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The Cardinals: A PREVIEW

Those damned Cardinals are six games over .500 and they're doing it with Wainright and Wellemeyer, Lohse and Looper.  Just as we Reds fans are thinking that the offense surely must take off one of these days, it seems that the Cards' staff must also return to earth any day now.

Hmm... unstoppable force meets immovable object?  Well, probably not but FWIW these unheralded division foes are each 5-6 in their last eleven games.

Star-divide

  • MONDAY 9pm EST: Arroyo vs Todd Allen Wellenmeyer (2-0  3.77) ... last three starts :  19ip  10er 16h  6bb  18k  3hr 

  • 29yrs  6'3"  225#   RHP  #37  [$1M in '08]
  • born in Louisville
  • drafted by CHC 2000 4th round  out of Bellarmine University (in Louisvile)
  • 91-94 mph fastball ... plus changeup ... average slider ... no control  ("Stay agressive tonight, Skip?")
  • 2007 vs CIN: 3 games (1 start )   8.2ip  2er  2h  9bb(!)  8k  0hr
  • career vs CIN:  15 games (4-1  4.22)  21.1ip  10er  16h  20bb(!)  21k  1hr
  • some Reds vs. Todd:  Junya:0/6  Dunn:1/8(w/3bb)  BP0/5  Hatte: 1.857OPS in 7PA
  • In the past 3+ years, Wellemeyer has pitched in over 100 games for a total of four teams (CHC, FLA, KC and now STL)
  • In 2007, Baseball Prospectus damned him with this faint praise: "Becoming the next Kyle Farnsworth is a best-case scenario."  This year, Tony LaRussa says , “If you’re short starters, you do the best that you can. If you don’t have an ideal situation, you don’t look for the ideal.”
  • ~~~

    MONDAY 815pm EST: Cueto vs Joel Alberto Piniero (1-2  5.29) ... last three starts:  17ip  10er  22h(!)  2bb  6k  2hr 

  • 29yrs  6'1"  200#   RHP  #35  [$5.5M in '08]
  • drafted by SEA 1997 12th round out of Edison Community College (FLA)
  • 90-93 mph fastball ... plus changeup ... has a very nice big swooping curve ... his delivery can be disorienting to hitters but it also considered a source of inconsistency for Piniero ... loses focus with men on base
  • He's only ever faced the Reds once in his career.  He outdueled Chris Reitsma on June 18, 2002.  26K+ at old Cinergy Field.. Whew! It's Gettin' Hot in Herre...
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    I wanted to get this preview of Wellemeyer up..

    ..so that we could spend the afternoon salivating over the number of walks that Dusty’s boys are sure to draw tonight.

    Am I right or am I right?

    I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.

    by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2008 4:29 PM EDT reply actions  

    damn his this faint praise

    Brendon, there's nothing wrong with lying to women. Or the government. Or parents. Or God.

    by Man Mountain on Apr 28, 2008 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

    Crec'd

    I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.

    by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2008 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

    My brother and brother-in-law went to Bellarmine

    Neither of them have very good control either. I don’t think either makes $1 million a year though.

    You're drowning in the past, Mike, and I've got your life jacket right here. It's called the 80s and it's gonna be around forever.

    by Slyde on Apr 28, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

    My wife

    is a Bellermine grad also. And she too has no control, unless you count everything I say or do.

    I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. -Tom Waits and others

    by Pops Daniels on Apr 28, 2008 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

    you mean she lets you take your kid to a bar?

    In the end, life and business are about human connections. And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake. And to me the choice is easy.

    by chandrathan on Apr 28, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions  

    I didn't mention that to her

    I am sometimes allowed to be a shitty father all by myself, you know, when she’s still at work.

    I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. -Tom Waits and others

    by Pops Daniels on Apr 28, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

    i understand...

    you gotta hide stuff

    In the end, life and business are about human connections. And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake. And to me the choice is easy.

    by chandrathan on Apr 28, 2008 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

    What's the over/under on the inning number before a Reds announcer mentions that the Reds missed out on Wellemeyer

    who is from the area, sort of?

    Too bad Welsh won’t be calling the game tonight or else it would have been guaranteed to happen.

    You're drowning in the past, Mike, and I've got your life jacket right here. It's called the 80s and it's gonna be around forever.

    by Slyde on Apr 28, 2008 4:45 PM EDT reply actions  

    that atlanta braves have made a living off of local talent

    In the end, life and business are about human connections. And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake. And to me the choice is easy.

    by chandrathan on Apr 28, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

    FWIW..

    Here are the dudes the Reds picked before Wellemeyer in 2000.

    I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.

    by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2008 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

    Damn. Whatever happened to Noochie Varner?

    I don't know how to paint a banana gourd to look like a Power Ranger.

    by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 28, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

    If tHom is announcing tonight...

    Then I predict it will come before the third Arizona/Diamondbacks ref tonight by tHom.

    At least it wasn't Grady Little.

    by Paul Householder on Apr 28, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

    If this pitching staff keeps going

    is Dave Duncan a HOFer?

    Norris Hopper's #1 fan!!!

    by Zach K on Apr 28, 2008 4:45 PM EDT reply actions  

    i think he probably is already

    just on his reputation so far. i dont have the names and numbers of the dudes he’s worked his “magic” with, but coaxing jeff weaver to ace the ‘06 Series is downright Merlin-esque.

    Abraham Lincoln said that if you're a racist, I will invade you with the north.

    by Charlie Scrabbles on Apr 28, 2008 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

    has a coach

    who was not a manager ever been inducted into the Hall? If Buck O’Neill doesn’t warrant it then no one does.

    Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

    by Caleb on Apr 28, 2008 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

    Will Bronson Arroyo Finally Get It Together Tonight?

    Another episode in this fun little drama that now seems to be in its second season.

    The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!

    by TheC on Apr 28, 2008 6:15 PM EDT reply actions  

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