Nobody ever talks about poor Jose. Well, until he doesn't throw strikes anyway. I think he's looked pretty good in his first full season back in the majors. Not great, but solid. If he could just cut down his BB/9 rate...
Nobody ever talks about poor Jose. Well, until he doesn't throw strikes anyway. I think he's looked pretty good in his first full season back in the majors. Not great, but solid. If he could just cut down his BB/9 rate...
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Volquez left, Arredondo steps in. Dude drives me crazy on the mound.
I do not trust relief pitchers who rely on hitters swinging at pitches out of the zone (diving splitters) to be successful. When they don't chase, he walks them or is forced to throw strikes with a pedestrian fastball that he consistently throws high in the zone.
My hope with Arredondo is that some other teams likes relievers that do not throw quality strikes and we can package him in a deal for an upgrade at some position or on the pitching staff. Help some bad team stay bad
Last edited by traderumor; 09-17-2012 at 05:07 PM.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
Arredondo. Very hard to hit, but too many walks and long balls.
Not bad for a sixth-seventh inning guy.
My hope is he stays with the Reds and improves.
He drives me nuts too. I had high hopes coming into this season thinking his fastball would be a little better, but it almost seems to have regressed. That split's a great pitch, but that's about his only real weapon and probably the reason he's walking close to 5 per nine. A decent middle inning guy at least, but probably not the return on investment we expected after rehabbing him a few years ago.
He had a killer fastball when he was with Anaheim and supposedly was going to be the next best closer in baseball, didn't he?
Rather than give my own subjective impressions, here are the 2012 stats to date:
Jose Arredondo: 6 wins, 2 losses, 56.1 innings pitched, 2.88 ERA, 44 hits, 30 BBs, 57 Ks, 1.314 WHIP, 1.1 HR/9, 4.8 BB/9, 9.1 K/9, and a 148 ERA+. His salary this year is $1.2 million.
He missed 2010 after arm surgery. All of his numbers are much improved in 2012 over last year, as is typical after surgery.
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"I think we’re starting to get to the point where people are starting to get tired of this stretch of ball,” Votto said. “I think something needs to start changing and start going in a different direction. I’m going to do my part to help make that change.”
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