Todd Frazier is having a great season and nobody outside of the Queen City is noticing. Frazier isn’t among the top five in voting at third base, despite the fact his 2.6 WAR is the best-to-date in the National League. Frazier’s 15 homers are also first among third basemen on the senior circuit. His 35 RBIs are second.
The top vote-getter, David Wright has a 0.6 WAR, to go along with four homers and 33 RBIs. He’s the only man playing the hot corner to top a million votes in the latest MLB press release.
The insanity that is the MLB fan vote continues.
• How do you describe the 2014 Cincinnati Reds?
They’re a team with talent, but it’s hard to get excited about a club that’s playing under .500.
Cincinnati salvaged Father’s Day by finally beating the Brewers, but all anyone could talk about at the cookout was Saturday night’s brutal loss.
You know by know Mat Latos returned and threw six-innings of two-hit ball. All that work was undone by Logan Ondrusek and J.J. Hoover. Reds Twitter lit up questioning the moves of manager Bryan Pryce and his mismanagement of the pen.
Chad Dotson, of Redlegs Nation, shared an opinion on Twitter, that a few Dads shared during my father’s day lunch.
I’m not ready to put Price on the hot seat, but his hiring is still somewhat puzzling. If you’r going to fire a guy, shouldn’t his replacement bring a different dynamic to the job? If not, why fire Dusty? Pryce is Baker 2.0.
• While we’re talking Red, there’s also another Cuban signing in the works.
• Franklin senior-to-be Luke Kennard made headlines by earning a spot on the U18 USA Basketball squad. Kennard would probably hold his own in college ball this season, but will lace his sneakers up for Franklin one more year. This feature by Fox Sports Ohio looks at why Kennard chose to play at Duke in 2015. Yes, Coach K had something to do with the decision.
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