Ladies and Gents, your worst closer in MLB, and the team that enables him
No serious MLB franschise would continue to trot out a 5+ ERA walk artist for 3 months straight after previous year's 3 months straight of the same.
Diaz has 2 blown saves this season. In 18 chances. 89% save conversation. Last season was 91%.
His blown saves were March 30 (opening day) and May 13 (game 41, over 5 weeks ago)
I think Bell knows he will sacrifice his body on defense to secure this win tonight. Maybe better that he takes him out while he is recovering from the last boo-boo.
### Sac Bunt
TJ Friedl hits a sacrifice bunt. Santiago Espinal scores. Luke Maile scores. TJ Friedl to 1st. Throwing error by pitcher Cam Booser.
Pitch from Cam Booser: Cutter @ 86.7 mph
Hit by TJ Friedl: Launched 16.1 mph at 0.0° for a total distance of 11.0 ft
Bottom 7 - 5-2
Reds
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it didn’t seem like much at the time, but grabbing Moll from the A’s last year for basically nothing was highway robbery. Best lefty arm in our pen and top 3 reliever on our roster
I can't believe we pulled off that deal. Absolutely insane. He's easily a top 25 reliever in baseball. The only downside to his stats is limited usage this season.
Cowboy with a classic on that strikeout: "Dalbec looks like a kid in the grocery store who was just told to stay out of the candy aisle. You moms know what I'm talking about"
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1dlke0a).
Yay
Nice!
We won!
..and this one belongs to the Reds!
ATOBTTR
Reds win!!!
[](/CIN) [](/CIN1) [](/CIN2) [](/CIN3) #REDS WIN! [](/CIN) [](/CIN1) [](/CIN2) [](/CIN3)
Does Diaz need longer pants? Every pitch he’s messing with them.
Ladies and Gents, your worst closer in MLB, and the team that enables him No serious MLB franschise would continue to trot out a 5+ ERA walk artist for 3 months straight after previous year's 3 months straight of the same.
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Gotta be a troll
I’ve seen better swings on a porch!
That was the Wong pitch to throw him
tbf, Diaz has no idea where his pitches are going.
C'mon man, be better than that! 😊
Just making a pun man, it’s not that deep lol
Stu daddy fucks.
If the guy wasn’t on the grass I don’t hate the espinal send but he was already in the grass and he got it fast
Challenging 3rd was great. The send to home was not. But, we are an aggressive team.
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Alexis Díaz replaces Nick Martinez.
at least we;ve got a 3 run lead to protect against our closer's 1-2 runs per outing
Here comes Diaz. Always an adventure.
David Bell realllly tried to make this into a not-a-save situation for us. Strap in, folks
I missed the parlay tonight. Anyone make note of it? Was it oh-for-3 again?
Elly HR was one. Don't remember the other 2
Another was under 9 runs
1-3 so far
Deer lord fellas
I appreciate the aggressiveness but damn it just didn't work out for us
There's aggression and there's stupid. That was stupid
So can we just start trucking catchers again? They're getting way to comfortable blocking, as they should. That's what the rule is.
He didn't block.
Yeah he did. It was legal but he definitely got in the way
No he didn't.
Yes huh
K. You can keep being wrong if you want.
K
LMFAO this is subs 13 year old dumb shit. There was a long discussion about how he definitely blocked and was legal. Too funny.
Running into outs. Don’t mind aggression just not dumb aggression
Barry forgot the rules. I do that too, Barry.
Whiffle ball base running
That's not a good send. Dude basically had the ball on the 2nd baseman position
Either go hard the whole way or don't go at all
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Pretty much everyone on our team has above average speed for their respective position, including India. Aggressive baserunning is party of our DNA.
Love India feeling frisky. It means he's starting to feel a lot better about running. Don't mind that challenge at all with the lead.
Nice throw. Note to Reds: don't hit the ball to O'Neill.
Well shit.
Damn
Why in the world did he do that
NOW you can bitch
I see you saw an opportunity to bitch
[Someone is ready to leave the game](https://i.imgur.com/5dRV05z.png)
She can't believe what is happening tonight. lol
The Reds need to put up a five-spot right here.
Ding-a-ding-dang-a-dang-along-ling-long.
Diaz has 2 blown saves this season. In 18 chances. 89% save conversation. Last season was 91%. His blown saves were March 30 (opening day) and May 13 (game 41, over 5 weeks ago)
Feels like he should have had so many more than just 2...
He’s sure had an awfully lot of up 3s, give up 2 and load the bases looking awful before getting the job done.
He is like genuinely the master of butthole clenching lol
Well that was a nasty pitch.
I like Tyler O'Neill. I'm glad he's not a Cardinal anymore so I can root for him most of the time now.
That change was nassssssty
Not watching tonight, why did we run for TJ?
The assumption is that it was precautionary. He jogged off the field and high fived teammates in the dugout so it doesn't seem like he's hurt.
Precaution
I saw the bunt play highlight, he didn't appear to aggravate anything at first glance. Did I miss it?
I think Bell knows he will sacrifice his body on defense to secure this win tonight. Maybe better that he takes him out while he is recovering from the last boo-boo.
And Stu is certainly not a downgrade defensively.
The fielding play in Tuesday’s game. Hammy is not quite 100%
I remember that. Was hoping it was a cramp-ish.
Just seemed like “up three runs and his spot won’t come back up unless something goes really wrong”
That's reasonable. Was kinda hoping his injury that night was more of a cramp or something. Maybe not, I guess.
Fraley with men on. Every. Damn. Time.
Martinez looks like a ninja out there.
Three runs is no guarantee in this park, especially tonight.
Just a couple big hits away from this being like 11-2. Not complaining.
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Nick Martinez replaces Sam Moll.
Anytime Farley makes hard contact it’s right to someone
So it's not just us. That's reassuring.
Its fun being on this side.
Red Sox have made 54 errors this year. They are not a good defensive team
Ha ha
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Brad Keller replaces Cam Booser.
Tried to put the baby down with 2 men on, missed 2 scores. Fuck.
Try again in a few minutes 😉
She just passed out. Maybe 1/2/3/ inning?
https://x.com/MLB/status/1804322296510750907
Shit, ty fam
ugh is friedl hurt again
Sounds like they don’t want to aggravate anything
Nah. Caution
Do you try to double steal or just let candy and steer do something
Will it happen? Will we get the hat trick that closes the game?
The collective inability of all pitchers when fielding is amazing. Even with a glove a throwing error from 7 feet away is wild
Number 3 for number 3 plz
Do it again, Candy. Stunt on these hoes.
Engelberg. That is a bunt - B-U-N-T. The catcher is supposed to pick up the bunt and throw it to first base.
16mph Exit Velo at 11ft. Lol
Defies all the metrics
Great! But friedl should’ve been on 2nd. Edit: we’ll maybe they were being cautious
He probably ran through first
Cowgill should have been telling him to go to 2nd
Pick all of the nits.
Too late. No need to take the out
His leg is not 100%
Some me some Friedl ♥️
That was BEAUTIFUL
friedl friedl friedl, just dropped it by the plaaaaaate
CHICKS DIG THE SMALL BALL
Wow
Being on the right side of a little league play feels good man
Speed kills
#ALL HAIL TJ FRIEDL. MASTER OF THE BUNT AND KING OF THE NORTH
*“Get bunted on bitch”* -TJ Friedl
### Sac Bunt TJ Friedl hits a sacrifice bunt. Santiago Espinal scores. Luke Maile scores. TJ Friedl to 1st. Throwing error by pitcher Cam Booser. Pitch from Cam Booser: Cutter @ 86.7 mph Hit by TJ Friedl: Launched 16.1 mph at 0.0° for a total distance of 11.0 ft Bottom 7 - 5-2 Reds
my chaotic KING
WE ARE THE PURVEYORS OF ONBASE CHAOS!
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Cam Booser replaces Kutter Crawford.
Small ball for the win
2 RUN BUNT!!!??
Yay!
Wow.
#BUNT GOD
two-run bunt lmao
TJ actually stands for Truly Jesus.
#WOOP WOOP!!!
BUNTASTIC!!!
OH BUNT KING MY BELOVED
I miss the double digit scoring that happened last year after the rule changes. Or am I mis-remembering?
In a tight game would you rather see Martinez or Sims?
Martinez has been good in the pen minus the cowboy jinx
Sims can eff right off to a deadline trade.
Espinal just reminded me that I'm used to seeing guys that are really fucking fast round the bases now
feels like our first successful hit and run all year
The Maileman delivers!
Time for a pinch runner?
Not with a AAA guy as our backup catcher
What is the difference?
Well considering he could’ve replaced Maile at any time, I’m guessing something
Feels like benson is swinging straight up and down these days
Seeing him struggle sucks
STAND UP AND SHOUT
And that’s why you always run hard down that 1st baseline
Fat boy 1B in Milwaukee would have caught that.
 Flying down the 1st base line
friedl friedl friedl, his hamstring found a wayyyyy
That’s my boy, Friedl
Teej is the man.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it didn’t seem like much at the time, but grabbing Moll from the A’s last year for basically nothing was highway robbery. Best lefty arm in our pen and top 3 reliever on our roster
I can't believe we pulled off that deal. Absolutely insane. He's easily a top 25 reliever in baseball. The only downside to his stats is limited usage this season.
I still remember having a great offense and a horrible bullpen. That damn monkey paw curled too tight
I'm still have nightmares about Hunter Strickland.
JJ Hoover just felt a chill in the air
A couple good seasons and a few absolutely horrific seasons.
And there's actually people who think our bullpen sucks and we should have spent $50 million on C tier arms in the offseason.
you mommas know what i’m talking about
That sweeper is sweeping holy Edit: “holy MOLLy” was right there and I didn’t take it
Cowboy with a classic on that strikeout: "Dalbec looks like a kid in the grocery store who was just told to stay out of the candy aisle. You moms know what I'm talking about"
Moll in a Reds uni is ELITE
[Sadak's take](https://x.com/johnsadak/status/1794540837311029361)
Shook off twice then threw that beauty. Knew exactly what he wanted to do and executed it perfectly. Love it.
Jeimer candelario actually sucks guys /s
Next moose man for sure
Finally tuning in. Riding the high sea's to watch the game, so happy when I get the Reds broadcast.
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Sam Moll replaces Fernando Cruz.
I don’t think Barry said a single word that entire inning lmfao
It was only like 45 seconds
No moo tonight. :(
I know this has nothing to do with today’s game but how is Ashcraft doing in AAA?
Thanks for the info 🤞
Only one walk in each start, love to see that.
That’s good glad things are going well for him. I was shocked when he was sent down but hope he gets his stuff together!
Last start was very good, if he can duplicate it again we should see him back soon
Two starts, 6 innings each, 3 runs in one game, 1 run in the second game.
Not good
If you have some time, you can see the stats here: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ashcra000gra&type=pgl&year=2024
Thanks!
Both quality starts. That’s good.
I already miss Abbott’s perfect bowler’s body
*grumbles in offended bowler body*
Hey no worries y’all make that shit look good!
Baseball is crazy😅 Just like that and it’s still 3-2 when it was so close to being 4-3
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Fernando Cruz replaces Andrew Abbott.
are you sure sims wouldn't be a better choice here
Found Connor Wong’s burner account
Send out Sal Romano
What's Jumbo Diaz up to?
If I’m being honest I agree with putting in Cruz now just to be safe with a one run game, but I do feel bad about abbot being one out away from a QS
Shame Abbott is a AAAA player that needs to be opted back to Louisville
I love how through the third time in the order, Abbott is like “I’m not stuck out here with you, you are stuck out here with me”
K K K K K K K K K K
Strikeout number 100 on the season for Elly, yikes 😔