Ranking MLB's 10 Best Starting Rotations Ahead of 2020 Spring Training.
They have the Reds staff rated #6
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...raining#slide0
Ranking MLB's 10 Best Starting Rotations Ahead of 2020 Spring Training.
They have the Reds staff rated #6
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...raining#slide0
cumberlandreds (01-24-2020),DocRed (01-23-2020),Edd Roush (01-23-2020),M2 (01-23-2020),RED VAN HOT (01-23-2020),texasdave (01-23-2020),Tuff Nut (01-23-2020)
They have the Dodgers at #4 with Alex Wood in the 4 slot?
DocRed (01-23-2020),Edd Roush (01-23-2020),Griffey012 (01-23-2020),HammerTime (01-23-2020),Ron Madden (01-23-2020)
I'm surprised they have the Yankees so high.
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
DocRed (01-23-2020)
marcshoe (01-24-2020)
Kingspoint (01-23-2020)
You know what's interesting, the teams ranked above the Reds have a clear weak link in their starting 5:
Porcello
Alex Wood
JA Happ
Joe Ross
All with ERA's above 5 or the injury question. Reds may have the best balanced rotation with no weak links.
DocRed (01-23-2020)
Griffey012 (01-24-2020),M2 (01-24-2020),Rojo Rijo (01-24-2020)
"Today was the byproduct of us thinking we can come back from anything." - Joey Votto after blowing a 10-1 lead and holding on for the 12-11 win on 8/25/2010.
Rojo Rijo (01-24-2020)
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...er/4552256002/
As the Cincinnati Reds consider adding more arms to their bullpen, they will probably be counting on Lucas Sims to make a seamless transition to reliever.
Sims had a 4.60 ERA in 24 appearances (four starts) last season, striking out 57 and walking 19 in 43 innings. As a reliever, he struck out an impressive 13.7 batters per nine innings, which would’ve ranked near New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman.
When Sims arrived for the Reds’ annual caravan last week, he didn’t know what his role would be for the upcoming season, but it’s expected he will contribute to the bullpen. He was a starter at Triple-A Louisville last year and mostly a reliever at the big-league level.
Sims is out of minor-league options this season, which means he must be placed on waivers if he isn’t on the active roster. That makes it much more likely that the Reds will allow him to operate as a full-time reliever. The Reds did the same thing last year with right-hander Robert Stephenson, who gained more trust in high-leverage situations by the end of the season.
Sims held lefty hitters to a .172 batting average and .671 on-base plus slugging percentage last year, which could increase his value. The Reds have three lefty relievers, Amir Garrett, Cody Reed and Josh D. Smith, on the 40-man roster.
Edd Roush (01-24-2020),wally post (01-24-2020)
I've projected Sims to the Reds bullpen all offseason. Barring something unforeseen, that's what makes the most sense. I do see him getting emergency starts, though.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Edd Roush (01-24-2020),Griffey012 (01-24-2020),RED VAN HOT (01-24-2020)
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