Pitching ....

A nice 3 day weekend in Cincinnati all things considered. It’s nice to be able to watch the games, since I get the Fox Sports Ohio feed. Although last night going into the bottom of the first, it was painful to hear all the praise the Cincy guys were giving JVB for being a “top prospect and at least a 5-6 hitter” ..... unfortunately, he showed them what we already knew. And of course, now we know why Capps is blowing saves. This should put more pressure on an already beleaguered pitching staff. I think baseball’s best outfield, and fifth best offense is going to have to step up even further to try and build some leads. One question: Does the Pearce callup (link) portend a certain RF’s trade? Probably not, just yet. Snell and Dumatrait are on their way back next week, so Pearce is probably just for the weekend. Wonder if he’ll get any playing time with LaRoche finally hitting, and a jammed up OF? I don’t get that. But then again, there are no pitchers to call up .... what about Freddy Garcia? Seriously! Let's get some pitchers! Surprise, surprise ...... three lefties starting at Milwaukee this weekend. Go Buccos!