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Cueto feeling good
News of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto is spreading all over twitter right now that he is feeling better and ready to come back. I wanted to post these tweets on here so everyone can take a look for themselves. Getting Johnny Cueto back in the rotation healthy will really help this ball club out. Tony Cingrani has been pitching great in Cueto’s spot but having the Reds number one starter back will really boost this team.
My boys in St Louis tell me that Cueto threw 45 pitches off the mound today and felt good, threw everything #Reds
— Jim Day (@JimDayTV) April 29, 2013
Cueto feeling good after latest mound session bit.ly/13H1srA #reds
— Mark Sheldon (@m_sheldon) April 29, 2013
Cueto is going to talk with Bryan Price, but he thinks he’s ready for a minor league rehab outing @cincienquirer #reds
— John Fay (@johnfayman) April 29, 2013
Cueto threw 45 pitches off the mound. “Pretty good. Breaking balls. Everything. #reds @cincienquirer
— John Fay (@johnfayman) April 29, 2013
I don’t know what will happen with Leake, Cingrani when Cueto returns. Cingrani has obviously been better so far. #reds @cincienquirer
— John Fay (@johnfayman) April 29, 2013
Reds add more depth with signing Willie Harris
Cincinnati Reds signed Willie Harris to a minor league deal today and although many might not think much about this deal, I think it is another great job by Walt Jocketty. It is “No” risk, high rewards for the team. Harris can play all three outfield spots along with 2B and 3B. He also has played a few games at SS. [Source - Mark Sheldon] and [Source - John Fay]
Year Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9
2011 OF 44 32 294.2 63 63 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
2011 LF 33 26 241.1 48 48 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
2011 2B 10 7 66.1 32 10 22 0 2 1.000 4.34
2011 3B 7 5 48.0 16 4 11 1 0 .938 2.81
2011 CF 7 3 31.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
2011 RF 6 3 22.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
2011 DH 2 2
OF 566 361 3499.1 943 915 16 12 4 .987 2.39
LF 307 189 1834.2 430 415 9 6 3 .986 2.08
CF 237 145 1412.0 446 434 7 5 1 .989 2.81
2B 218 174 1553.0 900 381 507 12 110 .987 5.15
RF 51 27 252.2 66 65 0 1 0 .985 2.32
3B 33 14 155.0 50 9 37 4 2 .920 2.67
SS 8 3 38.0 15 4 11 0 2 1.000 3.55
TOT 825 552 5245.1 1908 1309 571 28 118 .985 3.23
Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/23/2012.
Jeff Francis and other options
Cincinnati Reds are not done shopping this offseason. Walt Jocketty has told reporters that he is looking to trade for a SS / INF and they are looking into trying to get LHP Jeff Francis to add some more depth. [Source - Mark Sheldon]
I read that the Reds are looking to maybe getting Francis signed to a minor league deal which in my mind would be great, but there are a few other teams looking into trying to sign him so I am not sure if a deal will get done. Jeff Francis would be better off coming back to the National League though since he did not have to good of a season for Kansas City Royals in 2011. There are some people who think Francis would not be a good option because of Great American Ball Park but if they do sign him to a minor league deal I really don’t see it as being a big issue since it will give the team more options. It would be another low risk high returns kind of deal which has been paying off for Walt Jocketty this offseason so far.
There have been a few people interested in the SS / INF trade talk and I have to be very honest, I am just as stumped as you are to who they will go after and who they will give up to get a backup utility infielder. I have some guesses but so far I have been way off when trying to guess what Walt will do. I thought maybe Carlos Fisher or Jose Arredondo would be traded for what they need but like I said before, I have not been too good at guessing this offseason.
Get your tickets now
Cincinnati Reds Spring Training is very close and if you don’t have your tickets yet you better get them quick. 2012 Spring Training Tickets and Season Ticket Plans are on sale right now.
You can also get some great gear at the Cincinnati Reds Auction right now.
Bill Bray signed a one year deal with the Reds today. [Source - Mark Sheldon] Here is what Bray had to say about it on twitter.
Ryan Ludwick .600 SLG at GABP
Ryan Ludwick has signed a one year deal with Cincinnati Reds. [Source - MLB Trade Rumors] Ken Rosenthal commented on twitter about the deal. “Source: Ryan Ludwick to #Reds. #MLB” and “Source: Ludwick deal with #Reds is one year with a mutual option for 2013. #MLB” and and Jon Heyman said, “ludwick gets $2.5M, with chance to make $3M. #reds.” Mark Sheldon just posted on Mark My Word about the signing with Reds land Ludwick.
Ryan Ludwick has done very well in Great American Ball Park. I showed stats to prove this before in, “Options at LF all depend on Cordero signing.” With a .633 SLG it shows he will fit very well in the number 4 spot in the batting order, after Joey Votto and before Jay Bruce.
Walt Jocketty said most of the work that had to be done would be done quickly this week and he was not kidding. Look for the Reds to find their SS/INF soon too and it just might be another Ryan.
Update: I put down the wrong SLG numbers for Ludwick in GABP. He has hit .600 there not .633 SLG, those are his numbers for Wrigley Field.
I like Zavada and not just for his mustache
Clay Zavada has joined the Cincinnati Reds and besides the killer mustache there is another reason I like having this kid on the team. His birthday is on June 28th. The same as mine, Brandon Phillips and Chris Speier. I wrote already about Brandon Phillips and Chris Speier in my post, I share my birthday with and I talked a little about Zavada in my post, ‘Oh Mo!’ – LeCure better look out. I have not had a chance to see him pitch too much lately but hopefully this spring training I will be able to see a lot more and of course I hope he will get on the 40-man roster so I can see him pitch even more. He will have a lot of competition though so only time will tell.
I am starting to think Walt Jocketty likes me. I think he has been reading my posts and thinking of ways to make me happy. Or, it is just a fluke that the Reds signed another players that has the same birthday as me. Zavada and Phillips are the only active players that I know of right now that were born on June 28th. I stated before that I would love to see Zavada and Sam LeCure pitching in the bullpen in 2012. People have already been calling this seasons bullpen the Ma-sty Boys, I think we will have to change that to the Ma-stachey Boys. Of course Zavada will have to prove himself worthy at spring training and there are a lot of great pitchers going to be trying to get big league jobs. With all of these pitchers being invited to spring training I am starting to think another trade is coming very soon where the Reds will send some of their out of options pitchers for bench players. When Mark Sheldon asked Walt Jocketty about LF and SS/INF he said, “Hopefully, by next week I’d like to have both of them resolved.“
Funny story before I end this post; I was looking through all of the players that have or had a birthday on June 28th and saw Clay Zavada’s name and thought to myself, it would be nice if Walt could get this kid so then I can write more about June 28th. 2012 is going to be a great year and I am going to have fun celebrating my birthday this year. Thanks Walt.
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