Scott Rolen (shoulder) recently received a cortisone shot.
Rolen was placed on the disabled list earlier this month with a strained left shoulder and has yet to resume swinging a bat. Reds manager Dusty Baker said on Saturday that he’s not sure when the 37-year-old third baseman will be ready to return. With his future very much in doubt, Todd Frazier makes for a smart pickup in deeper mixed formats.
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Johnny Cueto scattered eight hits and two runs across seven innings of work at Yankee Stadium Sunday, improving to 5-1 in Cincinnati’s 5-2 win.
Cueto struck out five and walked two in his seventh quality start in nine outings this season. Picking up where he left off last season, Cueto will bring a 1.97 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 38/12 K/BB ratio into his Friday start against the Rockies at home.
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Ryan Ludwick went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBI in Sunday’s win at Yankee Stadium.
Ludwick took CC Sabathia deep for a solo shot in the seventh inning. A badly needed day for Cincinnati’s would-be left fielder, who entered this afternoon hitting .167/.310/.167 in the month of May. The home run was his first since April 24. A nice day, but Ludwick should still be in a timeshare with Chris Heisey going forward.
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Aroldis Chapman recorded his first save of the season in Sunday’s 5-2 win in Yankee Stadium, notching his 39th strikeout in a scoreless inning of work.
Anointed the Reds’ new closer early Sunday, Chapman was believed to be unavailable for today’s series finale after appearing in three of Cincinnati’s past four games, but ended up making his 18th appearance of the season. Clearly the Reds’ best reliever ? if not the best bullpen arm in all of baseball ? Chapman should have little trouble “making the adjustment” to the ninth inning. Sean Marshall can be dropped in all formats.
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Aroldis Chapman will take over the Reds’ closer job.
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Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that Edgar Renteria has turned down two contracts and is still leaning toward retirement.
Renteria was offered minor league deals from two National League clubs over the winter and turned them down, though we aren’t sure if those are the offers Heyman is alluding to. The 35-year-old has not filed retirement papers because he remains open to resuming his career if the right opportunity comes along; Heyman mentions the Brewers as a possibility. The five-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner owns a .286/.343/.398 career batting line over 16 major league seasons to go along with 2,327 hits.
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Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that the Reds are concerned that Scott Rolen (shoulder) might not be able to return to the field this season.
There is no timetable for Rolen’s return and Heyman believes the situation is more dire than originally reported. “I really don’t know,” manager Dusty Baker said when asked when Rolen would return. “I’m not healthy right now,” Rolen said a week ago. “As much as I want to help the team, I’m hurting the team.” Rolen was off to a rough start this year when he hit the shelf, batting just .174/.238/.304 with two homers and 11 RBI. Todd Frazier has replaced him in the lineup.
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Reds manager Dusty Baker indicated Aroldis Chapman could replace Sean Marshall as the team’s closer.
“He’s been go good in the eighth,” Baker said. “Like I said, you?ve got to graduate to that position. Who knows maybe graduation time is here? We?re got to discuss it, talk about it. Matter of fact, we already talked to him about it.” It sounds like the question isn’t if Chapman will be the Reds’ closer, but when. The 24-year-old left-hander has yet to allow a run and has a dominant 32/5 K/BB ratio in 20 1/3 innings of relief this season.
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Sean Marshall was pulled from a save opportunity Saturday against the Yankees.
Marshall entered the bottom of the ninth inning with a three-run cushion, but he allowed two runs on four hits before getting pulled in favor of Jose Arredondo. Arredondo then got Derek Jeter to hit into a fielder’s choice and Curtis Granderson on a ground out to first base to end it. Marshall has only blown one save in eight tries this year and has a solid 21/3 K K/BB ratio, but he owns an ugly 5.02 ERA over 14 1/3 innings. If the Reds truly have no intention of putting Aroldis Chapman in the rotation this year, the hard-throwing left-hander could eventually threaten for the closer job.
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Homer Bailey yielded three runs over 6 1/3 innings in a 6-5 win over the Yankees on Saturday.
Bailey scattered seven hits (including a pair of solo homers) while fanning seven and walking just one. His 4.34 ERA isn’t all that impressive, but he has delivered a “quality start” in six out of his eight outings this season. He’ll square off against the Braves next Thursday.
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