Well, I’m on my way back home to Cincinnati, but it’s a 30-hour drive, so I’m going to try and keep this short for the morning. Earlier this week I reported that Taylor Trammell was nursing a quad injury, but that it wasn’t serious. It was keeping him out of games, though. On Saturday morning he was in the cage and taking batting practice. On Saturday afternoon he was in the game, and playing in center field for the Daytona Tortugas squad. In his final at-bat of the day he tripled off of the center field wall and made it look easy.
Here’s the video of a round of his batting practice and the triple.
Also, the Reds acquired Robin(son) Leyer from the White Sox. Jon Heyman was the first to report it. I actually watched him pitch on Saturday for a few batters. Fastball was 92-94 on the day. I’m not sure if I got any video of him or not, but I don’t believe that I did.
Last season he pitched in Double-A for the White Sox. He had 62 strikeouts and 33 walks (4 IBB) in 58.1 innings with a 3.55 ERA. That was easily the best strikeout rate of his career. But, his walk rate was also quite a bit higher than you would like to see. You can see his career stats here.
That’s all I’ve got for the morning. I need to sleep so I can get on the road and start driving in the morning. Have a good Sunday.