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Amir Garrett on 2019 Reds: ‘The word rebuild should be out the door’
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Amir Garrett is one of a long list of Cincinnati Reds pitching prospects in the last few years who might have been pushed up to the big league roster before they were ready.
Like former Dayton Dragons teammates Sal Romano and Robert Stephenson, Garrett needs to impress a new manager (David Bell) and pitching coach (Derek Johnson) this spring. The addition of veterans Sonny Gray, Alex Wood and Tanner Roark means fewer spots available on the 2019 pitching staff.
“The competition level is going to rise. You see guys coming out with a chip on their shoulder,” Garrett said. “The window is closing and it’s just going to lift up the competition.”
Garrett, 26, made his major league debut in April 2017 as a starting pitcher and won his first two games, but that success quickly faded. The 6-foot-5 left-hander lost six of his next seven decisions and was shipped out to Triple-A Louisville until rosters were expanded in September.
When Garrett returned, he was transformed into a relief pitcher, where he seems to have found a home.
“I love the bullpen and eventually I want to be a closer,” said Garrett, who finished 3-8 with a 7.39 ERA that first season. “It’s fits my personality. I can come in and attack a hitter and not save anything for later. I can just put it all on the line that day.”
Garrett made the permanent move to the bullpen at the end of spring training last year. He appeared in 66 games (1-2, 4.29 ERA) last season and now seems to thrive on the pressure of being a reliever.
“I can go two games in a row, three games in a row, whatever the team needs me to do,” he said. If I’m falling off on that fourth day and they say, ‘Amir we need you,’ I’m going to go and give it everything I’ve got.”
Garrett will likely be on the opening day roster for the third year in a row when the season starts next month, and like the other guys who have been part of losing teams, he’s ready to have something positive to build on.
“I feel like the word rebuild should be out the door,” he said. “We’re progressing and getting better and I think we’re going to turn some heads this year.”
Garrett took his confidence public right before Christmas when he tweeted, “Y’all can quote me, save the tweet. Whatever, but we about to make some noise,” and he backed that up this week.
“We are about to make some noise,” he said. “It’s not going to be coming into Great American Ball Park anymore and thinking ‘we’re playing the Reds we don’t have to give out best.’ I’m going to say it even if some teammates aren’t … we’re here to play.”
Garrett climbed the ladder quickly through the Reds minor league system, and he’s not wasting any time making an impression this spring. He opened some eyes Tuesday, throwing live batting practice to a group that included Joey Votto, Scooter Gennett and Eugenio Suarez.
“I feel like this is my year to progress as a pitcher and be better,” Garrett said. “I know the organization expects a lot from me so I can carry that on my shoulders and it’s time to show them that I’m the pitcher they always thought I would be.”
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spo...tRcSQ69q64M3Q7MjiLz-cCsyMkPV95S1WyEVeJlGMsD1M
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- Mike Hartsock, WHIO TV
Amir Garrett is one of a long list of Cincinnati Reds pitching prospects in the last few years who might have been pushed up to the big league roster before they were ready.
Like former Dayton Dragons teammates Sal Romano and Robert Stephenson, Garrett needs to impress a new manager (David Bell) and pitching coach (Derek Johnson) this spring. The addition of veterans Sonny Gray, Alex Wood and Tanner Roark means fewer spots available on the 2019 pitching staff.
“The competition level is going to rise. You see guys coming out with a chip on their shoulder,” Garrett said. “The window is closing and it’s just going to lift up the competition.”
Garrett, 26, made his major league debut in April 2017 as a starting pitcher and won his first two games, but that success quickly faded. The 6-foot-5 left-hander lost six of his next seven decisions and was shipped out to Triple-A Louisville until rosters were expanded in September.
When Garrett returned, he was transformed into a relief pitcher, where he seems to have found a home.
“I love the bullpen and eventually I want to be a closer,” said Garrett, who finished 3-8 with a 7.39 ERA that first season. “It’s fits my personality. I can come in and attack a hitter and not save anything for later. I can just put it all on the line that day.”
Garrett made the permanent move to the bullpen at the end of spring training last year. He appeared in 66 games (1-2, 4.29 ERA) last season and now seems to thrive on the pressure of being a reliever.
“I can go two games in a row, three games in a row, whatever the team needs me to do,” he said. If I’m falling off on that fourth day and they say, ‘Amir we need you,’ I’m going to go and give it everything I’ve got.”
Garrett will likely be on the opening day roster for the third year in a row when the season starts next month, and like the other guys who have been part of losing teams, he’s ready to have something positive to build on.
“I feel like the word rebuild should be out the door,” he said. “We’re progressing and getting better and I think we’re going to turn some heads this year.”
Garrett took his confidence public right before Christmas when he tweeted, “Y’all can quote me, save the tweet. Whatever, but we about to make some noise,” and he backed that up this week.
“We are about to make some noise,” he said. “It’s not going to be coming into Great American Ball Park anymore and thinking ‘we’re playing the Reds we don’t have to give out best.’ I’m going to say it even if some teammates aren’t … we’re here to play.”
Garrett climbed the ladder quickly through the Reds minor league system, and he’s not wasting any time making an impression this spring. He opened some eyes Tuesday, throwing live batting practice to a group that included Joey Votto, Scooter Gennett and Eugenio Suarez.
“I feel like this is my year to progress as a pitcher and be better,” Garrett said. “I know the organization expects a lot from me so I can carry that on my shoulders and it’s time to show them that I’m the pitcher they always thought I would be.”
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spo...tRcSQ69q64M3Q7MjiLz-cCsyMkPV95S1WyEVeJlGMsD1M
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Sonny Gray scratched from the Cincinnati Reds rotation ahead of spring training opener
John Fay, Cincinnati EnquirerPublished 10:07 a.m. ET Feb. 22, 2019 | Updated 10:54 a.m. ET Feb. 22, 2019
Sonny Gray was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday in the spring opener with right elbow stiffness.
Tanner Roark will start instead.
The Reds traded for Gray and signed him to a three-year contract.
The Enquirer will update this story.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...QfNU1DZzf84h253NrIDJuCsjTgkfBOkES37CKU-YzF3f4
John Fay, Cincinnati EnquirerPublished 10:07 a.m. ET Feb. 22, 2019 | Updated 10:54 a.m. ET Feb. 22, 2019
Sonny Gray was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday in the spring opener with right elbow stiffness.
Tanner Roark will start instead.
The Reds traded for Gray and signed him to a three-year contract.
The Enquirer will update this story.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...QfNU1DZzf84h253NrIDJuCsjTgkfBOkES37CKU-YzF3f4
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Yep. Can’t use the word rebuild. I can mow my grass to make it look different but the ground is still the same low point it’s ever been.
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Somebody needs to yell at Sonny Gray's elbow to not head towards the light. UCL's are known to explode when coming into the orbit of Dr K's aura.
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The Krem Reaper.Somebody needs to yell at Sonny Gray's elbow to not head towards the light. UCL's are known to explode when coming into the orbit of Dr K's aura.
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The only one of the off season acquisitions they extended
It's remarkable really
Like you said, they extended this bum. It’s to take the place of not paying Homer Bailey to be trash.
They deserve this.
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Nick Senzel starting today in center for the Reds
Doug Gray
February 25, 2019
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Nick Senzel is the Cincinnati Reds top prospect. He’s one of the best prospects in any organization – ranking inside the Top 10 of nearly every prospect ranking we’ve seen all offseason. He was originally drafted as a third baseman. In his time in the Minor Leagues he has played third base a lot.
But with Eugenio Suarez entrenched at the hot corner for the Reds, a move had to come. After the 2017 season the Reds though that second base could be an option, so Senzel spent the offseason working on shortstop and second base. When the year began he was at second for Louisville in Triple-A. Scooter Gennett continued to rake in Cincinnati, and Senzel eventually saw his season come to an end with a finger injury in June that required surgery.
While Scooter Gennett will be in his final year of his contract in 2019, he’s still around. That led the Reds to think that finding another spot on the field for Nick Senzel was once again a high priority. And with Billy Hamilton no longer in the organization, center field became an option. It was going to be a spot that team organization was going to send Senzel to the Arizona Fall League to work on. That plan didn’t happen, though, as Senzel wound up undergoing surgery to remove bone spurs in his elbow that began causing discomfort. After recovering from that, he spent the entire winter in Goodyear at the Reds complex working on learning the position.
And here we are. Game three of the spring. Nick Senzel is finally going to take the field in games, even fake ones, in center field. He’s going to hit leadoff, too. Manager David Bell has already seen him play out there. And he’s noted that Nick Senzel is the favorite to win the job. What’s even better, at least for those of us who actually like watching baseball, the game on Monday afternoon against Seattle is available to watch. It will be available on MLB.tv live, and on MLB Network at 4pm on a 1-hour delay.
It’s only one game. But what’s behind that one game is very important for the Cincinnati Reds. If Nick Senzel can actually play center field well enough to start there in the Major Leagues it would be huge for the organization. Without the ability to play center field, it’s tough to see where he will play in the Majors in 2019. Left field and right field already have to find time for Jesse Winker, Yasiel Puig, Scott Schebler and Matt Kemp. On the infield, as noted, he’s behind Eugenio Suarez and Scooter Gennett. Even in a “super-sub” role, there’s not exactly an easy path to regular playing time.
But if he’s capable of handling center field, that changes everything. Not only for Nick Senzel, who has done everything asked of him and more since being drafted, but for David Bell and the Reds who will have to juggle playing time less. And it’s not as if the offense, which is already good, wouldn’t benefit by adding Senzel’s bat to it. Since being drafted in 2016 he’s hit .314/.390/.513 in the Minor Leagues over 213 games played. In the upper minor leagues he’s been even better. In 428 plate appearances between Double-A and Triple-A he’s hit .326/.397/.537. He’s ready. That is, assuming there’s a spot for him to play. Today we all get our first look to see if that spot can be center.
https://redsminorleagues.com/2019/0...g250uKAU_liM_vvSoUpjU9tQ6jiiOnBjZPxmBZLYLb9JU
Doug Gray
February 25, 2019
5 Comments
Nick Senzel is the Cincinnati Reds top prospect. He’s one of the best prospects in any organization – ranking inside the Top 10 of nearly every prospect ranking we’ve seen all offseason. He was originally drafted as a third baseman. In his time in the Minor Leagues he has played third base a lot.
But with Eugenio Suarez entrenched at the hot corner for the Reds, a move had to come. After the 2017 season the Reds though that second base could be an option, so Senzel spent the offseason working on shortstop and second base. When the year began he was at second for Louisville in Triple-A. Scooter Gennett continued to rake in Cincinnati, and Senzel eventually saw his season come to an end with a finger injury in June that required surgery.
While Scooter Gennett will be in his final year of his contract in 2019, he’s still around. That led the Reds to think that finding another spot on the field for Nick Senzel was once again a high priority. And with Billy Hamilton no longer in the organization, center field became an option. It was going to be a spot that team organization was going to send Senzel to the Arizona Fall League to work on. That plan didn’t happen, though, as Senzel wound up undergoing surgery to remove bone spurs in his elbow that began causing discomfort. After recovering from that, he spent the entire winter in Goodyear at the Reds complex working on learning the position.
And here we are. Game three of the spring. Nick Senzel is finally going to take the field in games, even fake ones, in center field. He’s going to hit leadoff, too. Manager David Bell has already seen him play out there. And he’s noted that Nick Senzel is the favorite to win the job. What’s even better, at least for those of us who actually like watching baseball, the game on Monday afternoon against Seattle is available to watch. It will be available on MLB.tv live, and on MLB Network at 4pm on a 1-hour delay.
It’s only one game. But what’s behind that one game is very important for the Cincinnati Reds. If Nick Senzel can actually play center field well enough to start there in the Major Leagues it would be huge for the organization. Without the ability to play center field, it’s tough to see where he will play in the Majors in 2019. Left field and right field already have to find time for Jesse Winker, Yasiel Puig, Scott Schebler and Matt Kemp. On the infield, as noted, he’s behind Eugenio Suarez and Scooter Gennett. Even in a “super-sub” role, there’s not exactly an easy path to regular playing time.
But if he’s capable of handling center field, that changes everything. Not only for Nick Senzel, who has done everything asked of him and more since being drafted, but for David Bell and the Reds who will have to juggle playing time less. And it’s not as if the offense, which is already good, wouldn’t benefit by adding Senzel’s bat to it. Since being drafted in 2016 he’s hit .314/.390/.513 in the Minor Leagues over 213 games played. In the upper minor leagues he’s been even better. In 428 plate appearances between Double-A and Triple-A he’s hit .326/.397/.537. He’s ready. That is, assuming there’s a spot for him to play. Today we all get our first look to see if that spot can be center.
https://redsminorleagues.com/2019/0...g250uKAU_liM_vvSoUpjU9tQ6jiiOnBjZPxmBZLYLb9JU
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My guess is that he and Puig collide by the 3rd inning and both careers are over.
Of course that could just be my spring training optimism talking.
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Still one of the greatest gifs ever
The only one of the off season acquisitions they extended
It's remarkable really
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So versatile. It just OOZES "Ohio 'Professional' Sports."Still one of the greatest gifs ever
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This oozes Ohio professional sports.
How Yasiel Puig has -- and hasn't -- moved on with the Reds
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26063464/how-yasiel-puig-moved-reds
How Yasiel Puig has -- and hasn't -- moved on with the Reds
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26063464/how-yasiel-puig-moved-reds
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