Hunter Greene is nearly 14 months out from having Tommy John surgery (April 9, 2019). The Cincinnati Reds top prospect rebuilt his mechanics after the surgery, which we wrote about (and showed) back in March during his first true bullpen session of spring training. When spring training was shut down, Greene, like almost everyone else, headed back home. But a few days ago the California native headed back to Arizona where he’s now working with Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer on his secondary offerings (slider, change up).
Very productive last 2 days w/ @BauerOutage trying to perfect these secondary pitches. Blessed to be able to use this time to learn from a great player and a great person. We are both itching to get back to competing on the mound! Check out the movement below pic.twitter.com/cKQZqHHr26
— Hunter Greene (@HunterGreene17) May 31, 2020
As you can see from this angle, Trevor Bauer is recording some video of the pitch and then both he and Hunter Greene look at it, then Bauer shows what he can do to get the pitch to do a little more of what he wants.
A few minutes later, Greene posted two videos showing some pitches in slow motion from just behind the mound.
— Hunter Greene (@HunterGreene17) May 31, 2020
We still aren’t sure if we are going to see a 2020 Major League Baseball season, though Reds player rep Tucker Barnhart feels that we will, we are almost certain that there’s going to be no minor league baseball season. Teams are operating on that premise – with some already announcing their plans to pay players $400 per week through what would have already been the end of the regular season.
Earlier this week the Reds announced that they had opened up Great American Ballpark and the spring training facility in Arizona in very limited capacities. It’s unclear how that is going to work out for minor league players this year. Currently, they are for the most part, like the big leaguers – stuck at home to work on things on their own. As things sit right now, only players who live in Arizona are allowed at the Goodyear facility, and only those living in Cincinnati are allowed at Great American Ballpark. Traveling into either place does not currently allow one to have access.