Thursday, February 16, 2006

It's all about pitching!!!

These are Pitchers:



These are not Pitchers:


Yet they have been signed by the Reds, and they are on the baseball field right now, working out for the team who had the worst pitching in baseball last year. You would think that all effort would have been exerted to get some quality pitching rather than some hasbeens and neverweres. How will Dave Williams do? I suppose 10 - 11 is pretty good for pitching for the Pirates Offense.

Sporting News says this about the Reds:
In terms of upgrading the talent on the roster, it was a bad offseason for Cincinnati. Aside from the addition of Williams, a pitching staff in need of an extreme makeover was only tweaked. The Reds never landed a top-end starting pitcher or an established closer. The only plus to the loss of Sean Casey is it allows Adam Dunn to move to first base, which opens left field for Wily Mo Pena and right field for Austin Kearns, both of whom finally will get to play every day.
MLB.com says this:
The biggest issue facing the team this spring is assembling a pitching staff with depth. Cincinnati ranked at the bottom of the National League in several categories in 2005 but made few significant changes to the 2006 staff. The club also did not find an established closer.
Last year, I was excited at the Reds prospects. This year, I feel last place coming on. But hey, miracles can happen, right?

At least we have better ownership and hope in Krivsky.

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