Reds August Game Thread 2024

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(08-23-2024, 05:14 PM)Goalpost Wrote: Abbott got DL'd.  Left shoulder strain.

Blech.

This is what happens when you train your starters to go less than 5 innings per start in the minors. Also doesn't help that the Reds have an obsession with drafting relief pitchers to be starters.

Hunter Greene: 4 innings per game in the minors
Nick Lodolo: 3.1 innings per game in the minors
Andrew Abbott: Relief pitcher for most of college, 4.2 innings per game in the minors

Reds: "Why do we have such bad luck with injuries and our starters can never finish strong?"


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Meanwhile in the past...
Bronson Arroyo: Threw 135.2 innings (5.1 per game) as a 19-year-old in minors, threw 160.1 innings (6.2 per game) as a 20-year-old in minors.
Johnny Cueto: Threw 138 innings (5.1 per game) as a 20-year-old in minors, threw 161.1 innings (5.2 per game) as a 21-year-old in minors.

If guys aren't coming up training, conditioning, and practicing to pitch 6+ innings every start for a whole season, they'll almost certainly be able to just magically and suddenly do it in the majors.