As best as I can tell, the Reds have 16 guys for 10 rotation spots in AA and AAA. Looking at the guys, I'm guessing Schmidt and Dennhardt will be in a bullpen somewhere. Holmberg, Corcino and Rogers would seem to be locks at AAA and Stephenson and Moscot locks at AA. I'm not sure whether Francis and Wang will stick around if they don't make the big league team and I'm unsure whether Contreras will continue starting. Tim Crabbe looks like a guy who may step forward in the bullpen, but I'm not sure if that's the plan. Mikey O'Brien is interesting. He had decent numbers at AA and he was only 23 last year, but the Yankees let him go. I think he could be a find. Josh Smith and Daniel Renken have been solid starters, but the Reds leaving them off the 40 man (and no team taking a rule 5 shot) speaks volumes. Shane Dyer and Ryan Dennick would seem to be decent choices to get another look. Not sure how it sorts out really. Anybody with any knowledge want to weigh in? (These are minor league numbers only, BTW).
Code:Name Age ERA G GS IP TBF H R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP SO K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% BABIP R. Stephenson 20 2.99 22 22 114.1 465 92 49 38 10 35 0 3 12 136 10.71 2.76 3.89 0.79 29.30% 7.50% 0.292 Jon Moscot 21 4.3 28 28 146.2 629 143 78 70 20 48 3 9 11 140 8.59 2.95 2.92 1.23 22.30% 7.60% 0.299 David Holmberg 21 2.75 26 26 157.1 651 138 59 48 12 50 2 7 3 116 6.64 2.86 2.32 0.69 17.80% 7.70% 0.27 C. Contreras 22 3.47 26 26 132.1 560 106 56 51 11 62 3 8 9 122 8.3 4.22 1.97 0.75 21.80% 11.10% 0.266 Daniel Corcino 22 5.86 28 23 129 594 141 95 84 17 73 0 11 7 90 6.28 5.09 1.23 1.19 15.20% 12.30% 0.308 Chad Rogers 23 2.99 34 25 153.2 623 123 60 51 15 49 2 5 4 115 6.74 2.87 2.35 0.88 18.50% 7.90% 0.246 Michael O'Brien 23 4.17 27 25 133.2 589 140 71 62 10 52 1 10 8 124 8.35 3.5 2.38 0.67 21.10% 8.80% 0.331 M. Dennhardt 23 4.92 27 13 82.1 368 99 54 45 9 24 1 4 5 70 7.65 2.62 2.92 0.98 19.00% 6.50% 0.345 Daniel Renken 23 3.99 27 24 142 605 129 70 63 13 60 0 5 3 117 7.42 3.8 1.95 0.82 19.30% 9.90% 0.283 Tim Crabbe 25 3.06 27 26 153 634 151 63 52 12 43 1 4 6 109 6.41 2.53 2.53 0.71 17.20% 6.80% 0.298 Josh Smith 25 3.26 28 28 160 674 148 65 58 16 50 2 7 5 139 7.82 2.81 2.78 0.9 20.60% 7.40% 0.286 Shane Dyer 25 3.45 18 18 107 456 108 55 41 10 20 0 16 5 84 7.07 1.68 4.2 0.84 18.40% 4.40% 0.301 Ryan Dennick 26 3.82 27 21 122.2 514 122 57 52 10 35 0 1 3 78 5.72 2.57 2.23 0.73 15.20% 6.80% 0.287 Nick Schmidt 27 4.71 37 8 91.2 410 107 52 48 10 38 0 1 9 72 7.07 3.73 1.89 0.98 17.60% 9.30% 0.336 Jeff Francis 32 4.34 11 6 37.1 167 42 24 18 1 9 0 2 1 33 7.96 2.17 3.67 0.24 19.80% 5.40% 0.336 Chien-Ming Wang 33 2.87 18 17 109.2 448 103 39 35 5 22 0 2 5 55 4.51 1.81 2.5 0.41 12.30% 4.90% 0.269