My first response to seeing that Dave Williams is now a Red was pretty simple. It was, “Who?” Seems Williams made the Pirates rotation in 2001 and then was injured for parts of two seasons because of a bum shoulder. He did some spot starting last year and this year, he got a last minute spot in the rotation.

About all I can say about him is, he’s a lefty. And last year, he unfortunately was worse against lefties then he was against righties. 20 homeruns in 138 2/3 innings isn’t exactly sharp, nor is an 88/58 strikeout to walk ratio. And the fact that he’s going from a somewhat neutral park to a hitters park doesn’t bode too well.

And it makes it worse because I’ve always been a Sean Casey fan. Yeah, I know he’s had three mediocre years in the last four and yes, I know this means we’ll see the future Hall of Famer, Adam Dunn, make his way to first base so the other three outfielders all have a chance to play. But I guess I would have thought we could have gotten more then a 27 year old (in March) soft throwing left hander.

But what do I know. Red Reporter liked it and Joel at Reds and Blues sort of liked it.

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