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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 7:05:59 GMT -5
Last night's game was broadcast on MLB.com and I managed to catch most of it. For the Reds prospects that appeared in the game there was good and so-so performances, but that would be true of any single game. Winker and Iglesias were the good. Winker was 1-2 with 2 BB's and drew rave reviews of his performance and potential from Jim Callis pretty much throughout the entire game. Iglesias looked filthy in his one inning of work. 1 K in a 1-2-3 inning. It was a shame they didn't send him out for a 2nd inning since he only threw 11 pitches. Guy has big league stuff and swagger. Would not surprise me in the least if he breaks camp with the Reds in the spring as a reliever. If they are determined to make him a starter then he will need time in the minors, probably. As for the less than good, Juan Perez didn't do anything spectacular but his defense at 2B looked solid and he was 1-4 at the plate. Mejias-Brean seemed to fit in the category of gassed. After a pretty solid regular season in Bakersfield and Pensacola, he was one of the guys Callis mentioned as seeming to be worn down. Ben Klimesh also pitched the 9th inning and allowed a couple of unearned runs. He was wild but would have got out of the inning unscathed if not for a bad throw by the SS allowing a couple of runs to score.
Overall they looked good. No Waldrop though.
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Post by walstib on Nov 9, 2014 13:39:54 GMT -5
Winker and Iglesias can make the club out of ST. I've been watching them on the MLB network. Winker is a true 3-4-5 hole hitter without a doubt.
Albeit he was throwing Uncle Charlie at prospects, but Iglesias will also get major leaguers to chase it or freeze them. I like him in the bullpen, he CAN set-up Chapman. Imagine, Igelsias' breaking stuff followed by Chapman's 100+ cheese. Goodnight.
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Post by psuhistory on Nov 10, 2014 10:26:59 GMT -5
Reds Prospect Iglesias is Showing Polish C. Trent Rosecrans, Cincinnati Enquirer, November 9 2014
SURPRISE, Ariz. – Among the top prospects in Major League Baseball at the Arizona Fall League, Reds right-hander Raisel Iglesias doesn't look like a prospect. He looks like a big leaguer against those who will one day be big leaguers.
On Saturday, the 24-year-old Iglesias made his sixth appearance in the Arizona Fall League, and like the previous five, he worked one inning and didn't give up a hit.
In those six innings, Iglesias has allowed just two baserunners, both on walks, and struck out six. Against Mesa on Saturday, he struck out the first batter he faced before inducing two weak groundouts. He used all four of his pitches –two different breaking balls, a changeup and a fastball that was consistently at 93-94 mph.
"He hasn't even gotten into a jam. I think one or two guys have gone on. There haven't been any loud hits," said his teammate and Reds outfield prospect Jesse Winker. "When he comes in, it's 1-2-3 and slam the door shut. That slider's nasty, and he's a lot of fun to watch."
And Winker said that before the game. But he'd seen it five times already.
It's what the Reds have seen since Iglesias started pitching in a Cincinnati uniform. He threw an inning in an instructional league game and then moved to the AFL.
Although the Reds had planned on having Iglesias go to Puerto Rico to pitch after two AFL appearances, they changed that plan so they could keep a closer eye on the man they gave a seven-year deal worth $27 million.
Iglesias will likely pitch at least once more in this week's final slate of games in Arizona. His weeks with the Surprise Saguaros have been a welcome return to actual baseball. Iglesias hadn't pitched in a real game since July 31, 2013, when he was a member of the Cuban team pitching in the United States against a college all-star team.
Since then, he's trained mostly on his own. With Saguaros, Iglesias bops around the dugout talking to his teammates, laughing and nearly always smiling.
"It's awesome being on a team, that's what makes the game so special," Iglesias said according Deven Marrero, a Red Sox prospect with Surprise. "I'm very happy to be here with these guys in this locker room."
He's made friends with the Spanish-speaking players, as well as his future Reds teammates, including Winker, who has been impressed with Iglesias' transition to a new country.
"The biggest thing that jumps out to me about this kid is that he loves to be at the ballpark," said Delino DeShields, who is managing the Saguaros and will manage the Reds' Triple-A team in Louisville in 2015 after two years at Double-A Pensacola. "It's contagious. He has that kind of energy. He really enjoys the game of baseball."
That part is exciting for Iglesias. While he's had to jump through all sorts of legal and governmental hoops since leaving Cuba to search out his dream of playing in the United States, he's finally playing baseball. He established residency in Haiti and signed with the Reds in June, but wasn't able to come to the United States until August.
Since then, he said, he's just been working, waiting for the opportunity that he's gotten in a small way this past month in the Arizona Fall League, but the bigger opportunity that is awaiting him is with the Reds.
"It's the same baseball, there's nothing that different," Iglesias said according to Marrero. "The guys here may be a little more consistent than in Cuba. But it's still the same game, same ball, same home plate. I'm just out there doing my thing."
While relieving here, the Reds have stayed with their plans to have him start the spring as a starter. With those four pitches, the team believes he can start. There's also the possibility that he could spend a year in the bullpen before moving back to the rotation when the big league team will need him after the 2015 season, when four of its current starters are scheduled to entered free agency.
The Reds gave him a major-league contract, and as he's shown in Arizona he certainly has the stuff to get even the best minor-league hitters out. The questions will be how he fares against big-leaguers and if he can start, something he'd done some in Cuba, despite spending much of his time with the national team as a reliever.
"He's pretty good, man, he can really spin the ball," DeShields said. "His arm slot is pretty much the same as his fastball and he has command. They know he's going to be around the plate, but it just disappears on guys. He's not a project – this is a kid that's not far away."
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