Ugh. Not a good day for the Bats. Suarez and Yorman back on the interstate, and a shaky (although not terrible) start from Iggy.Originally Posted by kaldaniels
Tigers fans must think they assaulted the Reds with that Alfredo Simon trade. Time will tell though. It's very early.
9 pitches and 4 outs of Arrieta so far. Reds looking to make this a quick one too.
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Please don't refer to people as "cat", Thom.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
What's the story on Arrieta's improvement over the past 2 years? He was nothing special before that.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/building-jake-arrieta/
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
At least Boesch made Arrieta throw more than 1 pitch
Tom Servo (04-26-2015)
They hit him pretty decently last time out. I don't remember if they were more patient or not.
Joel Luckhaupt @jluckhaupt
#Reds are 1-6 this season when Joey Votto does not have multiple hits. They are 0-5 when he is held hitless.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Reds got what they wanted from the Simon trade, financial relief and a return for an impending free agent.
If one looks at his BB rate, GB rate, and K rate it should be obvious that Simon can be effective, particularly with a good defense behind him.
But this off-season was all about money, which should be patently obvious and there's more to come along those lines IMO.
Don't tell that to Thom or Marty, they will blame him for not doing more while ignoring everyone else as the issue.
Interesting stat for sure.
Disco lookin' good again. And only 34 pitches through 3 innings.
I see how the local press is now saying Iglesias and Lorenzen for the bullpen.
But I'm not sure they address that these guys are being trained to fill starting spots that are
highly likely to be open soon. And are not experienced minor league starters and need work.
The guy I see for a possible promotion is Contreras.
first pitch swinging.............ugh!
getting squeezed badly at the bottom of the zone...
I think they need to build up Lorenzen. Iglesias will be 26 next year. He can relieve this year and add some innings in Winter Ball. The 30 inning or less jump isn't as big a deal with a 26 year old as it is with a 22 year old. Get him 65 or 70 innings in the pen, get him 8 to 10 starts this winter 50 innings or so) and let him prepare as a starter in Spring Training. I don't really see a problem to be honest. If he was 21, I'd see a huge problem. He's older and it's a non-issue IMO.
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