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Ross Detwiler, who apparently plans to pitch until Tom Brady retires signs a minor league deal with the Reds
I remember like three years ago thinking our system was loaded with backstop talent. And like every guy somehow underperformed the lowest expectation.
I saw Reetz and Read play against each other last night in Birmingham. Reetz had a line drive double and Read hit an absolute bomb of a homer. Read's hitting .357 with a .955 OPS and batting cleanup. Reetz is at .310 with a 1.065 and batted 5th last night. So I guess there's at least a level they're both good at? Read is really impressively fat now, by the way.
Kyle Schwarber - .164/.273/.388Kurt Suzuki - .172/.273/.310Michael A. Taylor - .174/.316/.239Anthony Rendon - 213/.338/.361Yan Gomes - .217/.250/.304Bryce Harper - .276/.337/.513Trea Turner - .296/.338/.423
It’s early
Rendon just hit a HR batting left handed against a position player.
Harper has a “small” UCL tear. He will undergo prp treatment and resume throwing in four weeks. Looks like he’s going to be DH’ng for a while.
I'm no doctor, but I can't see that working out well. UCL tears often result from high-force rotation of the wrist. That's what swinging involves. It'd be worse if he was a righty batter, but try swinging and see what your bottom-hand wrist does. Then throw a slider and see how similar it is.
Given the numbers he’s putting up it doesn’t seem to be bothering his swing.