There were plenty of articles over the weekend on some of our young guys from spring training.
Jesus Sanchez looks at Chapman’s transition and what the next step will be. It has some info we have seen other places about Chapman’s transition to America and the lifestyle compared to his native Cuba.
Mark Sheldon previews a little more Aroldis Chapman who will pitch on Monday after Bronson Arroyo starts.
Mark Sheldon takes a look at Chris Valaika coming back after a down season last year.
C Trent looks at the games by Travis Wood and Mike Leake over at CNati.com.
A side note from Saturdays game on Travis Wood was that he broke two bats in his 2 innings of work. I found that to be quite impressive. Mike Leake made quick work in his inning as well with two ground outs and a strikeout looking.
Monday has plenty of prospects playing as there are two games going on because of the rain out. Pitchers will include Ondrusek, Valiquette, Chapman, Del Rosario, Smith and Viola. Prospects who are starting in the field will be : Heise, Alonso, Frazier and Francisco all on the “B squad” game. All info from John Fay’s blog.
Its going to be a long few weeks until we can see the Reds on tv again. They teased us right out of the gate and then make us wait weeks to see them again. Oh well, soon enough we will get to see just about all of the games. Until then, my radio will be tuned in to Marty.