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Flame-thrower's role uncertain in Cinci
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08:12 AM ET 11.03 | Reds fans may not have to wait until every fifth day to see Aroldis Chapman. [Chapman] did not get a $30.25 million dollar contract to be a relief pitcher, but Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said Tuesday that Chapman might remain in the bullpen next season. Jocketty said the Reds still project Chapman as a starter, long-term. Questions arose again last week after manager Dusty Baker, interviewed on Sirius XM's Mad Dog Radio, said the Reds were uncertain about Chapman's role. ... Jocketty, in a telephone interview Tuesday, said the Reds will wait and see.
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If he is good he will play...of course it is uncertain...
AllStarz Ruinating…
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As a Reds fan for 40 years, I have never seen the electricity coming from a reliever entering the game like AC.
Clintster
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My biggest fear is that he'll have the same fate as Stephen Strasburg.
CCPCE-5
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The Reds better not screw with this back and forth starter-relief BS. There's a new term for that: Don't Joba your pitcher.
Baconator
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He should remain as a releiver....it's what he's best suited for...nothing wrong with that. Every team needs a shut down closer.
Yogi-Zen
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Walt just doesn't want Dusty leaving him out there for 150 pitches a start.
ElevenRingsSTL
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and i think the value of that is sometimes underrated.
Hotpants…
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that's a good point.
Hotpants…
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the reds have to take it easy w/ chapman be on the bullpen role its better by taking slow steps towards the starter position!
alacran
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Uncertain, because this dude is destined to be nothing but a closer. Not that there is anything wrong with that, except maybe the money.
kelso!
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As an Astros fan I would prefer they shuffle him back and forth from the starting rotation to the bullpen and screw with his head. Just let the kid start and don't let him throw over 160-170 innings, Dusty...
El Czecho
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Cuban pitcher by history are durable, so the move to limit his pitch count is just stupid. Make him a starter or you're wasting the 30 million you spent on the guy...................
28thstonyisland
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Sorry, but I just can't get my mind around that statement. The dude is **** sapiens. He's good for sure. But he throws fast and with reckless abandon. Sheet happens.
If you could predict which pitchers were going to last and which would soon be heading for Tommy John surgery, you certainly wouldn't be here posting on T&R. There's a lot of money in being able to figure out who the next Nolan Ryan will be. So far nobody's distinguished themselves in that regard.
Hoos Your Daddy
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