I’ve been quiet long enough!!!!

The Reds lost again, but Adam Dunn belted his 40th homerun of the season and in the process, he set a franchise record for reaching 40 homers in his fourth consecutive season.  The fact that the Reds are going out of their way to make a long term to one of the elite power hitters in all of baseball is a travesty.  This is a kid who will reach 28 years of age in November and who already has well more then 200 longballs.  He needs just 100 walks for his fourth straight season touching that milestone as well and with a strong finish, he could top his career OPS mark of .956.

With the loss, the Reds were eliminated from the division crown, not that they had much of a chance to win it anyway.  They’ve also guaranteed themselves another losing season.  The Reds are fourth in the National League in runs scored with 744 so the offense it’s there.  With a rough finish though, they could revert back to their 2005 ways with a 5.00+ ERA.  They’re at 4.98 right now.

You also have to happy with Brandon Phillips, who’s proving that last year is not a fluke and those top five prospect labels weren’t totally off base five years ago.  He definitely needs to work on his plate discipline but he’s just a homer shy of a 30/30 season.

And if Aaron Harang hasn’t established himself as one of the elite starts in baseball, I don’t know what else he can do.  He’s the lone shining star on a mediocre pithing staff and he should get more Cy Young votes then he’s going to end up getting.

Ten more games left.  I’ll be watching.

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