When Bailey, Cueto and Arredondo come back, i think it's likely that Maloney, Lecure and Jordan Smith will go to AAA.
Despite Leake's legal issue, I still see the Reds keeping him around, perhaps as a long reliever.
A rotation of Arroyo, Cueto, Volquez, Bailey, and Wood with a pen of Chapman, Cordero, Masset, Arredondo, Ondrusek, Bray, and Leake looks like a better pitching staff than the team has today.
I'm an outsider looking in on this situation and don't know the whole details of the Reds pitching rotation. Looking at the numbers though, I don't think the Reds should send down LeCure. By the looks of it, he has been the Reds best starting pitcher thus far.
To be completely frank in all of this, I have never been a huge fan of Bailey. I have heard Reds fans for years talk about the kids potential. I know he is injured this season and coming back so maybe he has changed a bit or he is going to take it to the next level. However, should the Reds send down Lecure to put Bailey in the rotation? I feel that if you do that, the Reds take a step back. Again, I'm an outsider in all of this so I don't know every situation with every pitcher on the team. I could be wrong.
Maloney and Leake to AAA. Lecure to long relief. Not sure how Arredondo would fit in, but I still see Smith as a guy with a short shelf life but its hard to send him down if he's getting guys out. Arredondo obviously gets added, but I'm guessing another DL stint may occur to make room. Perhaps Volquez to the DL and some rehab starts while Lecure stays in the rotation. I think how they pitch the next time through the rotation will help make the decision. Lecure gave up 4 HR in 5.333 IP today. I like him in long relief, but he's not a sure thing to stick if everybody else pitches OK. He could go down to stay ready. Long term, I think Lecure is better than Smith for the pen.
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I don't think the Reds plan to send Leake down to the minor leagues. I don't think they ever did plan to do so.
Dusty has even said as much.
I can see Leake in long relief for awhile, until another starter gets hurt or messes up. Which may not take long the way things are going.
I love Leake, but I think he has to be one that goes down. It pains me to think about that though
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Leake looked pretty good today. Does today's start for Leake mean anything moving forward?
Leake is making it tough for people. With Bailey's "setback", he may get a start or two extra to see how everything shakes out. Cincy hasn't had the most difficult schedule so far so seeing these guys against some different teams may help.
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I'm guessing you mean CUETO's setback...Bailey pitches tomorrow in Toledo for the 11-5 Louisville Bats. I'm guessing this will be Bailey's last rehab start if all goes well. I'm guessing he'll start the first game against the Marlins on Friday night. Lecure will probably go to the 'pen and Carlos Fischer will go back down...or even out, if he hasn't done anything by then. Fischer wasn't pitching well in Louisville IMO, so I'm not sure why they picked him to bring up besides being on the 40-man already.
Anyway, Cueto pitched on the 21st, as did Mike Leake and he only went 1.2 innings giving up 8 ER, 9 hits,2 BB, 0 Ks. Yea, I'd call that a setback.
EDIT - nevermind: I really should read before I post...I saw the post about Bailey's setback. I guess MiLB.com hasn't got the news yet as they still list him as tomorrow's starter. Sorry for the confusion.
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Not sure what happened with the setback at this point. Bailey just pitched in Toledo on regular rest and went 5.1 innings, 72 pitches, 48 strikes, 6 Ks, 1 BB, 3 hits, 0 runs. In short, he looked like a Major League pitcher should look in AAA...he dominated them. I watched part of the game on MiLB.TV and he looked really relaxed in the 6th when he got to his pitch count. He looked like he could have gone another inning or two, but I guess it's better that they not tax him early. I'd guess he's ready to pitch the opener against Florida on Friday and go 80-90 pitches. We could use the shot in the arm.
Oh yeah, the Bats are winning 9-0 in the 7th and Homer's in line for the W.
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