The Cincinnati Reds haven’t exactly had a good showing in the Arizona Fall League early on. All three of their position players are hitting under .200. Nick Travieso has been a bright spot out in Arizona representing the Reds though. The starting pitcher has now made three starts in the league with the last one coming on Saturday afternoon.
Things got out to a rough start in the game as the first two batters of the game doubles, making it 1-0 for Glendale. After that, it was smooth sailing for the right hander. He would strange the runner with a fly out, strikeout and a ground out that ended the inning. Travieso would go on to allow just one more hit over the next four innings, finishing up the day with 5.0 innings pitched, one run allowed on three hits and he struck out six batters.
The 5.0 innings was his longest of the Arizona Fall League season so far, and about as long as you are going to see any starting pitcher get in the league. He needed just 68 pitches to get through his innings on the day. His ERA currently sits at 1.50 through 12.0 innings with just one walk and 13 strikeouts.
In the first two starts Nick Travieso didn’t use his change up much, throwing it very sparringly and relying more on his fastball, cutter and slider. On Saturday afternoon though, the change up began to show up more frequently, throwing it 14% of the time. He also generated 11 swings and misses in just 68 pitches thrown.
Other Winter League Notes
Stephen Johnson took the mound after Travieso did on Saturday. He, like Travieso, has been a bright spot out in Arizona. Johnson tossed a shutout inning of work, throwing just 14 pitches. His scoreless inning kept his ERA at 0.00 in Arizona through four outings that stretch to 6.2 innings. Opposing hitters are batting just .136 off of him, but he only has one strikeout and one walk.
Sebastian Elizalde continued his hitting streak last night in the Mexican Winter League. The outfielder went 1-4 with a 3rd inning single to right field as he extended his hitting streak to 14 games. He’s not hitting .364/.410/.571 through 19 games for Hermosillo.
The Puerto Rican Winter League kicked off their season on Saturday, the last of the fall/winter league seasons to get started. There are a few Reds players that are currently active in the league. Here’s the list:
- RHP Jose De La Torre
- INF Irving Falu
- C Yovan Gonzalez