Joe Lankford

Apparently he did more in one conversation than whatever the hell the actual “hitting” coach has done in two years.

We’ve played just six and a half innings. Twice tonight there have been moments where it made little sense to have the starting third baseman bat. Once, Tito left him in to hit into a DP. The second time, he was mercifully lifted for a pinch hitter. Even if Nathaniel Lowe whiffed, it was the right move. As it would’ve been two innings earlier. Entire games are spent wondering when it’s going to make sense to remove Ke’Bryan Hayes, which means you are openly looking for spots to take out his glove, which is the thing that’s getting him paid. His bat is that bad. Meanwhile we keep hoping that every day will be the day when 2023 Matt McLain appears for good, like a guy who keeps looking at his phone hoping to get a text from an ex. There are other offensive zeroes on the team - CF and C are major culprits - but you can’t continue to trot out lineups regularly that include two infielders who contribute so little offensively. I’m not a big believer that any rookie is going to be some sort of life-preserver, but there’s no coherent reason why the Reds can’t see if Edwin Arroyo can help a team that has so much offensive dead weight.

Watching the reds every day.

Trevino should go ahead and start getting his arm loose for Paddack’s start on Saturday. #Reds

Crazy. I’d complain that Benson is worse in some ways but I guess you can’t win when you only have 2 or 3 real major league hitters on the roster.

Like when you actually look forward to JJ Bleday’s spot coming up, you probably have one of the worst offenses in baseball 🤷🏻‍♂️

Again, it doesn’t matter what order you put them in. They tried to sell this as a playoff caliber lineup and many bought into it. At the end of the year, this will end up being a bottom 5 offense in MLB, and they’ll be sitting at home again in October.

Sooooo close to not having an automatic out in the leadoff spot. Alas.

This is going to be an absolute disaster 😆

Speaking of Hunter Greene, if my math checks out, if you consider his total contract and how many innings he has actually pitched, he’s currently being paid $791,045 per start. Good stuff.

Can this NanoNeedle make it so Hunter Greene can pitch more than three weeks without taking the next few months off?

Third-world organization from top to bottom 🚮

Anyone else randomly just think of the #Reds offense and instantly get in a bad mood?

The first two are factually true but this team hasn’t been anything resembling fun since 2023.

This is supposed to be a lineup that competes in MLB. Just reminding everyone how pointless it is to be a reds fan.

Here’s the answer to all of this. It doesn’t matter what order you bat them in when only two of them are actual major league caliber hitters. As always and forever, the problem is ownership and the front office. Anyone that pays attention shouldn’t be shocked by any of this

Such a typical Reds thing to do. Booooooooooooooooooooo @Reds

Boooooooo Boo Tito Boo Derek Johnson Boo Chris Valaika Boo the players Boo them all down to the ushers in the stands. Booooooooooooo 👎🏻

@Reds Booooooooooooo

My god. I missed this. 🤡🤡🤡