Assuming Harang, Volquez, Cueto, and Arroyo remain, who should be the Reds 5th starting pitcher?
Assuming Harang, Volquez, Cueto, and Arroyo remain, who should be the Reds 5th starting pitcher?
Where's the Tom Shearn option??
N/A, go with 4 starters.
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You know, I think I'd give Jeremy Affeldt a shot. He's been throwing pretty well.
Open audition at this point. I agree with Raisor that Affledt has earned a shot.
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We saw what Affeldt did as a starter in Spring Training. We've seen what he's capable of in the bullpen.
Keep him there.
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iirc he got knocked around in the bullpen in Spring Training as well, at least at first. It may be a matter of him getting straightened out instead of his switching roles.
Then again, it might not--but it's worth checking out, given the other options.
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Uhh, hows Bobby Livingston coming along?
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Bailey and Thompson aren't ready yet
Belisle and Fogg can't get major league hitters out
Jeremy Affeldt is a reliever
My vote goes to Justin Lehr for lack of a better option
He has earned his shot at the starting rotation
Last edited by AmarilloRed; 05-11-2008 at 10:21 PM.
My gut tells me Lehr would probably get eaten up, yet he's still the best choice. Bailey still needs a little work, and I do not want to see Thompson yanked up from AA. Between Bailey and Cueto we've seen enough recently about what happens when you bring up a pitcher too soon. Affeldt is a reliever, period. We know what Belisle and Fogg will do, and it's not what the team needs.
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I'm thinking Belisle deserves a few more starts before anything is changed. IF at that point he is still ineffective (need to see an increase in strikeouts) I would give Justin Lehr a shot. Homer Bailey needs to dominate AAA before he gets called up. No way do I move Affeldt out of the pen, or rush Daryl Thompson. I too would like to know how Bobby Livingston is progressing...
Though I would not expect anything special from these two, I would bring up the older two pitchers (31), Lehr and Shearn to eat some innings, let Cueto and Belisle practice pitching in AAA instead of practicing at this level. I just don’t see how letting Cueto and Belisle get pounded helps anything. Maybe it (AAA) would polish Belisle up as a trading throw in later, if he has options or the DL trick, he looks ill to me, hitatosisitus is a serious malady for pitchers.
Maybe the older types could execute for Pole and snag a couple wins here and there until Jocketty has a chance to find better.
Last edited by Spring~Fields; 05-12-2008 at 12:33 AM.
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