The 2003 Season Listserv Survey
The list wants to thank Mark Beard for taking over the survey this year. We appreciate the
time he took to put this together.
Who was the Reds' most valuable player?
- A team this bad doesn't really have one, but I guess I'd
say Casey (2), simply because he played 147 games.
- Adam Dunn
- Jose Guillen (5) -1.013 OPS
- Jason LaRue
- Chris Reitsma
Who was the Reds' least valuable player?
- Ryan Dempster
- Danny Graves
- Ken Griffey, Jr. because of salary vs. production
- Jimmy Haynes (2)
- Barry Larkin
- Brandon Larson
- Ray Olmedo (2)
- Reggie Taylor
Who was the Reds' rookie hitter of the year?
- Ryan Freel (9)
- Steve Smitherman
Who was the Reds' rookie pitcher of the year?
- Ryan Wagner (10)
Who was your favorite Red?
- Adam Dunn (2)
- Sean Casey
- Ken Griffey, Jr.
- Austin Kearns (4)
- Barry Larkin
- Ryan Wagner
Who was your least favorite Red?
- Jimmy Anderson (2)
- Bob Boone
- Sean Casey (2) - I can't stand that smirk.
- Juan Castro
- Ken Griffey, Jr.
- Jose Guillen
- Barry Larkin
- Ruben Ma
Who was the Reds' biggest surprise?
- Juan Castro
- Jose Guillen (6)
- D'Angelo Jimenez playing so well after coming over.
- Ryan Wagner
- Ryan Wagner/Ryan Freel
Who was the Reds' biggest disappointment?
- Sean Casey
- Ken Griffey, Jr. (5)
- Felipe Lopez (3)
- 3-way tie: Felipe Lopez performance, Griffey hurt again, and DunnÕs lack of progress
Who was the Reds' best hitter?
- Sean Casey (2)
- Jose Guillen (5)
- D'Angelo Jimenez
- Austin Kearns
- Austin Kearns/Adam Dunn
Who was the Reds' worst hitter?
- Barry Larkin
- Brandon Larson (5)
- Ray Olmedo (3)
- Reggie Taylor
Who was the most improved Red?
- Jose Guillen (4)
- D'Angelo Jimenez (2)
- Chris Reitsma (2)
- No One (2)
Who was the least improved Red?
- Sean Casey
- Adam Dunn (2)
- Ken Griffey, Jr (2)
- Jimmy Haynes.
- Barry Larkin
- Brandon Larson (2)
- Reggie Taylor
Who was the Reds' best starter?
- Jose Acevedo (3)
- Aaron Harang (but did we ever have a real starter)
- Paul Wilson (5) if we honestly had one
- YouÕre kidding, right?
Who was the Reds' worst starter?
- Jimmy Anderson (3)
- Danny Graves (2)
- Jimmy Haynes (4) for sheer volume
- Take your pick. Dempster, Graves, Haynes, and the late season cast of thousands. I
almost forgot, the winner. Jimmy Anderson
Who was the Reds' best reliever?
- Felix Heredia (5)
- Chris Reitsma (3)
- Ryan Wagner (2)
Who was the Reds' worst reliever?
- Jose Manzanillo (7)
- Brian Reith
- John Riedling
Who was the Reds' best defensive infielder?
- Aaron Boone
- Sean Casey (2) (I know, I know)
- Juan Castro (3)
- Barry Larkin (3)
Who was the Reds' worst defensive infielder?
- Adam Dunn when he played there
- Barry Larkin
- Brandon Larson
- Felipe Lopez (4)
- Ray Olmedo
- All but Barry Larkin
Who was the Reds' best defensive outfielder?
- Ryan Freel
- Ken Griffey, Jr. (2) when healthy
- Jose Guillen
- Austin Kearns (5)
Who was the Reds; worst defensive outfielder?
- Adam Dunn (7)
- Dernell Stenson
- Reggie Taylor
Who was the Reds' best base runner?
- Aaron Boone (6)
- Barry Larkin (3)
Who was the Reds' worst base runner?
- Adam Dunn (5) with an assist from Foli
- Jose Guillen
- Barry Larkin
- Felipe Lopez
Who was the Reds' most over-used player?
- Jimmy Anderson
- Sean Casey (2)
- Juan Castro
- Danny Graves
- Ray Olmedo
- John Riedling
- Scott Sullivan
- Reggie Taylor (2)
Who was the Reds' most under-used player?
- Jose Acevedo
- Russ Branyan
- Ryan Freel
- Jose Guillen
- Corky Miller
- Willy Mo Pena (3)
- Steve Smitherman
- Ryan Wagner
What was the Reds' best trade?
- Aaron Boone (3) for Brandon Claussen, Charlie Manning.
- Jose Guillen for Aaron Harang, Joe Valentine, Jeff Bruksch
- D'Angelo Jimenez (5) for Scott Dunn
- Jury is still out
What was the Reds' best roster move?
- Hiring Miley.
- Getting Anderson and Manzanillo off the roster.
- Releasing Jimmy Anderson.
- Rotation overhaul early in season.
- Calling up Ryan Wagner.
- Signing Guillen (2)
- Firing Boone
- Trading Jose Guillen while his value was at its highest
What was the Reds' worst roster move?
- Mark Budzinski
- Letting Heredia walk for nothing.
- Dan Serafini
- Jimmy Anderson
- Giving Anderson a spot in rotation
- Not letting Corky Miller stay longer
- Not starting Lopez in AAA
- Not firing Boone before April
- Not getting Willy Mo Pena every at bat they could after they threw in the towel
- Having Haynes on the roster
What was the best move by the Reds' manager?
- Bob Boone (2) getting himself fired.
- Miley playing Pena last month of the season
- Leaving when fired.
- Not playing Guillen when Kearns/Dunn/Griffey were all healthy
- Did they ever make a move
- Keeping an eye on pitch counts and not overusing the young pitchers
- Playing Guillen
What was the worst move by the Reds' manager?
- Putting Danny Graves in the rotation (2)
- Too many to name
- Consistently using small-ball tactics
- Umpteen thousand double switches.
- Not benching Casey when he was stinking up the joint.
- Thinking Jose Manzanillo was major league material to start the season
- Not moving Scott Williamson back into the rotation at the beginning of the season
- By Boone, most things he did
Who should be the next manager (or retain Miley)?
- Retain Miley (9)
- I like Miley, but I think we need, Griffey, Sr., Frank Robinson, or maybe even Bobby V.
Who is the Reds' best hitting prospect?
- William Bergolla
- Edwin Encarnacion
- Austin Kearns
- Willy Mo Pena (2)
- Steve Smitherman (5)
Who is the Reds' best pitching prospect?
- Brandon Claussen (7)
- Dustin Moseley
- Ryan Wagner (2)
Who is the most overpaid Red?
- Sean Casey (7)
- Juan Castro
- Ken Griffey, Jr. (2) by a longshot
Who is the most underpaid Red?
- Adam Dunn
- Austin Kearns (6)
- Scott Sullivan
- Kearns And Dunn at the moment
- None
If you were in charge, what one move would make before next year?
- Trade Casey, Graves (2)
- Clean house and put together better front office
- Sign either a #1 or #2 pitcher
- Trade Sean Casey to Pirates for Kris Benson
- Hire Paul Depodesta from Oakland, sit back and listen to him.
- Hire a top-flight GM
- As a manager get a frontline pitcher, as an owner make more $$$$ available
- Trade Sean Casey for prospects
- Trade Griffey even if I just got rid of his salary and nothing in return
What was your favorite list topic?
- Trades and dismantling
- How to improve the team
- The firing of Boone and Bowden (2)
- Anything Brian Lepley said.
- Trade analysis
- Ken Griffey, Jr.
What was your best memory of the season?
- Various scrum celebrations following numerous early-season comebacks.
- The many comeback wins
- When it ended. It was too painful.
- The fact that we won quite a few games in the last at-bat.
- My first game at GAB when the Reds came from 5 runs down late, and scored 4 in the 9th to beat the Blue Jays, June 7
- The day Bowden and Boone were let go (2).
- Highlight package so to speak of all the walk-off/last at-bat wins, just wished it could have been all season long.
- Early season late inning comeback victories
- I love baseball and the REDS, I have several good memories. I guess the best is Trader JACK winning the World Series because Larkin and Griffey were directly responsible for him being fired in Cincy. Jack now has a RING and Griffey never will.
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