Hunter Greene Part 2

[Ron Madden]

Reds’ Hunter Greene blazes his way into elite company with remarkable feat

Although they are in striking distance of the division lead in the National League Central, not much national attention is on the Cincinnati Reds.

Nor should it be given their 26-30 record and just a general lack of excitement surrounding the franchise the last few years.

When Hunter Greene is pitching, though, this team is must-see for baseball fans.

In fact, those who tuned into Thursday’s road game against the Boston Red Sox witnessed the 23-year-old flamethrower enter rarefied air.

En route to drawing a no decision in Cincinnati’s 8-2 loss, Greene threw eight strikeouts to become the fourth fastest pitchers to record 250 career Ks as a starter, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

Only Spencer Strider, Corbin Burnes and Kerry Wood reached that milestone faster than this rising hurler, since the mound was moved in 1893.

The Reds clearly see abundant promise in him, locking up Hunter Greene to a six-year, $53 million contract in April.

Regardless of the team’s current outlook, fans can take solace in knowing that their guy is doing things only a few All-Star and Cy Young-caliber pitchers have accomplished in the last 130 years.

Continue Reading:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...at/ar-AA1c11we

[757690]

In his last 3 starts, Hunter Greene has pitched deeper into games, going 7, 6 and 6 innings.

Over those three games:

19 IP
5 ER
2 HR
6 H
8 BB
29 K

2.37 ERA
2.79 FIP

[Ron Madden]

Reds’ Hunter Greene blazes his way into elite company with remarkable feat

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The Greene Monster

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[Ron Madden]

Greene's 250th K places him in elite group

Hunter Greene followed a strong outing last week with a dominant start on Thursday in which he reached a career milestone.

In the series finale against the Red Sox, Greene recorded eight strikeouts over six innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks in the Reds’ 8-2 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

The right-hander notched his 250th career strikeout with his four-pitch punchout of Connor Wong in the third, making him the fourth-fastest pitcher by innings (184) to reach the milestone as a starter since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893, per Elias Sports Bureau.

“Definitely going on the right track,” Greene said. “Just continuing to stay locked in, stay present in the moment and never get satisfied. So I feel like I’ve done a good job with that.

Players have been good behind me, I’ve loved throwing to Curt Casali the last couple games. It’s been good chemistry going back and forth.”

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https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/hunter...oss-to-red-sox

[klw]

Bryce Spalding
@bryce_spalding
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1h

Hunter Greene made his 36th career start last night

First 18 starts;

90.1 IP, 5.78 ERA
11.26 K/9, 3.99 BB/9, 2.29 HR/9
113 K/40 BB

Completed 6 innings 4 times

Last 18 starts;

97.1 IP, 2.87 ERA
12.85 K/9, 3.05 BB/9, 0.83 HR/9
139 K/33 BB

Completed 6 innings 10 times.

[CaiGuy]

I think it's pretty safe to say that Greene is the real deal, so yeah that's a nice development.

[Kingspoint]

Bryce Spalding
@bryce_spalding

Hunter Greene made his 36th career start last night

First 18 starts;

90.1 IP, 5.78 ERA
11.26 K/9, 3.99 BB/9, 2.29 HR/9
113 K/40 BB

Completed 6 innings 4 times

Last 18 starts;

97.1 IP, 2.87 ERA
12.85 K/9, 3.05 BB/9, 0.83 HR/9
139 K/33 BB

Completed 6 innings 10 times.

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1h

Sometimes, all the discussion is meaningless and pointless.

What's posted above is all that really matters.

[SunDeck]

Making 10 K's a game seem routine is amazing. I'd just like him to toss fewer pitches to get 15-21 outs.

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[JCM11]

Bryce Spalding
@bryce_spalding
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1h

Does this mean he's not going to the bullpen after all?

[klw]

Does this mean he's not going to the bullpen after all?

Unclear about the pen but converting him back to SS is probably off the table at this point.

[Tony Cloninger]

I’ve always been excited to see Hunter pitch even when it’s frustrating that he struggles with pitch count. You just feel every time he starts it could be something special. Exciting. And watching him get better as he pitches more has been great. I used to get excited watching Nolan Ryan. Soto. Rijo. The same feeling. Except I know he’s never going to throw more than 120 pitches. Let alone 150 plus that Ryan would throw when he was with the Angels.

[Ron Madden]

I believe this is flying under the radar for some reason, seems like it would have gotten more attention.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

Hunter Greene is the 4th-fastest pitcher to reach 250 strikeouts as a starter since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893.

The only pitchers to do it faster?

- Spencer Strider

- Corbin Burnes

One start after throwing six no-hit innings, Cincinnati Reds young starting pitcher Hunter Greene joined an elite club in baseball history in his start against the Boston Red Sox.

story here:
https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fas...seball-history

[Kingspoint]

I believe this is flying under the radar for some reason, seems like it would have gotten more attention.


One start after throwing six no-hit innings, Cincinnati Reds young starting pitcher Hunter Greene joined an elite club in baseball history in his start against the Boston Red Sox.

story here:
https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fas...seball-history

That article points out that all four pitchers are from the last 25 years, where an obvious explanation is "expansion". It's just a lot easier to strike out a guy who doesn't go up against you 20 times a year and instead sees you for just a handful of at-bats each year. When you add 10 teams to a league, that's an additional 175 hitters (13 plus call-ups) who would have spent their entire time in AAA or AA or not even in baseball at all. To face those hitters every year makes for a lot more strikeouts....it's 1/3rd of the league.

[cumberlandreds]

Unclear about the pen but converting him back to SS is probably off the table at this point.

Why not? He could be the Reds Ohtani.

[LeatherPants]

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Just put him on the IL and let him rest.