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12:40 p.m.
LHP Matthew Liberatore (2-2, 4.70) vs. LHP Nick Lodolo (0-1, 7.20)
Cards.TV // KMOXUpdate:
LHP Brycen Mautz (MLB debut) vs. LHP Nick Lodolo (0-1, 7.20)Update 2:
This game was postponed and will be made up as the first game of a split doubleheader on Monday, August 17, at 1:40 PM.We need a good outing from Liberatore. Got to wonder the availability of our relievers. My guess Soriano, JoJo, Pushard and maybe Bruihl can go.
Jeff Jones is reporting that Brycen Mautz, who was scheduled to pitch today for Memphis, is instead starting for StL today.
That slides Liberatore to Monday with McGreevy and May taking the other two starts in Milwaukee.
Interesting move and happy Mautz gets a big league debut. He hasn’t pitched bad at Memphis but needs to throw more strikes today. Mautz also gives up a lot of fly balls which may not far well in Cincy.
I don’t like the move as it positions us to drop the next 2 games. Especially with having to face both Misiorowski and Harrison in Milwaukee, we need this series win today. Also, I’m sure the Reds feel slighted by this move, which is extra incentive to kick our butts this afternoon. Mautz has an extremely tough task ahead of him this afternoon.
We need to get used to this sort pitcher popping out the end of the pipe. By this type, I mean a survivor. A pick up truck that went on past all the Ferraris broken down on the side of the road. Whether he can be good enough remains to be seen, but answering the bell is the first bar to clear. Check.
Mautz’s draftmates from the 2022 upper rounds, Hjerpe and Hansen, have had trouble staying on the mound and so are still buried in the system hoping for better times. As a reminder, Mautz was a slightly under slot signing, with savings used to sign Rajcic in the 6th round.
I think Mautz will acquit himself ok today, but probably won’t make it 5 to get the decision. I’ll say 4-1/3 IP, 3H, 1 ER, 2BB, 6K. A little traffic but without big damage. The Cards win it 6-3 with another Walker big fly.
I don’t love this move mostly because of the bullpen situation. Everyone but Pushard pitched yesterday out of the pen. With Mautz likely to struggle to get 5, that leaves our bullpen a bit gassed for the Milwaukee series. I think I would rather have Liberatore start on normal rest today and then insert Dobbins into the rotation at the appropriate time to keep everyone on normal rest. Instead, today we have a 7-man pen (because Svanson got optioned) with O’Brien likely unavailable and 5 of the 6 available pitched yesterday.
On the plus side, it will be fun to see how Mautz pitches (assuming they are able to get this game in) and it will be nice to bring Fernandez up in a swap for Mautz tomorrow which should be an upgrade to Svanson.
Good point with the bullpen, Jnevel. I’m all for guys like Mautz getting the occasional spot start, as who knows, maybe one of them will pleasantly surprise. There’s a time and a place for almost anything……..but not today under these particular circumstances. The Reds are going to be seeing red today. I reluctantly call it 9-4 Redlegs, with Stewart hammering one……maybe two taters.
According to the Doppler Radar there is a pile of green stuff all around the Cincinnati area. And there appears to be more on the way.
Expect at least a delay in this one.
It is a delayed start.
It looks like Mautz normally goes around 80 pitches and hopes to get 5 IP out of that. Ideally, this should be his AAA year, so coming up with only 40 IP at AAA is not ideal. But giving him some up and down this year is fine, hopefully. The only present alternative, Dobbins, doesn’t seem real compelling. Other guys might become alternatives later in the year.
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