Bronson Arroyo didn’t fare as well in his second start of the Spring for the Cincinnati Reds. Arroyo allowed 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks over 2 innings. He struck out just one batter.
The offense continues to produce runs, as they were up to the task of recovering from Arroyo’s deficit. Todd Frazier homered in the 2nd inning, and Zach Cozart doubled in a couple in the third to bring the team within 1.
The team took the lead in the top of the 7th, only to have Carlos Fisher blow it in the bottom of the 7th by allowing 3 runs.
Sean Marshall turned in a better outing than his previous ones, which is a good sign. Marshall pitched a perfect 4th, striking out 2.
As for Arroyo, I didn’t see any reports on his velocity, so that’s still a concern. Obviously, the overall results weren’t good, but he did manage to strikeout a batter this time. Of all the starters, I think Arroyo is the one who will need to be watched most closely during Spring Training. We don’t want Badrroyo again.
For the parade on Opening Day this year, the Reds have selected former third baseman Aaron Boone to be the Grand Marshall. One can only look forward to the year when Sean Marshal is chosen. Grand Marshal Marshal. It has a certain Catch-22 ring to it.
The Cincinnati Reds and Findlay Market announce that Reds great and ESPN broadcaster Aaron Boone will be the Grand Marshal of the 93rd Findlay Market Opening Day Parade, which kicks off at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 5th.
Aaron will be joining his ESPN Monday Night Baseball partners Sean McDonough and Rick Sutcliffe in covering the Reds Opening Day game for a national TV audience on ESPN2. Boone also serves as a regular correspondent on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight.
In his 12-year Major League career, Aaron Boone hit .263 with 126 HR, 555 RBI and 107 SB in 1,152 games for the Reds, Indians, Nationals, Yankees, Astros and Marlins. Selected by the Reds in the third round of the June 1994 free agent draft, from 1997-2003 Boone hit .271 with 86 HR, 362 RBI and 83 SB in 668 games for Cincinnati. He was an All-Star for the Reds in 2003, when he hit .273 with 18 HR, 65 RBI and 15 SB in 106 games before he was traded to the Yankees.
The Reds will release further details of Opening Week, including festivities planned for the new Spring Showcase, Opening Day and Opening Night, in the coming weeks.
There aren’t many things in life that make me so angry I feel my blood pressure rise and my emotions take over until I can take a temper check. Someone changing my code into a worse, less correct form without any good reason? Sure. also, this news about Aroldis Chapman.
Bill Bray’s groin injury could lead to Aroldis Chapman being shifted back to the bullpen.
Pardon the language, but for fuck’s sake. The Cincinnati Reds have committed millions of dollars to Chapman because their scouts believed he had the potential to become an ace, a number 1 starter in their rotation. And now, there’s an injury to a middle reliever and the team is ready to throw that investment away again?
“We’ve got the luxury of three lefties in the bullpen — or potentially three lefties,” Dusty Baker said.
That includes Chapman.
“That’s a pretty good back-up plan,” Baker said. “As it is, we’ve got six starters anyway.”
Last year was nothing but a complete waste of a year for Chapman. He spent the whole year in the bullpen and the team learned nothing–absolutely nothing!–about the guy’s ability to be a starter. And now there’s a chance of throwing another year down the toilet just so he can fill in in the 6th or 7th innings? That’s a colossally stupid idea.
This team has done much better at evaluating talent and making prudent decisions over the last few years. But when it comes to Chapman, they’ve had their heads so far up their asses they can count the polyps. I hope this amounts to nothing because the mere thought of another year of not learning what Chapman can offer from the rotation has me seeing red. And not the baseball kind.
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