March 17, 201115 yr Author I think the Reds game is on TV today at 4. What a brilliant move going up against opening day of NCAA tourney.
March 22, 201115 yr Author Stubbs has stuck out in more than half his at bats in spring training. He had 4 today.
March 22, 201115 yr Author Leake got rocked again today. He has give up 15 runs in 15 1/3 innings this spring. Starting to be concerned about those 2 a little.
March 23, 201115 yr Is anybody starting to get concerned about the Red's pitching staff with just 9 days to opening day? They don't seem to have very many innings yet and no one has really been stretched out yet. Leake is the top inning guy this spring with 15.1 inn and he has been rocked lately as HT said above. I know it's only spring but here are the numbers through yesterday for the Reds and the Phillies. Leake 15.1 inn. 9.39 era Arroyo 14.0 inn. 5.14 era Wood 14.0 inn. 3.21 era Cueto 9.0 inn. 6.00 era (on the shelf) Bailey 8.2 inn. 5.19 era Volquez 4.2 inn. 11.57 era Blanton 22.0 inn. 4.09 era Lee 19.0 inn. 4.74 era Halladay 18.2 inn. 0.48 era Hamels 17.1 inn. 6.23 era Kendrick 13.0 inn. 4.15 era Oswalt 10.2 inn. 3.38 era
March 23, 201115 yr Is anybody starting to get concerned about the Red's pitching staff with just 9 days to opening day? They don't seem to have very many innings yet and no one has really been stretched out yet. Leake is the top inning guy this spring with 15.1 inn and he has been rocked lately as HT said above. I know it's only spring but here are the numbers through yesterday for the Reds and the Phillies. Leake 15.1 inn. 9.39 era Arroyo 14.0 inn. 5.14 era Wood 14.0 inn. 3.21 era Cueto 9.0 inn. 6.00 era (on the shelf) Bailey 8.2 inn. 5.19 era Volquez 4.2 inn. 11.57 era Blanton 22.0 inn. 4.09 era Lee 19.0 inn. 4.74 era Halladay 18.2 inn. 0.48 era Hamels 17.1 inn. 6.23 era Kendrick 13.0 inn. 4.15 era Oswalt 10.2 inn. 3.38 era It's more about pitch count rather than IP in spring training. Volquez, Bailey and Arroyo have all pitched in minor leagues games that I know of so those don't count for real innings, but they are being stretched out. Wood and Leake probably have to, but I'm not sure. As far as ERA goes, it's really hard to judge pitchers in Arizona based on ERA. the ball flys out there. Obviously Arroyo will be fine, Wood has done fine and the others are hard to judge.
March 23, 201115 yr Author If they exit a game early they usually go to the bullpen to get to their pitch count. I know Volquez did that the other day.
March 23, 201115 yr I'm not really worried about the pitching, but I hope everyone can stay healthy. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2011/03/23/the-arizona-factor/
March 23, 201115 yr It's more about pitch count rather than IP in spring training. Volquez, Bailey and Arroyo have all pitched in minor leagues games that I know of so those don't count for real innings, but they are being stretched out. Wood and Leake probably have to, but I'm not sure. As far as ERA goes, it's really hard to judge pitchers in Arizona based on ERA. the ball flys out there. Obviously Arroyo will be fine, Wood has done fine and the others are hard to judge. I wasn't aware that the ball carried that well in Arizona and if they are getting to face live batters then okay. I know they did have a couple of rainouts this spring also so I guess that affected the innings numbers.
March 23, 201115 yr If they exit a game early they usually go to the bullpen to get to their pitch count. I know Volquez did that the other day. I know they are getting other work but bullpen work is not like facing live imajor league hitters.
March 23, 201115 yr I wasn't aware that the ball carried that well in Arizona and if they are getting to face live batters then okay. I know they did have a couple of rainouts this spring also so I guess that affected the innings numbers. The ball does carry well out there. I've never hit a baseball there, but I've played golf there and was driving the ball an extra 20-40 yards consistently.
March 23, 201115 yr Looks like Willis may have played his way to Louisville after today's outing, 1/3 inn. 3 hits, 3 bbs and 5 earned runs. Could be Lecure's spot in the bullpen.
March 23, 201115 yr Reds down 9-6 in the 7th. Mesoraco with a 2 run Homer & Lewis with a 2 run double.
March 23, 201115 yr It's spring training, so I'm not too concerned about the pitching. But it would be nice if they were able to have a dominating spring.
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