Where the Reds At?

The Reds often times make it hard for me to stick up for them. For example, losing 4 out of their last 7 at home and losing the series to a horrid Royals team. Or pretty much anytime a bullpen pitcher is brought into the game not named Arthur. Or when Drew Stubbs manages to strike out 5 times in 4 plate appearances. Or the fact that they should be at least 4 games up on the Cardinals instead of 1 as of June 14th. However, the fact that it looks like no Reds players will get voted into the All Star game is a tragedy. It will make it hard for a manager to pick 5 Reds that should have made the team when none got voted in by the public.

Currently, there are FOUR Reds players in the top 15 in National League batting average. Rolen at .313, Phillips at .311, Votto at .306, and Jonny Gomes at .301. Rolen is tied for 3rd in homeruns at 14, Votto is tied for 8th at 13; Gomes (47), Rolen (45), and Votto (41) are all in the top 14 in RBIs. Need I go on? Currently in the NL All-Star voting, Joey Votto is 4th among first basemen, Brandon Phillips is 5th among 2nd basemen, Scott Rolen ISN'T EVEN IN THE TOP 5 IN 3rd BASEMEN, and Jonny Gomes ISN'T EVEN IN THE TOP 15 IN OUTFIELDERS. That is completely baffling to me.



Oh and if you want to talk defense? Jonny Gomes doesn't have an error (although that raises my eyebrow since I can remember a couple balls he's misplayed...), Phillips is 2nd in fielding percentage among 2nd basemen, Rolen is 3rd among 3rd basemen, and Votto is 5th among first basemen.

I think I have made a pretty solid case here. So how bout it. You can vote up to 25 times per email address. Check it out here and vote for the Reds!!


Greg "It's almost football season...stay tuned for Bengals articles" R.