from Reds starters for last season in the table as well.

A few things do pop out at you.
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A second time on the DL did not provide the same success as the first. Bailey was racking up numbers through his first five games that he frankly couldn’t consistently duplicate. He did have some good outings, but there was a little something amiss.

And there are two things to consider as we look at Homer and what might be for 2012.
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