A quick summary of Spring Training.
GOOD NEWS: HITTING
The Reds as a team hit .284/.350 for the spring. That's good stuff.
Guys who are heading north who hit at least the team average .284 (in order):
Votto
Mesoraco
BP
Suarez
Duvall
Barnhart
Pacheco
DeJesus
Schebler
Bruce
And here's Joey's slashline for the spring: .455/.529/.636/1.556. Holy cow.
BAD NEWS: PITCHING
There is almost nothing good to say about the pitching. Cingrani had a really good spring. Hoover's was decent. That's about it.
Injuries everywhere. Pulling in leftovers off the waiver wire. Ugh.
TWO HEAD-SCRATCHERS:
1. How did Drew Hayes not make the bullpen cut? Don't tell me it's because he's not on the 40-man roster. That's not a valid excuse when the bullpen is this bad. He had a lights-out spring but got sent down before they broke camp. Pitched a scoreless inning today in Indy. No runs, no hits, two strikeouts. What gives?
2. What is Price thinking batting Cozart leadoff? I'm okay with moving BHam down, but do you know that Cozart has a worse lifetime OBP than Billy? And that he had a worse spring than Billy? And that he's 0-7 with five strikeouts since Price moved him to leadoff two games ago? And that he SUCKED at the top of the lineup a couple of years ago under Dusty? And that he's coming off a MAJOR injury? I would bat ANYONE on the team in the leadoff slot ahead of Cozart. How about BP, who did well there last year and had a killer spring?