Alright, the Reds didn’t sign A.J. Burnett, but they did get Mike Burns off of waivers. He should fit right in as he gave up six homeruns in 31 innings. Outside of that, he didn’t do all that bad. His ERA was kind of high (4.94), but his WHIP was fair (1.19) and he had a 20/8 strikeout to walk ratio. He was very good against righties (.156 batting average against). Unfortunately, five of the ten hits he gave up against righties went out of the park.

John Donovan wrote that Adam Dunn is as good as gone. It’s obvious that the Reds need pitching, and he talks about how Dunn will start to be on the more expensive side of the equation. It would be a sad, sad day for me if the Reds traded the future Hall of Famer.

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