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    Cincinnati Reds minor league news and notes

    Doug Gray 0

    There were several stories from around the internet over the last few days on some of the Cincinnati Reds minor league players.

    John Sickels from Minor League Ball wrote about several lefties from the 2014 draft, including Dayton Dragons starter Seth Varner.

    He does not have the same type of fastball (as the other two guys from the article) but his curveball and change-up are effective and his control is exceptional: he currently boasts a 33/zero K/BB ratio in 28 innings for Dayton in the Midwest League with a 2.57 ERA. Command, pitching instincts, and mound presence are the by-words here.

    The article was written before his start last night where he did walk a batter, changing his strikeout-to-walk ratio to 39-1 as he also struck out six batters over 7.0 innings in the Dragons win. The big left hander is second in the Midwest League in strikeouts and his walk rate leads the league. After last night he also has a 2.31 ERA over the course of 35.0 innings pitched.

    Duwayne Escobedo wrote about Pensacola Blue Wahoos Juan Perez yesterday for the Blue Wahoos official website and MiLB.com. While there is some baseball mixed into the article, a lot of it focuses on Perez and his family. It’s a good read on where Perez comes from, so go check it out.

    Ryan Ritchey took a look at the success that Jon Moscot has had this season by breaking down how well he’s been able to get ahead of hitters so far this season over on the Louisville Bats official blog The Bats Signal.

    Moscot has been throwing first pitch strikes 66% of the time this season, the most of any Bats starting pitcher. That allows him to get ahead of the hitter, but what about the 1-1 count? He has been the same when it comes to that count as well. He has thrown a strike in a 1-1 count 37 of 57 opportunities, which comes out to 65%.

    Getting the count to 1-2 puts Moscot in a good position to throw his change up for a strikeout pitch which he did quite often in his start on Sunday. Starting with fastballs and going to his changeup ahead in the count allowed him to rack up 15 swings and misses against the Rochester Red Wings, his most as a Louisville Bat.

    The Louisville Bats will be wearing some superhero inspired jerseys on May 23rd. Check this out: