Screw ESPN and their excitement over Reds losses

[lollipopcurve]

Yep. They’ve developed this guy from a high school arm with barely more than one pitch (granted an 80 grade pitch), through a TJ surgery, to throwing 7+ no-hit innings (granted, Pirates on a day game after night game). Greene deserves a bunch of credit, too, of course. Still they’ve done a very nice job helping him build his repertoire. If he stays healthy, he could be a guy you build a rotation around. For a team that’s clearly rebuilding, this is the kind of flash you want to see out of your top prospects.

[westofyou]

Winker has had slow starts before. It’s of no importance. He will hit and get on base. I could see his power hitting being affected since he’s now in the AL West rather than the NL Central. Different ballparks.

True, he has eight EBH and last year at this time he had 19. His hitting has increased the last 15 games, but mostly because he's being challenged more than he was earlier in the year, he had 17 BB in April and only three this month so far. We will see what happens when it heats up, it's been a dank spring here in the PNW