Whats more responsible for the change: weaker hitting, or weaker pitching?
I could probably look this up and actually give you an informed answer, but I’ll just go from the gut and say weaker hitting, combined with some pretty bad relief pitching. The starting pitching has been solid all year, but the offense has taken a big nosedive since Krivsky traded away Kearns and Lopez. The Reds have also gotten career years out of Brandon Phillips and Dave Ross, and both have come back to earth in recent weeks. How do you feel about Narron as a manager — his strengths, his weaknesses? I didn’t mind him coming into the year, but he’s worn on me. He makes pretty bad in-game decisions, doesn’t seem to know how to manage his bullpen (i.e. bringing in Majewski last night in the 8th inning of a 4-2 game, despite Majewski having had numerous problems in the past few weeks), and prefers veterans to a fault. Edwin Encarnacion is a great young player, but he sits most days in favor of Rich Aurilia, despite Aurilia being able to play every infield position. I’m a believer that
