Todd Coffey is the Reds’ closer. Not that he gets a chance to ply that trade very often.

Coffey’s a hard-throwing righty. He intimidates hitters with his fastball and his red, red goatee. When called out of the bullpen, he sprints to the mound from the back of the outfield, which he says gets him pumped up and ready for action. Hey, whatever works.

Here’s some stuff stole from his bio on Reds.com till I have a chance to come back and fill this thing out properly:

• In his Major League debut made 57 apps during 2 stints with the Reds
• posted an 11.25era in 3 apps for Cin from 4/19-4/25 and a 4.00era in 54 apps during his second stint beginning 5/9 through the end of the season
• in his last 3 apps of the season allowed 4er in 0.2 innings, raising ERA from a season-low 3.92 to season ending 4.50
• in his 24 apps prior to that season-ending 3-game stretch had posted a 1.21era (22.1ip, 3er) and in 22 of those 24 apps did not allow an earned run
• his career-high 13.2-inning scoreless streak from 5/16-6/24 consisted of 12 consecutive scoreless apps
• began the season at Class AAA Louisville and made 5 relief apps there before he was recalled on 4/18, when Ramon Ortiz went on the disabled list
• returned to Louisville on 5/1, when Ortiz came off the DL
• on 5/9 was recalled again and spent the rest of the season with the Reds
• made his Major League debut in the 7-1 loss on 4/19 vs Chi (2ip, 2h, 2r, 2er, 1hbp, Barrett solo HR)
• on 4/23 at Fla recorded his first career strikeout (Dontrelle Willis)
• earned his first Major League victory on 5/10 vs SD (5-1 win)
• began his career 4-0 before losing a 12-9 decision at Mil on 9/26
• that 4-game winning streak was second-longest by any National League rookie pitcher
• in the 7-2 victory on 8/28 at Pit threw 2.0 scoreless innings for his first Major League save
• on 6/25 at Cle took a Jhonny Peralta line drive off his left calf, missed only 2g.

Todd Coffey is the Reds' closer. Not that he gets a chance to ply that trade very often.

Coffey's a hard-throwing righty. He intimidates hitters with his fastball and his red, red goatee. When called out of the bullpen, he sprints to the mound from the back of the outfield, which he says gets him pumped up and ready for action. Hey, whatever works.

Here's some stuff stole from his bio on Reds.com till I have a chance to come back and fill this thing out properly:

• In his Major League debut made 57 apps during 2 stints with the Reds
• posted an 11.25era in 3 apps for Cin from 4/19-4/25 and a 4.00era in 54 apps during his second stint beginning 5/9 through the end of the season
• in his last 3 apps of the season allowed 4er in 0.2 innings, raising ERA from a season-low 3.92 to season ending 4.50
• in his 24 apps prior to that season-ending 3-game stretch had posted a 1.21era (22.1ip, 3er) and in 22 of those 24 apps did not allow an earned run
• his career-high 13.2-inning scoreless streak from 5/16-6/24 consisted of 12 consecutive scoreless apps
• began the season at Class AAA Louisville and made 5 relief apps there before he was recalled on 4/18, when Ramon Ortiz went on the disabled list
• returned to Louisville on 5/1, when Ortiz came off the DL
• on 5/9 was recalled again and spent the rest of the season with the Reds
• made his Major League debut in the 7-1 loss on 4/19 vs Chi (2ip, 2h, 2r, 2er, 1hbp, Barrett solo HR)
• on 4/23 at Fla recorded his first career strikeout (Dontrelle Willis)
• earned his first Major League victory on 5/10 vs SD (5-1 win)
• began his career 4-0 before losing a 12-9 decision at Mil on 9/26
• that 4-game winning streak was second-longest by any National League rookie pitcher
• in the 7-2 victory on 8/28 at Pit threw 2.0 scoreless innings for his first Major League save
• on 6/25 at Cle took a Jhonny Peralta line drive off his left calf, missed only 2g.

More stuff stolen from Reds.com…

Matthew Thomas Belisle was born June 6, 1980 in Austin, Texas. He graduated from McCallum High School, where he lettered in baseball and basketball, in 1998. Back in those days, he was named Sophomore of the Year for his district in baseball and was the district’s Most Valuable Player as a junior for baseball.

Belisle is a cutie-pie and a favorite of many of the lady Reds fans.

More stuff stolen from Reds.com…

Matthew Thomas Belisle was born June 6, 1980 in Austin, Texas. He graduated from McCallum High School, where he lettered in baseball and basketball, in 1998. Back in those days, he was named Sophomore of the Year for his district in baseball and was the district's Most Valuable Player as a junior for baseball.

Belisle is a cutie-pie and a favorite of many of the lady Reds fans.

Matt Belisle is currently a relief pitcher for the Reds, but lots of people would like to see him given a chance to start, seeing as the third-through-fifth starter positions continue to be weaker-than-normal in the rotation.

Here’s stuff stolen from his bio page on Reds.com until I can get back to do this properly. At the very least, I’ll put this in bullet form so you can actually read it.

• In his first full season in the Major Leagues went 2-6-1, 4.09 in 55 relief apps and 2-2, 5.25 in 5 starts.
• made all 5 starts in his first 15 apps of the season, then beginning 6/9 made his last 45 apps of the season in relief (4.11era)
• in his last 10 apps of the season allowed 15 runs (9.1ip, 10er), a stretch preceded by 9 consecutive scoreless apps (6.2ip) that had lowered his ERA to 3.77 through games of 9/4
• began the season with 2 relief appearances but then from 4/13-4/23 made his first 3 big league straight starts (1-1, 6.23)
• during that span took the spot in the rotation vacated by the disabled Ramon Ortiz
• following that 3-start stretch, from 4/27-5/13 made 8 consecutive appearances out of the bullpen (0-2, 3.46)
• followed that stint in the ‘pen with starts on 5/25 vs Wsh and 5/31 at Hou (1-1, 4.09) and then finished the season with the 45 straight relief appearances
• in his 5 starts the Reds went 3-2
• twice was called upon to replace that day’s starting pitcher
• in those 2 starts went 2-0, 2.45 after earning a 6-5 victory on 4/13 at StL (replaced Ramon Ortiz) and a 12-3 win on 5/25 vs Wsh (replaced Aaron Harang)
• on 4/13 at StL made his first Major League start after Ortiz was scratched that morning with a groin injury
• in that 6-5 victory became the first Reds pitcher to win his first ML start since Luis Pineda on 6/25/02 at Chi (5-2 win)
• in the 11-10 victory on 7/4 at SF earned the first save of his professional career
• on 9/30 at StL allowed Albert Pujols’ 200th career homer (grand slam)
• on 5/31 at Hou, in front of 35 family and friends, produced an infield single off Brandon Backe for his first career hit.