It’s still not a definite that Homer Bailey will be joining Jay Bruce in Louisville to start the season.  He threw four solid innings today in which he gave up just one run on three hits and two walks.  Oddly, he didn’t strike out a single batter.  Edinson Volquez continues to look sharp with two shutout innings while Jared Burton was roughed up for three runs in his single frame.

A Bruceless Reds lineup looked pretty pathetic today.  They managed just five singles, one of which was by the roadblock, Corey Patterson.  And yes, I’m bitter that Patterson is having such a good spring.  Dusty will bat him leadoff, he’ll have like a .300 OBP and then everyone will wonder why the Reds can’t get over the hump.

Adam Dunn continues his struggles. He struck out twice and his spring batting average is now down to .188.  Even worse, he left five batters on base.

Tomorrow, it’ll be the Pirates.  Oddly, the Reds have three spring games left against the Rays.  None of them are on MLB.TV. 

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