3 days til Pitchers & Catchers!

Click HERE to link to the Depth Chart as MLB.com sees it. Link is also at left...

Questions I believe have to, or will have to, face this season:

* Can the young back-end of the rotation answer the call this season? Bailey, Wood, Leake...2 of the 3 will be called upon after Arroyo, Cueto, Volquez.

* LF. Who will pick up Gomes' slack in the 2nd half when he trails off?

* Bullpen. Who closes? What is Chapman's role?

* 2B. Brandon Phillips...what kind of offensive performance will we see from BP this season? Defense is less of a concern...BP is a first-rate fielder.

* Batting lineup. Need some OBP (!) ahead of Votto. Hanigan, new import Fred Lewis, BP, Stubbs?!

Pitching Preview - Spring Training 2011

Rotation

Bronson Arroyo
Edinson Volquez
Johnny Cueto
Travis Wood*
Homer Bailey
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Mike Leake
Matt Maloney

Pen
Francisco Cordero
Nick Masset
Aroldis Chapman*
Bill Bray*
Logan Ondrusek
Jared Burton
Jose Arredondo
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Sam Lecure
Carlos Fisher
Jordan Smith
DR Herrera*

*left-handed

Aroldis Chapman...and other nonsense

Well now, it does appear the Redlegs are starting to buy into the stated objective of this blog! PITCHING, power, on-base percentage...YAY.

* The Reds have signed Cuban import Aroldis Chapman to a five-year, $25M deal, payments spread over 10 years. It may work, it may not work...I just like that Castellini is finally TRYING.




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Now that Pete Carroll has taken Head Coach job at Seattle Seahawks, who will replace him as coach at USC? The article mentions Mike Riley, Jack Del Rio, Jeff Fisher... What a great job coaching the Trojans.

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And now, other nonsense



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About 40 days-ish til Reds Spring Training opens at their new site in Goodyear, Arizona!