Loading ...While they lost again today, there was a bright spot (for once). Twenty-two year old Elizardo Ramirez made his debut as a starter today.
The line:
6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 HR (he is a Red, after all).
He threw 89 pitches, 59 of them for strikes. His ERA now leads the Reds at 3.37.
I don’t want to get too wound up over one start (Mo Sanford debuted with 7 innings of 2-hit, 8-strikeout, 1-walk baseball in 1991), but it IS encouraging. Especially when you remember that he’s only 22. This could be the first feather in O’Brien’s trading cap.
I didn’t want to bump this post, but if you want to talk abuot idiotic lineup construction, take a look at what Pinella did that day in 1991:
Larkin
B. Hatcher
Sabo
Carmello Martinez
Doran
Glenn Braggs
O’Neill
Oliver
Sanford
He has Carmello Martinez (career .408 SLG) batting cleanup, and Paul O’Neill batting 7th.
Ramirez was a PTBNL, too. That’s impressive.
Also, Mr. Ramirez gave up HR in that Bandbox known as Citizen’s Bank Park. I though GABP looked small….
I hope he turns out to be a good pitcher – he looked confident out there.