Good Afternoon
Edwin Encarnacion seems clueless at the plate....again. Why should this be a surprise to us? It's an act we've seen every since Easy Edwin made his way to the majors. As Chris Welsh put it on the TV broadcasts a couple of seasons ago, Edwin goes to the plate without any plan. And invariably, it bites him. It got him again last night, when, with a couple of runners on (second and third no less) and the game tied at 1-1, all EE could do was tap harmlessly in front of the plate. Inning over, rally over and Reds eventually lose.
And this is why the Reds gave EE a two year contract in the off season? Did they not look at history before they dealt with the future?
Don't count me in the crowd that is crowing for EE to be sent to the minors. Hitting minor league pitching won't do anything for Encarnacion. He needs to sit and watch and take a lot of 'real live arm' batting practice. And until and if he proves he can handl that, the Reds shouldn't put him in the line-up. Period, end of story.
My latest podcast is posted on www.kenbroo.com. This episode, we look back on the Bengals draft with Rob Rang from www.cbssports.com and Ross Tucker from www.si.com. If you're on the fly, you can download it here.
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