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Reds Tidbits (2013 Season)

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Should have fucking decided this in December. It's probably the right move but then giving Broxton all of that money wasted some they could have spent on another starter. We still have no lefty in the rotation which kinda sucks.

Chapman will be the best closer in the league this year no doubt but where do we go when Leake hits the wall?

Crap.
 
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Bucknut24;2317657; said:
Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 45m
Paul Daugherty of Cincinnati Enquirer reporting that #Reds are expected to announce today that Chapman will close.
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Fire the 'tard.

The feud that has been quietly simmering within the Reds? brain trust for months is about to come to a head; a decision on whether left-hander Aroldis Chapman begins the season in the rotation or returns to the closer role that he filled so well last season should be coming soon. General manager Walt Jocketty?s plan from the time he signed Chapman was to have the Cuban works as a starting pitcher. However, Chapman became the closer out of necessity last season when Ryan Madson blew out his elbow in spring training, and he pitched so well that manager Dusty Baker doesn?t want to take him out of that role.
?It?s a classic case of the general manager/manager divide,? said one NL front-office type. ?The GM has to balance the present with the future in order for the organization to have long-term success, but most managers are only worried how they can win today?s game. I have a feeling this is going to get ugly if Walt decides to keep Chapman as a starter. Walt and Dusty have always struck me as kind of an odd coupling, and this could really strain their relationship.?
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Waste of an arm and waste of money on Broxton. I knew Dusty would try and sabotage this. He is the perfect example of how much a manager has little to do with the success of a team. It's all about personel. He got lucky with the Cubs and Giants. As soon as their talent went down, his ass was canned. Never won anything even though he had 2 of the most talented teams in baseball during his time at manager. About to make it 3.
 
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I wish we could have shit canned Baker after the playoff flop...Hell I would rather have Tito Francona than him...He sucks...

Can we please do away with the special Sunday lineups that suck...I travel 100 miles to Cincy so I can watch Jason Donald and Xavier Paul show their major league prowess..God how I long to watch Javier Valentin go for the golden sombrero..
 
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http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2013/03/22/its-official-chapman-to-close/

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Great Chapman Debate ended like this:

“We made a decision on our rotation. It’s Cueto, Latos, Bronson, Homer Bailey and Leake,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said.

With that, Aroldis Chapman was officially back in the bullpen.

“It was like last year,” general manager Walt Jocketty said. “It was what gave us the best opportunity to win as an organization this year. The rotation as it, we had four guys who pitched 200 innings. We have another guy who is capable of pitching 200 innings.

“That’s a very strong rotation.

“We’ll put Chapman back in the closer role. (Jonathan) Broxton close when Chapman’s not available. That gives us a very strong bullpen. As we evaluated, we felt that was the best way to go.

“Leake’s had a good spring. As long as we felt he was close to coming back to where he was a couple of years ago, we thought we were a better team.”

Baker said it wasn’t Chapman vs. Leake decision.

“That’s not how it was,” Baker said. “We thought Chapman setting up our bullpen gave us a better chance to win.”

The Reds are in the win-now mode.

“We’re a team built to win,” Jocketty said. “In our opinion, this gives us the best chance to win now.”

Chapman saved 38 games last year and had a 1.51 ERA.

“It’s not like Chapman didn’t have success,” Baker said. “This guy was an All-Star.”

Jocketty did not rule out Chapman starting in the future.

“Who knows one day he may start,” Jocketty said. “But this is the best decision for us to be successful.”

Chapman will be in the traditional closer role from the start. He began last year as two-inning setup man.

“He’s the closer,” Baker said. “On days, he can’t pitch we have Broxton. We’re going to limit (Chapman) consecutive days.”

Broxton was signed to a three-year, $21 million deal in the offseason. That opened the way for Chapman to move to the rotation. A lot people look at Broxton as too expensive of an investment to set up.

“Depends on what the level of closer it is,” Jocketty said. “What did (Rafeal) Soriano sign for? $14 million? (Jonathan) Papelbon got $15 million. The late-inning quality setup guys are getting in the range of what Broxton got.”

Broxton was fine with setup role, Jocketty said.

Chapman came out and he wanted to be a closer last week. That was not the overriding reason for the move.

“No. 1, we don’t let players tell us how to use them. . . It certainly was a factor,” Jocketty said. “He’s comfortable in role.”

Jocketty said there was no in-house battle over the issue.

“(The media) has made a big deal out of this,” Jocketty said. “You’ve exaggerated the point. There has not been a big in-house battle. We approached this spring exactly the same as last year with Chapman. He was either going to be a starter or closer.

“. . . What puts us in the best position to win. That’s all we were concerned with.”
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Arroyo took a wicked comebacker off his slop tossing hand today, X-rays were negative.

?I?ll pitch,? Arroyo said. ?I have some work to do. It?s going to be a few more hours in the training room, contrasting it and taking a few more drugs.?
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:slappy:

at least he's honest
 
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