Former Cardinals Watch

[Jocephus]

no way he even makes an appearance

[Jocephus]

Reds manager Bryan Price indicated Monday that Jason Marquis and Paul Maholm are good bets to make the team's rotation.
"The thing is, when we have veteran guys like Marquis and Maholm, you're not going to use them for one start," Price said. "If they're going to be on our team, the hope is that they're on our team for an entire season, if not longer. And that's how we have to look at that. … You can back-and-forth a young guy. You can start a game or two and then go down to the Minor Leagues or go to the bullpen and help us as a long guy. So Marquis and Maholm are looking more like long-term, start-to-finish options for us." The Reds have decided to move Tony Cingrani to the bullpen, which means there are three rotation spots up grabs with Homer Bailey (elbow) slated to begin the year on the disabled list. If Marquis and Maholm lock up two of them, that leaves Raisel Iglesias and Anthony DeSclafani to battle for one spot. Neither Marquis nor Maholm are good bets to remain in the rotation for the duration of the season even if they break camp as part of it.
Related: Paul Maholm
Source: Reds.mlb.com
Mar 16 - 9:25 PM

[Vidor]

Wow, the Reds are going to be terrible.

[Jocephus]

Joe Kelly felt improvement Tuesday, but still has some soreness in his biceps.
Kelly left Monday's Grapefruit League start against the Mets due to mild biceps tightness. He's currently scheduled to pitch Sunday, but the outing could be pushed back. Kelly has an ugly 11.05 ERA across three starts this spring.
Source: Andrew Simon on Twitter
Mar 17 - 10:05 AM

[dmarx114]

Wow, the Reds are going to be terrible.

My thoughts exactly.

[Jocephus]

Wow, the Reds are going to be terrible.

My thoughts exactly.

Yes, that’s Jason Marquis and Paul Maholm, a pair of replacement level veterans who are essentially the antithesis of upside plays. At their best, they were solid back-end inning sponges, but Marquis’ last good season came six years ago. He didn’t even pitch in the majors last year, and was pretty lousy in 50 innings for the Phillies Triple-A club. He’s 36, while anything is theoretically possible, Jason Marquis providing 200 good innings for the Reds is about as likely as Billy Hamilton leading the league in home runs.

Maholm is slightly less bad, having last been useful as recently as 2012, but he was atrocious for the Dodgers last year, and showed no signs of figuring out how to get right-handers out. He’s a lefty specialist miscast as a starter, and any team with a few decent RHBs will pretty excited to see him take the mound. At 33, it just seems very unlikely that Maholm is going to figure out how to get righties out now, and without that ability, he just doesn’t posses the tools needed to be a valuable starting pitcher in the big leagues anymore.

Now, let’s be honest, any team that’s even considering breaking camp with Paul Maholm or Jason Marquis — much less both of them — is not exactly swimming in pitching depth. The decision to go with two mediocre veterans came at the expense of moving Tony Cingrani to the bullpen, and while Cingrani is interesting, he’s also a one-pitch lefty with big platoon splits and a history of health problems. The other younger candidates for the rotation including Anthony DeSclafani and Raisel Iglesias, neither of whom look like anything super special; the ZIPS forecast for Iglesias based on his Cuban numbers is particularly awful.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-reds ... -too-safe/

[Jocephus]

Shelby Miller, who gave up four runs in one-third of an inning last time out, blanked the Red Sox for four innings on Tuesday.
It wasn't as much of a rebound as the line suggests; it took three double plays and two Red Sox running into outs on the basepaths to get Miller his four scoreless frames. He allowed four hits, walked two and struck out three.
Mar 17 - 4:53 PM

[Magneto2.0]

Shelby Miller, who gave up four runs in one-third of an inning last time out, blanked the Red Sox for four innings on Tuesday.
It wasn't as much of a rebound as the line suggests; it took three double plays and two Red Sox running into outs on the basepaths to get Miller his four scoreless frames. He allowed four hits, walked two and struck out three.
Mar 17 - 4:53 PM

Shelby gonna Shelby

[heyzeus]

RETURN THE CRAIGEN

Peter Gammons of MLB Network reports that the Giants inquired on Allen Craig, but the Red Sox are "not interested in selling low."
Gammons adds that San Francisco is "not actively pursuing" an outfielder at this point but would want a power bat should they change their mind. Hunter Pence (forearm) is likely to miss all of April, but the Giants appear content to use Gregor Blanco as a regular until Pence returns. As for the Red Sox go, it’s hard to blame them for hanging on to Craig for now, as his value is at an all-time low.

[Jocephus]

could probably trade a double sided dvd of timecop and universal soldier for craig right now