2018 Remarkable! Season Preview – Cincinnati Reds

by | Mar 9, 2018 | Baseball

 

2017 Record: 68-94 (5th in NL Central)

The Cincinnati Reds struggled pitching last year, but there were some bright spots. Luis Castillo performed well in his short amount of time in the MLB last season and he hopes to continue to his dominant start. The ever-so-patient Joey Votto leads the Reds offense into the 2018 offense. Here’s our Remarkable! season preview.

 

Starting Pitchers

 

Luis Castillo
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .205 (18 Total Bases / 88 ABs) on changeups in the 2017 season — best among non-qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .411.

  • He has retired the leadoff hitter in each of his last 10 innings (Steven Okert has the longest active streak at 15).
  • He threw his changeup for a strike 66.6%(223/335) of the time in the 2017 season — 9th highest among non-qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 61.3%.

 

Sal Romano
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .232 (19 Total Bases / 82 ABs) on inside fastballs in the 2017 season — 2nd best among non-qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .461.
  • Left-handed batters hit .327 (16-for-49) against Sal Romano over the last 30 days of the 2017 regular season (5 Games) — 7th worst among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .245.
  • Right-handed hitters had a groundball rate of 58.3%(28/48) against Sal Romano over the last 30 days of the 2017 regular season (5 Games) — 8th highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 46.5%.

 

Homer Bailey
  • Opponents had a line drive rate of 31.5% (29/92) against Homer Bailey with RISP in the 2017 season — highest among non-qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 21.6%.
  • He walked 14 of 84 batters (16.7%) when going through the lineup the third time in a game in the second half of 2017 — 5th highest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 8.3%.

 

Robert Stephenson
  • Right-handed hitters have a miss rate of 33.2% (78/235) against Robert Stephenson as a starter in the second half of 2017 — 7th highest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 23.6%.
  • He threw curveballs on 2.1% (9/431) of his in-zone pitches in the second half of 2017 — lowest among SPs in MLB; League Avg: 19.1%.

 

Anthony DeScalfani
  • Did not pitch in 2017

 

Brandon Finnegan
  • Threw 13 innings in 2017

 

Relief Pitchers

 

2017 Bullpen Ranks

Stat # Rank
AVG .248 17th
OBP .335 25th
SLG .417 24th
OPS .753 27th
BB% 10.5% 27th
K% 22.2% T-17th
GB% 48.9% 4th

 

Rasiel Iglesias
  • He struck out 36.5% (57/156) of right-handed batters he faced in the 2017 season — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 24.9%.
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .093 (4 Total Bases / 43 ABs) on low breaking pitches in the 2017 season — 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .259.

  • He allowed an OPS of .500 (79 PAs) with RISP in the 2017 season — 11th best among 118 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .711.

 

Michael Lorenzen
  • He had a first-pitch strike rate of just 52.5% (187/356) in the 2017 season — 6th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 60.3%.
  • Right-handed hitters had a Well-Hit Avg of .101 (18/178) against Michael Lorenzen in the 2017 season — 11th best among 119 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .150.
  • Hitters chased 65 of Michael Lorenzen‘s 142 breaking balls down out of the zone (chase rate of 45.8%) in the 2017 season — 12th highest among 101 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 36.1%.

 

David Hernandez
  • He walked 9 of 214 batters (4.2%) in the 2017 season — 9th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 8.8%.
  • He threw his off-speed pitches for a strike 67.4% (259/384) of the time in the 2017 season — 9th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 61.4%.
  • Opponents batted .417 against David Hernandez (15-for-36) when he was behind in the count in the 2017 season — tied for 15th worst among 118 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .330.

 

Jared Hughes
  • He induced opposing hitters to ground into 11 double plays in 37 opportunities (29.7%) in the 2017 season — best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 10.6%.

  • Opponents had a miss rate of 59.0% (46/78) against Jared Hughes on breaking pitches in the 2017 season — best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 37.5%.
  • He threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 54.4% (98/180) of opposing batters in the 2017 season — 13th lowest among 196 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 63.1%.

 

Wandy Peralta
  • He allowed an OPS of .682 (142 PAs) with two strikes in the 2017 season — 3rd worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .479.
  • Left-handed hitters had a miss rate of 34.4% (74/215) against Wandy Peralta in the 2017 season — 14th best among 117 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 26.6%.
  • He allowed a slugging percentage of .691 (38 Total Bases / 55 ABs) with RISP in the 2017 season — 2nd worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .380.

 

Hitters

 

2017 Offense Ranks

Stat # Rank
AVG .253 18th
OBP .329 T-11th
SLG .433 13th
OPS .761 T-10th
BB% 9.1% 9th
K% 21.4% T-13th
QAB 2580 T-17th
wOBA .331 T-13th

 

Joey Votto
  • He had an OBP of .408 (316 PAs) with two strikes in the 2017 season — best among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .267.
  • He has a 32-game streak of reaching base safely, starting on August 27, 2017 (this is the longest active streak).
  • He had an OBP of .565 (154 PAs) with RISP in the 2017 season — best among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .344.

 

Tucker Barnhart
  • He threw out 39.7% of runners attempting to steal (29/73) in the 2017 season — 4th highest in MLB; League AvgL 22.8%.

  • 17.5% of Tucker Barnhart‘s plate appearances lasted only one pitch (74/423 PAs) in the 2017 season — 5th highest among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 10.7%.
  • He had a line drive rate of 30.3% (57/188) on fastballs in the 2017 season — 9th highest among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 22.5%.

 

Scooter Gennett
  • He had an OPS of .930 (382 PAs) versus RHP in the 2017 season — 4th best among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .752.

  • He batted .357 (20-for-56) on changeups in the 2017 season — 13th best among 171 part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: .245.
  • He had 15 HRs in 189 ABs (12.6 AB/HR) versus relief pitchers in the 2017 season — 5th best among part-time hitters in MLB; League Avg: 29.7

 

Eugenio Suarez
  • He averaged 4.69 Pitches per Plate Appearance (718/153) against LHP in the 2017 season — highest among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 3.89.
  • He had a Well-Hit Avg of just .076 (12/158) on inside pitches in the 2017 season — 5th worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .155.
  • He slugged .595 (150 total bases in 252 ABs) at home in the 2017 season — 11th best among 145 qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .469.

 

Billy Hamilton
  • He stole 117 bases over the last two season — best in MLB.

  • He made 10 non-routine plays out of 27 chances (37.0%) in the 2017 season — tied for 11th best in MLB; League Avg: 22.2%.
  • He had a Well-Hit Avg of just .060 (35/582) in the 2017 season — worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .179.

 

Adam Duvall
  • He had 71 Extra-Base hits out of 146 total hits (48.6%) in the 2017 season — 14th highest among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 36.2%.
  • He had an OBP of just .221 (172 PAs) against right-handed relievers in the 2017 season — worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .334.
  • He batted just .132 (12-for-91) on elevated fastballs in the 2017 season — 2nd worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .245.

 

Scott Schebler
  • He had a Well-Hit Avg of .253 (75/297) versus starting pitchers in the 2017 season — 6th best among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .168.
  • He had a line drive rate of just 13.5% (13/96) with two strikes in the 2017 season — 2nd lowest among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 21.5%.
  • He did not draw a walk in 63 PAs against left-handed relievers in the 2017 season — tied worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 10.2%.

 

Jose Peraza
  • He had an OPS of just .555 (237 PAs) at home in the 2017 season — worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: .818.

  • He had 18 Extra-Base hits out of 126 total hits (just 14.3%)  in the 2017 season — worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 37.4%.
  • He drew 20 walks in 518 PAs (3.9%)  in the 2017 season — 6th worst among qualified hitters in MLB; League Avg: 9.1%.

 

 

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