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franklin said:
Agreed on the injury.. Pointed to it earlier.

Why Votto though? The early start?



Lol that fan at .53
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I think winning will come into the decision. I don't like to say that, but I think it will. You have a good team in the Reds whose MVP is arguably Choo or Votto. I don't think we are even seeing Votto at his best right now and he still has an OPS of .934. That's with his SLG% 50 points below his career average. They also say that 28-32 or 33 are your peak years as a player. Votto is currently 29. I think by the end of the year his stats will be even better and he will put himself in the discussion. I am not saying he wins it. I don't know who wins it right now. A lot of guys can make an argument for themselves.
 
Oh and I hate the Reds being a Cub fan, but I must admit that if you ever get a chance to hear Votto talking about hitting or his approach, I think you will be very interested to hear what he has to say.
 
The Rockies have a tough series to close out the season. The Dodgers are on fire right now.
 
I averaged ERA for the top 4 starting pitchers from COL and LAD, without weighting for # of starts, and they're 3.347 and 3.283 respectively. I'm surprised the Rockies quietly put together a competent group of starters. Now if we could just get the bullpen back to Dodger's level... and add a Fife fifth rotation spot.
 
The Dodgers' bullpen was a reason they were spiraling until Puig saved them. Replacing League as the closer is Mattingly's best move so far. League was a disaster as a closer. Jansen is no sure thing but he's been effective.
 
Kinda funny how you can rack up saves by blowing big leads but still getting that last out. I can tell from League's stat line that he made you bite your nails a lot.

Back in 2009, the Rockies announcers went on and on about how Huston Street was the best closer in the game because his saves led the league all season, even though he was giving up tons of hits and getting lucky over and over on that last out with 2-3 men on. Then the playoffs came and Jim Tracy did nothing as he pitched the Rockies out of the last two games. Those were two happy days when the Rockies traded Street and fired Tracy.

You might relate to the Tracy hate.
 
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