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Cincinnati Reds add more depth with Dioner Navarro


Dioner Navarro signed with Cincinnati Reds and has been invited to spring training. This move adds more depth to catching for the Reds and should not be seen as a problem for starting catchers Ryan Hanigan, Devin Mesoraco and other catcher invites Corky Miller, Brian Esposito and Tucker Barnhart. It really gives more options to the Reds at that very important position and should help the team out during spring training. [Source - Mark Sheldon] and [Source - Tom Groeschen]

In 2011 Navarro had some interesting at-bat results for Los Angeles Dodgers. 21.57% groundout, 18.14% flyout, 17.16% strikeout, 10.78% single and 7.84% walk with 2.45% home runs. He had a lot of troubles with Sliders and Curveballs which both were 70.6% strikes with over 55% swung at and 10 to 14% whiffs. In 202 plate appearances for the Dodgers, Navarro had a .193 BA, .276 OBP and a .324 SLG with 35 strike outs and 20 walks. [at-bat stats - pitch f/x]

2012 will be perfect


On Friday, September 16, 1988, at Riverfront Stadium in front of 16,591 fans Tom Browning pitched in 9 innings, getting 7 strike outs with no hits and no walks. He threw 100 pitches (72 strikes) that day against Los Angeles Dodgers. Cincinnati Reds went on to win that game 1-0.

As the Reds get ready for 2012 I really think they have a shot at having another game like this more than any other season I have watched. Mat Latos is that good of a pitcher. I really think he has a shot at getting a no-hitter his first season for the Reds.

Mat Latos in his young career (72 games) has pitched six 2 hit games and two 1 hit games. Tom Browning played in 302 games and had seven 2 hit games and three 1 hit games along with the one no-hitter.

If only the front office could see into the future


When I look over this list it makes me wonder what if the Cincinnati Reds front office could have seen into the future. Would they have picked differently? One thing to note is that Joey Votto was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.

Bring back Bruce Berenyi


I have been focusing a lot on pitching lately because that seems to be the hot topic for the Cincinnati Reds right now. And while I like the idea of all of their young pitchers starting in 2012 I also would love to see a veteran pitcher come in to help teach these youngsters how to play properly. Bruce Berenyi was the first pitcher to come to mind. I really have no idea why but he just was. Now don’t get me wrong, I know at 57 years old he probably would not want to come back and pitch in Major League Baseball but he was the first guy I thought of and why not run with it and just have some fun talking about a great Reds pitcher who I will never forget.

Berenyi was drafted by the Reds in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. He debuted on Saturday, July 5, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium at the age of 25 years old. He got lit up by the Houston Astros only pitching in 0.1 inning, facing 7 batters and giving up 5 hits, 6 runs with 1 walk and only 1 strike out. Not the kind of start most young pitchers want when they first get to the big leagues but I am sure it was an eye opener for him no matter what. Mario Soto came in and pitched 8.2 innings after him to get the Reds the win 8 – 6. That year Berenyi went on to start in 5 more games for the Reds and finished with a 2 – 2 record getting a 7.81 ERA. He also pitched for the Indianapolis Indians in the AAA American Association where he started 20 games and finished with a 5 – 8 record getting 121 strike outs and a 4.32 ERA. His most strike outs in the minors was the year before in 1979 for Indianapolis with 136 where he started 25 games (166 IP) finishing with 9 wins and 9 losses and getting a 2.82 ERA.

The next season (1981) he pitched in 21 games (20 starts) getting 5 complete games, 3 shutouts while only allowing 77 walks and recording 106 strike outs finishing the season with a 9 – 6 record and getting a 3.50 ERA and a 7.6 SO/9. Coming in 4th in the National League Rookie of the Year voting getting beat out by Fernando Valenzuela, Tim Raines and Hubie Brooks. The Reds of course went on to finish 1st in the National League West that season with 66 wins and 42 losses with such players as Johnny Bench, Dan Driessen, Dave Concepcion, Ken Griffey, Mario Soto and Tom Seaver. But of course the 1981 season was divided into two halves with the first and second half champs (Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros) facing each other prior to the league championship series due to an extended player strike in the middle of the season. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series over the New York Yankees 4 games to 2.

Berenyi went on to pitch 5 years for the Reds and 3 years for the New York Mets finishing with a 44 – 55 career record with 607 SO and a 7.0 SO/9 and a 4.03 ERA. Which does not make him the best Reds pitcher in the history of the franchise but one that I will never forget.

Bruce Berenyi

                                                               
Year    Age   Tm  W  L  ERA  GS CG SHO    IP  BB  SO  WHIP SO/9
1980     25  CIN  2  2 7.81   6  0   0  27.2  23  19 2.060  6.2
1981     26  CIN  9  6 3.50  20  5   3 126.0  77 106 1.381  7.6
1982     27  CIN  9 18 3.36  34  4   1 222.1  96 157 1.367  6.4
1983     28  CIN  9 14 3.86  31  4   1 186.1 102 151 1.476  7.3
1984     29  TOT 12 13 4.45  30  0   0 166.0  95 134 1.554  7.3
1984     29  CIN  3  7 6.00  11  0   0  51.0  42  53 2.059  9.4
1984     29  NYM  9  6 3.76  19  0   0 115.0  53  81 1.330  6.3
1985     30  NYM  1  0 2.63   3  0   0  13.2  10  10 1.317  6.6
1986     31  NYM  2  2 6.35   7  0   0  39.2  22  30 1.739  6.8
7 Seasons        44 55 4.03 131 13   5 781.2 425 607 1.478  7.0
162 Game Avg.    11 14 4.03  33  3   1   195 106 151 1.478  7.0
                                                               
CIN (5 yrs)      32 47 3.96 102 13   5 613.1 340 486 1.492  7.1
NYM (3 yrs)      12  8 4.28  29  0   0 168.1  85 121 1.426  6.5

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/23/2011.

34+ year old starting pitchers


Walt Jocketty, General Manager of the Cincinnati Reds said that they are looking for a veteran starting pitcher to help solidify the rotation. With that I have done some searching and found 21 starters older than Bronson Arroyo (34) and will see if any of them become the Reds target. Now I know that “veteran” does not always mean oldest but some of these guys could be who Jocketty is talking about.

Before we start though, I would like to add that a lot of these pitchers are on teams that I seriously doubt would trade them away unless given a lot back in return, along with the fact that the Reds could not afford some of their contracts even if they did get the ok to trade. And as we said before, Jocketty does not plan on doing much with free agents this offseason so that takes even more off the list giving us very slim pickings. Now maybe when he said experienced he really meant older than Johnny Cueto (25) or Edinson Volquez (27)which would bring a whole new crop of prospects to the table but that can be discussed at another time.

First we start with the oldest, Tim Wakefield. At 44 years old it has been said he will return and keep pitching. In 2011 he started in 23 games and recorded 154.2 innings pitched. He finished with a 7 – 8 record for Boston Red Sox. Wakefield has 463 career games started with 200 career wins, the most amongst active pitchers.

Miguel Batista only had 5 games started at age 40 but finished with a 5 – 2 record in 2011.

Bartolo Colon at 38 years old started in 28 games for New York Yankees and finished with a 8 – 10 record.

Derek Lowe also at 38 years old pitched in 34 starts and had a 9 – 17 record for Atlanta Braves.

Nelson Figueroa started in only 5 games for Houston Astros and finished with a 0 – 3 record.

Kevin Millwood pitched in 9 starts and had a 4 – 3 record at age 36.

Hiroki Kuroda had 32 starts for the Dodgers with 202 innings pitched and getting a 13 – 16 record at age 36.

Chris Carpenter also at 36 got the most innings pitched out of this list with 237.1 and 34 starts to get him a 11 – 9 record.

R. A. Dickey, another 36-year-old started 32 times for the Mets and got a 8 – 13 record.

Livian Hernandez is another 36-year-old who got 29 starts for Washington Nationals finishing the season with 8 wins and 13 losses. Livian has the record for most games started for active pitchers at 474.

Tim Hudson at 35 started in 33 games and recorded a 16 – 10 record.

Rodrigo Lopez, 35 years old got 16 starts with a 6 – 6 record for the Cubs.

Doug Davis at 35 and on the Cubs got a 1 – 7 record with only 9 starts.

Ted Lilly got 33 starts at age 35 and finished the season off with a 12 – 14 record.

Carl Pavano started 33 games for the Twins and saw a 9 – 13 record.

Freddy Garcia at 34 saw a pretty good season for the Yankees with a 12 – 8 record over 25 starts.

A. J. Burnett, another 34-year-old and on the Yankees got a 11 – 11 record out of 32 starts.

Bruce Chen with the Royals started 25 games with a 12 – 8 record at age 34.

Roy Halladay at 34, got 32 games started and ended the season with a 19 – 6 record.

Ryan Dempster, 34 years old got 34 starts for the Cubs in 2011 with 10 wins 14 losses.

Javier Vazquez ends this list with 32 starts and a 13 – 11 record for the Marlins at 34 years old.

                    Year   Age Tm Lg GS  W  L    IP  SO  ERA HR
Tim Wakefield       2011   44 BOS AL 23  7  8 154.2  93 5.12 25
Miguel Batista      2011   40 TOT NL  5  5  2  60.0  31 3.60  2
Bartolo Colon       2011   38 NYY AL 26  8 10 164.1 135 4.00 21
Derek Lowe          2011   38 ATL NL 34  9 17 187.0 137 5.05 14
Nelson Figueroa     2011   37 HOU NL  5  0  3  29.0  17 8.69  3
Kevin Millwood      2011   36 COL NL  9  4  3  54.1  36 3.98  9
Hiroki Kuroda       2011   36 LAD NL 32 13 16 202.0 161 3.07 24
Chris Carpenter     2011   36 STL NL 34 11  9 237.1 191 3.45 16
R.A. Dickey         2011   36 NYM NL 32  8 13 208.2 134 3.28 18
Livan Hernandez     2011   36 WSN NL 29  8 13 175.1  99 4.47 16
Tim Hudson          2011   35 ATL NL 33 16 10 215.0 158 3.22 14
Rodrigo Lopez       2011   35 CHC NL 16  6  6  97.2  54 4.42 18
Doug Davis          2011   35 CHC NL  9  1  7  45.2  36 6.50  2
Ted Lilly           2011   35 LAD NL 33 12 14 192.2 158 3.97 28
Carl Pavano         2011   35 MIN AL 33  9 13 222.0 102 4.30 23
Freddy Garcia       2011   34 NYY AL 25 12  8 146.2  96 3.62 16
A.J. Burnett        2011   34 NYY AL 32 11 11 190.1 173 5.15 31
Bruce Chen          2011   34 KCR AL 25 12  8 155.0  97 3.77 18
Roy Halladay        2011   34 PHI NL 32 19  6 233.2 220 2.35 10
Ryan Dempster       2011   34 CHC NL 34 10 14 202.1 191 4.80 23
Javier Vazquez      2011   34 FLA NL 32 13 11 192.2 162 3.69 21

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Generated 11/21/2011.

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