Tom Cochran is now showing up on the Bats roster. I assume he will take Maloney's place tomorrow. He was not at all impressive last year when I saw him - hopefully he will be better this time.
Tom Cochran is now showing up on the Bats roster. I assume he will take Maloney's place tomorrow. He was not at all impressive last year when I saw him - hopefully he will be better this time.
I really can not recall him throwing much faster then 85 - 86 on the slugger field gun. His stats in AAA last year are deceptive - his best game was pitched against a slumping team in which every player used the same bat, and in the playoffs, against a good team, he got beaten up.
Comparing Jukich and Cochran is a serious stretch.
As of right now, assuming Cochran starts Sunday in place of Maloney, the Bats projected playoff rotation (assuming they clinch) would be:
Reineke
Owings
Klinker
Cochran
Jukich
Any pitcher could be moved up one day due to the off day before the start of the playoffs.
This rotation is a little worrying - while Reineke is not a bad starter for the #1 game, Jukich has been our best picher of late, and should be #1 or #2 instead of #4 or #5. Also, Owings means a bullpen game, and Klinker has not impressed lately, and Cochran is not a AAA pitcher. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
That's a far cry from
Wood
Chapman
Maloney
Lehr
LeCure
at the start of the year.
I have as much confidence in Cochran as I do Jukich.
Whether he'll perform well is unknown, but you can't deny that he earned the promotion. It's about time.
The rest of the story...Woody is back up.
The Cincinnati Reds have made a set of transactions impacting their Double-A affiliate Carolina Mudcats prior to the regular season road finale tonight in Birmingham.
LHP Tom Cochran has been assigned to Triple-A Louisville, while RHP Abe Woody returns to the Mudcats from High-A Lynchburg. Additionally, LHP Travis Webb has been placed on the temporary inactive list.
According to the game notes, the bats rotation to end the season is now:
Reineke
Cochran
Klinker
Horst
Jukich
I imagine that if the Bats clinch or are elimiated from
the division by monday, Owings could start so that Jukich could start the first game of the playoffs
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