Johnny Cueto and Homer Bailey Pitching Tonight (6/9 minors updates)

[reds44]

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Cueto: 5-1, 3.10 ERA, 0.83 WHIP, 58 IP


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Homer Bailey (3-5, 3.53 ERA)

[BuckeyeRedleg]

Who here has seen this kid pitch and can give us a scouting report?

What's he got (pitches/velocity) and who is he comparable too (please say Pedro)?

[dougdirt]

must be Single A pitching prospect night. Homer Bailey is also scheduled to pitch tonight.

[Benihana]

Who here has seen this kid pitch and can give us a scouting report?

What's he got (pitches/velocity) and who is he comparable too (please say Pedro)?

and please don't say Ricardo Aramboles :evil:

[cincy09]

Im going down to see Cueto tonight in Lansing. Hope to get some pics, and a report. There stadium gun doesnt work so im not sure how much info ill be able to come up with.

[Aronchis]

Since it is that "other" start for Bailey, it will be bombs away. Cueto should rebound.

[OnBaseMachine]

Bailey: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

Cueto: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

[OnBaseMachine]

Bailey: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

Cueto: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

[edabbs44]

Bailey: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

Cueto: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Bailey should be moving on up pretty soon...

[OnBaseMachine]

Bailey: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K

Cueto: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K

[Aronchis]

Bailey should be moving on up pretty soon...

I don't see it, he is just now showing signs of getting comfortable at this level. Rapid development isn't happening right now. The Yankees rushed Hughes to AA and he has struggled.

Maybe rapid development will happen next year, but not this year.

[OnBaseMachine]

Bailey: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 8 GO/5 FO...two straight good starts.

Bruce is 1-for-3 with a RBI single.

[edabbs44]

I don't see it, he is just now showing signs of getting comfortable at this level. Rapid development isn't happening right now. The Yankees rushed Hughes to AA and he has struggled.

Maybe rapid development will happen next year, but not this year.
OK...I see your point. Maybe towards the end of 2006 he'll get a few at AA.

[edabbs44]

Bailey: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 8 K, 8 GO/5 FO...two straight good starts.

Bruce is 1-for-3 with a RBI single.
Jeez, Homer's throwing a gem. How's the team he is facing?

[Aronchis]

Jeez, Homer's throwing a gem. How's the team he is facing?

They are only a step up from the Reds;)

[reds44]

Cueto went 5 and gave up 1 ER.

Bruce is 2-4 with 2 RBI

[Aronchis]

Cueto has been slumping a bit, at least for him.

Man, BJ has been a outright disaster this year. He wasn't even this bad last year. I wonder if he is feeling competition from Bruce and with Stubbs in house, he probably feels more pressure. Mercy chap.

[edabbs44]

Cueto has been slumping a bit, at least for him.

Man, BJ has been a outright disaster this year. He wasn't even this bad last year. I wonder if he is feeling competition from Bruce and with Stubbs in house, he probably feels more pressure. Mercy chap.
Yeah, BJ is very old for the league and isn't showing much.

[cincy09]

Attended the Dayton game tonight. Cueto was strong, but in comparing him to Zach Ward last night, I would say it's about time to move Ward up. Both had great stuff but Ward seems more comfortable on the mound and a little more advanced with his "other" pitches. I really enjoyed getting to see Cueto pitch though. His delivery is very smooth, he derives a lot of power from his legs. I also enjoyed the fact that he works very fast on the mound. Bruce looked wonderful again tonight. 2 singles to right and a single fought off to left. He also had a couple of RBI's with 2 outs (he hits with runners in scoring position) For the second night in a row BJ looked bad. He was struck out by multiple pitchers on a night when everybody was smoking the ball. Overall it was a great experience and a few of the starters are real prospects.

[reds44]

Did you take any pics?

[dougdirt]

2 singles to right and a single fought off to left. He also had a couple of RBI's with 2 outs (he hits with runners in scoring position)

Jay might have tonight, but he is hitting .239 with RISP through 6/6. He was however slugging over .500, so when he hits, he has been making it count (like Dunn).

Jay currently has his average up at .287 and his BABIP is at .324. His BABIP has gone from .296 - .324 in the last 4 games.

[cincy09]

I was kinda being sarcastic about the risp remark, but youre right when he hits it you know it. Everything bounces off his bat. I did take some pics and ill lok through them and see if anything is worthy of being posted. (not a real good camera)

[dougdirt]

ahh, sarcasm goes right on by me sometimes on message boards. Hope some of the pictures turned out nice!

[cincy09]

not sure how to post them?

[reds44]

not sure how to post them?
If you have them saved to your computer upload them to one of these sites


www.imageshack.com
www.photobucket.com


That you allow you to have a link for them.

[NewEraReds]

OK...I see your point. Maybe towards the end of 2006 he'll get a few at AA.
i hope not. to me, you dont rush pitchers through low and high a. you start doing that once they get to aa. let them get confidence, develop all pitches, learn to throw them all in all counts, etc, etc. let them do that at levels where they are comfortable. then when they have all that. you get them to aa and after that, its all how they pitch. if they are doing well, you move them up

[edabbs44]

i hope not. to me, you dont rush pitchers through low and high a. you start doing that once they get to aa. let them get confidence, develop all pitches, learn to throw them all in all counts, etc, etc. let them do that at levels where they are comfortable. then when they have all that. you get them to aa and after that, its all how they pitch. if they are doing well, you move them up
I don't think he would be getting rushed if he hits AA towards the end of the year. If he shows that he his handling high A consistently for the next couple of months, then he should get moved. A few starts in AA and then start him there the following year.

[BigREDSfaninKY]

sounds as if Jay Bruce could be the real deal. Would it be fair to assume that he's a left handed Austin Kearns? Can't wait to see how he progresses through the system. Homer Bailey, I'm excited about this kid. Finally (as I cross my fingers) the Reds could have pitching prospect the league will have to worry about.

[dougdirt]

As far as things being equal, Jay Bruce is ahead of where any Reds hitting prospect has been in my opinion for, well as far as I can remember. The kid is absolutely hitting the crap out of the baseball.

[Superdude]

B.J. Szymanski is so bad it's almost hilarious! It's probably because Stubbs basically replaces B.J.'s tools and actual hitting ability. At least he went to Princeton!

[reds44]

As far as things being equal, Jay Bruce is ahead of where any Reds hitting prospect has been in my opinion for, well as far as I can remember. The kid is absolutely hitting the crap out of the baseball.
Yep, if he can develop a batting eye in the next year or two, I could see him in Cincy at age 22.

[NewEraReds]

B.J. Szymanski is so bad it's almost hilarious! It's probably because Stubbs basically replaces B.J.'s tools and actual hitting ability. At least he went to Princeton!
how do you know that? we havent seen stubbs hit 1 ball with a wood bat in single a

[ochre]

I like Dunn's line as a 19 year old from the midwest league better:
AVG OBP SLG OPS
.307 .399 .476 .875