Dusty’s Reds changing approach

Dusty Baker has always been known for playing the veterans and being a fan of the long ball. According to this article http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/11439492 Dusty Baker and the Cincinnati Reds actually want to run this year. This is shocking to hear about any Dusty Baker team. The article points out how they brought in Willy Tavaras who loves to run and steals a lot of basses.

Dusty said that "We've had eight years of losing the other way," Baker said. "It's time to do something different, don't you think?"

Adding one player who runs doesn’t mean you’re a running team all of a sudden. They still have Votto and Bruce who are power guys. Phillips is a guy who will steal some bases. Both candidates at shortstop don’t really run and Gonzalez will probably get the job being a veteran over the less experience Keppinger. Encaration doesn’t do anything and Ramon Hernandez doesn’t run. That leaves left field where a few players are competing for the left field. They are: Jerry Hairston Jr. (A dusty favorite from Chicago), Chris Dickerson who I think should be the starting left fielder, but he is a rookie playing for Dusty baker, so good luck to him. Some other guys brought competing are Jonny Gomes, Jacque Jones, Norris Hopper, Daryle Ward and Laynce Nix. Some of those guys have speed like Hariston and Hopper, but Hariston doesn’t run a lot. Thus, no matter who wins the left field job, they only have two starters who can actually run. Only one more than last year! Sounds like a big change Dusty!