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Straily separating himself as staff ace
- Updated: May 26, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Reds manager Bryan Price deemed Dan Straily the team’s best starting pitcher after Wednesday night’s 3-1 loss at Dodger Stadium.
While Straily certainly has a case, given his 2.98 ERA, it’s a reality that also begs an uncomfortable question: “What does it say that your best starter threw his best game of the season and you still managed to lose?”
That’s the problem that will hang over the Reds as they leave Los Angeles fresh off a sweep in which they found very few opportunities on offense, scoring just three runs in three games. The team has now lost 10 straight.
“We just don’t have a lot a guys on base,” Price said. “We’re not walking a lot. We’re still in the .280s in on-base as a team [.281, 29th in the Majors]. That’s extremely low. That just isn’t going to create a lot of run-scoring opportunities …
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