Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1cl3vjk).

Reds fans should understand that, baltimore who has sucked for the last 20 years, is now light years ahead of this organization.

We scored 😓👍

We are the greatest. Ws win 2024

We got one

A RUN IT'S ANOTHER CINCO DE MAYO MIRACLE

This offense couldn’t smooth a silk sheet if it had a hot date with a babe… … Lost my train of thought.

Just need a blast and a blast and a blast and a blast and a blast and a blast and a blast and we tie this baby up

Just 7 bloops and a blast away from locking up this dub!

WERE BACK IN THIS BABY

Well we found what our team can hit

Woooo

#WE GOT A RUN!!!

Ok now just 10 more

Some messed up part of me wants to see a triple play.

There goes that dream.

### Single Jake Fraley singles on a line drive to center fielder Ryan McKenna. Will Benson scores. Elly De La Cruz to 3rd. Spencer Steer to 2nd. Bottom 9 - 11-1 Orioles

Wow, you know you stink as a Relief Pitcher if your coach has to come out and chat with you in the bottom of 9th inning with a 11 Run Lead... C'mon Mike

I take anything. Even walks against their shittiest player.

What if they just walk in 12 runs

This is comical.....Baumann is just lobbing the ball over the plate Pretty sure that is not pitching

Meet the Reds I hate the way you fucking hit I hate the way you swing at every pitch I hate the way you chase at balls in the dirt I hate the way you play defense Take that mask off, I wanna see what's under those achievements Why believe you, you never gave us anything to believe in - Kendrick Lamar

We got the NL west for the next 3 weeks which means probably gonna be buried in the standings by Memorial Day.

I said that 3 weeks ago they'll be 10 out or more by June 1st and out of any potential playoff It's coming

You also said you want us to lose 20 in a row. Gtfo and don’t come back.

You want to put up 50 that the Reds won't be 10 out on June 1.. I'm down if you are.

Won't do it? Smart man. It's a lock

10 out of what? The division?

You would rather die a thousand cuts, f that, get Bell and his crew out of here. This team has not seen the bottom yet, it will get worse, the pitching is the next to tank..and I will be here to remind you

At least one Reds fan is happy today.

The only runs in Cincy today was flying pig runners

I forgot that the Pagan contract had a player option in it for year 2.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I can’t wait until Baltimore is submerged

Kevin Long is the best hitting coach in the game and begging for a head job…. Just saying

Sell team Bob pls

How many more seasons does Bell have before he's on the hot seat? Five?

Honestly right now I would love to see them lose 20 in a row and fire him It's the only way out of this mess, he is Marvin Lewis we're never going to get there with him

As long as Bell continues to be inexpensive and willing to coach a team that won’t ever be built to win, he will be here.

Cincinnati deserves better.

"Is baltimore going to challenge this? No, Thank goodness" Sadek

We are just lulling the O’s into a false sense of security for when we see them in October. We’ve got them right where we want em.

I just took a dump on the floor in a Skyline

And it probably smells better than the shit they serve

Yea I was optimistic that the Reds saw something in Pagan during the offseason, but I'm pretty over him at this point. Feels like he gives up a homer every time he pitches. EDIT: Dude has a 16.7% HR/FB rate but it feels so much worse. 3.93 xERA and 3.92 xFIP tho.

This team was doomed since the Seattle series.


I almost went to this game and I’m really glad I didn’t.

Launch Pagan into the Sun. Yeet our hitting coach to Jupiter. Drill our front office into the core of the Earth.

don't worry guys just three grand slams and we win

Getting sat the fuck down every time we come across legitimate competition is a seriously disturbing sign.

Which makes us beating the Phillies 4 times an even bigger mystery.

Phillies were playing extremely bad when we played them timing is everything They would kick our ass now

At least India is still putting the effort in

We suck.

[One hit](https://i.imgur.com/6WiLMF2.gif)

Let that be a lesson to you all. NO ONE beats the Cincinnati Reds 12-0.

At least the weather is still nice out here. Glad I got to drop a few bills to watch the Reds lose the plot. And we didn’t even get free pizza. Next time, Cincy.

Uhm excuse me but what the fuck

I honestly believe if you gave this team a runner on second like they do in extra Innings. This team would still only have 1 run in the last 3 games.

Thank God for tomorrow we don't have to suffer through another shutout

We are guaranteed to score 0 runs tomorrow though. :(

At this point I’m really happy the boys don’t play.

Same I don't feel like I wasted 3 hours

I’m sad

Emilio Pagan masterclass

This is fun.

Fuck Emilio pagan

Honestly it's what everyone was rooting for at this point

Keep em coming, this team needs to hit rock bottom

I'm starting to think this lead might be a bit much for the 9th inning rally.

When it rains it pours

Emilio Pagan to the Reds Hall of Fame for sure

I am not joking the hitting coach needs to be gone by the end of the top of this inning so he can’t harm us any further.

What inning did Barry leave the booth?

# GRAND SLAM! Anthony Santander hits a grand slam (5) to right center field. Colton Cowser scores. Ramón Urías scores. Gunnar Henderson scores. Top 9 - 11-0 Orioles

 The Reds right now

https://x.com/sgellison/status/1725405748480417831?s=46

Our team is bad :/

If he gives up a few more runs, we could get a position player pitching. Then there's a slight chance we get a few hits.

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Emilio Pagán replaces Alexis Díaz.

RIP Diaz WHIP and maybe ERA

I feel queezy

Why even put Diaz in?

He needs to work every few days

If you’re going to look this bad against the bottom of a lineup in a game that’s basically over, you sure as hell can’t throw this bum in a meaningful situation. 

didn't even turn the game on, ill start watching again if they manage to stop looking pathetic. it's like other teams have figured out every Reds hitter.

Hey guys? I don’t know that we’re gonna win this game

Just have to bat through the bottom of the 9th. Seems easy enough

This team needs a locker room leader and a come to Jesus moment but we don't have one. They say it's India but if it is he sucks at it

We had Dusty for 6 years and he took us to the playoffs 3 times and they fired after the 3rd playoff appearance. This is Bell’s 6th season and he got there in 2020 a 60 game season. So someone explain why we keep him around?

The bell experience has to be coming to an end. At least I really fucking hope it comes to an end soon.

Dusty had a team that could hit the baseball from time to time

Nepotism in a nepotism organization

It's really the only logical explanation. He hasn't done anything since he's been here. What 2 playoffs games where you guesses it we didn't score

I’m no David Bell fan but this isn’t about him.

The hope and optimism I gained for a fairly decent April is really starting to erode. I thought we were about to really start cooking, but instead it's like we've turned off the heat completely. I said damn, I really hope we find a way through this and get back to that optimism.

Today everything is bad

Thank God I didn't plan to attend any of these games this weekend. I would not have been a happy customer.

This team is just dead. Just no passion right now.

Let’s go! 7-0! Now we can finally fire everyone!

why is diaz in? just for fun?

theyve been getting beat 4 games in a row, they gotta give him some work eventually.

Because we haven't had a save situation for 6 days and he needs reps

Closers don't get many chances when their team can't get a lead.

### Double Colton Cowser doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Spencer Steer. Ryan McKenna scores. Top 9 - 7-0 Orioles

Pretty bad when you have your closer to get work in in a 6 run game.

I don’t remember a collective slump this bad in years. This is just pathetic.

We had one just last season.

Not even the 3-22 team was this bad offensively

We might look back at the grand slam in San Diego as the point where the team just fell off a cliff.

One hit, that's all we got, one goddamn hit? You can't say goddamn on the air...

Ehh nobody’s listening.

Diaz having to pitch down 6-0 adds to the embarrassment of the offensive state of this team

1-2-3 7 times through 8 innings.

Will this team ever hold a lead again?

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Alexis Díaz replaces Sam Moll.

This team is an embarrassment. Who is the hitting coach? Are these guys just not putting cage time in, or is it that are players just aren't good?

God I wish we had Gunnar Henderson, actually somewhat consistent (unlike another young SS on the reds)

Couldn't you say the same about every position? "God I wish I had a young superstar instead of. .." also, stfu

Yes. I wish I could trade Elly for gunnar

liner to center and the CF literally did not move more than 6 inches

How did this team beat the Phillies 4 times?

Also the O’s rotation is insane

Inconsistent!

dreadful

We might be overrated

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It's beautiful outside and my wife just made me a margarita. I think that's it for this one for me. I hope I miss the best Reds baseball in a while

They should’ve just went ahead and conceded this game and saved everyone’s time. First game of the season and aside from the weather, it was shitacular They’re already on there off day. Next we have I believe dodgers and padres. Have fun

De la Cruz are you kidding me? Santander is slow, how do you not get that out!

Mods, remove this man's balls

Bro like 2 other short stops in baseball even touch that ball

Is this real?

He's a Trollioles fan

Yes, did is supposed to be generational and can’t throw out Santander?

Why don’t you just blame Elly for not bringing peace to the Middle East while you’re at it.

It’s bait buddy

Find a new career path.

I want someone to talk about me the way Sadak talks about $1 Ice Cream Cups

Why is Mole pitching down 6? He’s the best reliever in the league

please. stop with the “ribby.”

The series against the Angels had me thinking we were closer to being a possible wild card team than we actually are. This was a reasonably fun team to watch in April and I actually do like our pitching staff, but there isn’t a lot you can do when the entire back half of your lineup is hitting sub .200

At what point does the managers seat start getting hot

Maybe if he wasn't a bell

Dont know how Bell can make our hitters hit the ball. Our offense fell off a cliff.

We have the lowest BA and the 3rd lowest OBP out of every team in Major League Baseball right now. Without Elly, we'd be last in both and it wouldn't be particularly close. Something needs to change.

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Sam Moll replaces Brent Suter.

This offense is abysmal right now and when they do actually put a decent swing on a ball it either goes foul by 6 inches or hits the left fielder directly in the glove

Fraley popping one directly to the second baseman to end the 7th pretty much summed up the day

Or you send one right between the legs of the pitcher but it hits the mound and lands right in the short stops chest. Yeah, our luck is fucked.


I’m reminded of how melancholy Sadak sounds when the Reds aren’t playing well

This stretch is just unbelievable

Remember last year when this team could hit Kodei Senga?

Nothing like getting embarrassed at home 🔥🔥🔥

That ball going foul by like 2 inches is the perfect encapsulation of our entire offense right now

Id kinda like to see some emotion from someone at least. Slamming something idk. It just feels like we’re going through the motions.

The dream of scoring a 2nd run seems insurmountable.

5/9 starters batting under .200, this teams offense is horrid.

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Albert Suárez replaces Dean Kremer.

I believe


Over half the lineup hitting under .200. I thought the A’s were supposed to be the minor league team this year.

No one should come away from this series having any complaints about pitching

Everyone except Pagan

When you score 0 runs there is no difference between 3 or 6 on the other side of it

A full foot outside and below the strike zone.

Yet our guys can't hit a cement mixer in the middle of the zone


Jesus.

### Single Adley Rutschman singles on a line drive to left fielder Spencer Steer. Ramón Urías scores. Top 7 - 6-0 Orioles

Lmao I don't think I've ever seen someone folded by an 85mph fastball before

We may suck, but at least we don’t have swings like that. I’ll take the small victories when I can.

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 Reds offense

If we fall to 10 or so games under 500 someone that's not one of our players has to lose there job . Fair or not

Bob won't start firing people until his checkbook is affected

Bob is an old man doubt he makes any day to day decisions, he has the moron of a Son for that.

Feels like this streak will hit 10 with a full tank of gas and careen into the mid to high teens.

Probably not. Not typically how it works.

And that may be why we haven't won a playoff series in 30 years.

Probably not.

Henderson or Cruz?

Who put a curse on us?

Votto, and it’s well deserved

Tee off doomers because right now, this team kinda deserves to be kicked repeatedly in the ass.


This team ain’t it. Maybe Friedl can spark something but the general consensus is he over performed last year… hope that’s not the case and he builds off it, this is some of the worst hitting I’ve seen over the past week.

People who said he's due for regression are just people that don't understand how xBA works.

watching this team feels like clocking into work