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Hoosier_Vol said:
38 pitchers have appeared in a game for the Reds....
23 have recorded a win
17 have started
9 have recorded a save
Connor Phillips became the Reds 63rd player overall.....The club record is 66 in 2022.
Phillips became the 16th Reds player to make his Major League debut this season, the most of any team in the majors...
Phillips became the 23rd rookie to play in at least 1 game for the Reds, the most of any team in the Major Leagues and tied for fourth-most in club history (26 in 1909, 25 in 2016, 24 in 1914 & 2017, 23 in 2022)...courtesy Elias Sports.
Phillips is 1 of 6 Reds pitchers this season to make his Major League debut as a starter (RHP Levi Stoudt, LHP Brandon Williamson, LHP Andrew Abbott, RHP Carson Spiers).
Reds rookies have combined for 54 HR (Spencer Steer 20, Matt McLain 16, Elly De La Cruz 11, Christian Encarnacion-Strand 6, Noelvi Marte 1)...tying the franchise record for home runs in a season by rookies is 54 in 2008 (Joey Votto 24, Jay Bruce 21, Chris Dickerson 6, Ryan Hanigan 2, Paul Janish 1).
The Reds are the first team in Major League history with 3 rookies, in a single season, with at least 10 HR & 10 stolen bases each (Elly De La Cruz, Matt McLain, Spencer Steer).
Opening Day rosters
Double-A: Andrew Abbott, Connor Phillips, Carson Spiers, Noelvi Marte
Low-A: Lyon Richardson
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De La Cruz reminds me of Yasiel Puig with his emotions on the field... Both have cannons for arms , Cruz seems to have more speed, the power numbers about the same... Am I in the ballpark on comparison???
 
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VolPack22 said:
www.espn.com

Dodgers mull options amid Urías uncertain future

Andrew Friedman called Julio Urías' arrest on felony domestic violence charges "extremely disappointing" and said the Dodgers are considering multiple options for their pitching staff.
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He has ruined his time with Dodgers even if he gets out of this charge they will not resign him... Remember they wouldn't touch Bauer and paid him so much of his contract to leave....
 
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knoxvol52 said:
De La Cruz reminds me of Yasiel Puig with his emotions on the field... Both have cannons for arms , Cruz seems to have more speed, the power numbers about the same... Am I in the ballpark on comparison???
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Honestly I've never heard him compared to Puig before! Your right on the arms, I think Elly is much faster than Yasiel, Elly has Billy Hamilton like speed! The power is a interesting comparision.....we really haven't seen the power from Elly like everyone expected yet....his problem is since the All Star break he has pretty much swung at EVERYTHING! Couple weeks ago Jeff Brantley who does the Reds radio said pitchers could bounce it up to the plate on 5 bounces and Elly would swing lol.....He's gotten much better the past few weeks at taking pitches and actually drawing walks. The potential is UNREAL but we'll see......the real stud in my opinion of this amazing rookie bunch is Matt McClain....he should have been this years ROTY of but the injury kills any chance of that....
 
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knoxvol52 said:
De La Cruz reminds me of Yasiel Puig with his emotions on the field... Both have cannons for arms , Cruz seems to have more speed, the power numbers about the same... Am I in the ballpark on comparison???
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Offensively, I think he will end up being like a prime Brandon Phillips with a little better power numbers. Right now his strikeout to walk ratio is horrendous (nearly 100 more strikeouts than walks) but that’s to be expected from a rookie. I could see him being a 30 homers, 30 doubles, 30 steals in a season type of guy on an annual basis.
 
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VolPack22 said:
Offensively, I think he will end up being like a prime Brandon Phillips with a little better power numbers. Right now his strikeout to walk ratio is horrendous (nearly 100 more strikeouts than walks) but that’s to be expected from a rookie. I could see him being a 30 homers, 30 doubles, 30 steals in a season type of guy on an annual basis.
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Me and buddy was trying to figure out who his career will most resemble and maybe it's just the #44 but I see a lot of Eric Davis in him. I think he'll be a guy that hits 30-40 homers with at least 50 SB's a season but bat like .240 and be very high in K's
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
Me and buddy was trying to figure out who his career will most resemble and maybe it's just the #44 but I see a lot of Eric Davis in him. I think he'll be a guy that hits 30-40 homers with at least 50 SB's a season but bat like .240 and be very high in K's
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That's a great comparison ED was a free swinger..... His build though reminds me of Vlad Guerrero another free swinger....
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
Me and buddy was trying to figure out who his career will most resemble and maybe it's just the #44 but I see a lot of Eric Davis in him. I think he'll be a guy that hits 30-40 homers with at least 50 SB's a season but bat like .240 and be very high in K's
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Eric Davis is a great player comp.
 
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I think this would be more fitting

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