White Sox 6, Rockies 2: Redding Pitches Poorly in High Leverage Situation

by Jeff Aberle on Mar 27, 2010 5:04 PM MDT in Rockies Game Wraps

Well, after today the competition for the last bullpen slot on the Opening Day roster might have gotten one smaller. Tim Redding, who had been entrusted with a 2-1 Rockies lead, gave up five runs on seven hits out of the bullpen in the seventh and eighth innings as the Rockies lost 6-2, dropping their Cactus League record to 14-11-1.

Now, I'm not a proponent of judging a player based on Spring Training stats, but I just felt like today Redding had an opportunity to show that he could pitch effectively out of the bullpen and didn't come through. His lack of experience in a bullpen role, reputation as a poor chemistry guy, and hideous facial hair decisions had gotten him off on the wrong foot with me and this outing did nothing to change my mind. Hopefully, Joe Beimel can provide a strong performance in his Spring debut monday and seize that last bullpen slot.

Redding's "performance" wasted a nice effort by Aaron Cook, who went six innings and gave up one run on six hits against a White Sox lineup consisting of several MLB regulars, getting 9 of his 13 outs in play via the ground ball. Meanwhile, Ian Stewart and Clint Barmes each had multi-hit games (one double apiece) for Colorado.

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It was a quiet, pleasant Saturday afternoon game thread until Redding entered the game.

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by Shoemaker on Mar 27, 2010 5:36 PM MDT reply actions

Joe Beimel is my preference for the last spot...

but I strongly considered a variant of your first suggestion.

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by Jeff Aberle on Mar 27, 2010 5:57 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm in support of Speier, simply because I think he'll be mor eready than beimel, but we'll probably end up seeing Joe pretty quick anyway, even if it's not the opening series.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 27, 2010 6:35 PM MDT up reply actions

Also I support Speier

you won’t be able to tell this at ALL after Rowbot Radio on monday.

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 7:08 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm not one to cheer failure

but I’m quite happy to Redding struggle his way off the roster.

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by phishbate on Mar 27, 2010 5:39 PM MDT via mobile reply actions

So I see I didn't miss much

and I won’t be too sorry if Redding doesn’t make the team. He just looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

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by Silverblood on Mar 27, 2010 5:49 PM MDT reply actions

I believe Redding removed himself from the running today.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 27, 2010 6:33 PM MDT up reply actions

I know this is starting to sound like a witch hunt but I'm going to blatantly honest here

There’s a small part of me that was thrilled to see Redding stink up the show today. I made up my mind long before today’s game that I didn’t want him anywhere near the 25 man roster and if this is the way to get him off the team, it’s a small price to pay.

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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 27, 2010 6:05 PM MDT reply actions

Has any player for the Rockies aside from Denny Neagle post arrest

been so reviled before he was even on the team? Its kinda weird

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by SDcat09 on Mar 27, 2010 6:09 PM MDT up reply actions

Kip Wells came pretty close.

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by Jeff Aberle on Mar 27, 2010 9:18 PM MDT up reply actions

Steve Finley and John Mabry

also come close as they were both old and useless during ST yet somehow made the team a couple years back.

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by jrockies on Mar 27, 2010 9:48 PM MDT up reply actions

And you know the two were taking a spot away from?

Spilly. He didn’t make the move back up to the bigs until May 20 that year.

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by Russ Oates on Mar 27, 2010 9:51 PM MDT up reply actions

I recall both Finley and mabry having good Springs.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 27, 2010 9:57 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm pretty sure they both hit over or around .400 that spring

But combined for like 4 hits in the regular season. Spilly getting re-called was one of the turning points of the season.

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by Hollidayrain on Mar 28, 2010 1:34 AM MDT up reply actions

Oh, absolutely.

I was talking about the Spring only.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 28, 2010 9:29 AM MDT up reply actions

I just said the same thing during the ecording of Rowbot Radio.

I’m gonna get hell for it if it makes the podcast. lol

by Greg Stanwood on Mar 27, 2010 6:34 PM MDT up reply actions

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 27, 2010 6:34 PM MDT up reply actions

Not from me you won't

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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Mar 27, 2010 6:35 PM MDT up reply actions

I, for one, am thrilled

that Redding was bad today…

Bad teammate, bad work ethic, bad pitcher, bad for the clubhouse.

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by Sandlotkid8 on Mar 27, 2010 7:12 PM MDT reply actions

I think everyone's on board that sentiment

I don’t wish ill on the man or anything, but just about anyone would be better for all the “extra” reasons you cited above.

Oh and he’s not a very good pitcher either.

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 7:19 PM MDT up reply actions

And I am willing to admit

that my feelings are purely emotional and have nothing to do with numbers. The guy is a jerk…he accused Mike Bacsik of giving up the record breaking home run to Barry Bonds on purpose…and went public with that accusation…Bacsik was on ESPN and said “Tim Redding is a bad teammate and everyone in the league knows it.”

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by Sandlotkid8 on Mar 27, 2010 7:23 PM MDT up reply actions

Oh don't worry, I'm not a fan of the guy either

I wrote a quick article last spring about how I’d rather have tried Shawn Hill and his broken self rather than Redding.

Again, best of luck to the guy, but stay far far far away from my team, y’hear?!

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 7:25 PM MDT up reply actions

I think the Facebook Rockies page is my new winner of the "worst comments sections" award

See, they can call people fags and stuff without any retribution.

Apparently I’m a fag for talking about how despite the pelt on Redding’s face being funny to look at, he’s garbage, etc.

/RIRF Sadface

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 7:22 PM MDT reply actions

Haha...

I saw some of those comments…people are ridiculous.

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by Sandlotkid8 on Mar 27, 2010 7:23 PM MDT up reply actions

Seriously

As funny as trolling can be, that’s probably just the laziest and most obnoxious type.

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 7:26 PM MDT up reply actions

The people on the Rockies facebook page

are either trying to get you to go to their site to buy “authentic jerseys” or throwing out stupid statements to get a rise out of people.

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by Sandlotkid8 on Mar 27, 2010 7:30 PM MDT up reply actions

The only intelligent comments I see on the facebook threads are by people I know personally

I’ve tried to “enlighten the masses” but it’s an empty proposition when the ensuing comments are spam, vitriol towards spammers, then anger at the people aiming vitriol at spammers. Then “Go Rockies!”

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 27, 2010 8:10 PM MDT up reply actions

yeah, trying to stay on topic is ...not possible.

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 8:54 PM MDT up reply actions

I'm glad I can report those

I’d almost rather see terrible trolling over ads

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 8:54 PM MDT up reply actions

I reported some of those posts too

Last I checked, they were still up.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 27, 2010 8:58 PM MDT up reply actions

I did too

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 9:36 PM MDT up reply actions

These people sounded like

the trolls we used to have over on the MLB.com board – lawins and realbits. All they did was try to get a rise out of us.

by Rocky Mountain High on Mar 27, 2010 9:11 PM MDT up reply actions

Whoa

Are you “rckmntnhigh”?

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rckymtnhigh*

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 27, 2010 9:14 PM MDT up reply actions

yep :)

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2010 8:21 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

LOL

yup that’s me.

by Rocky Mountain High on Mar 28, 2010 11:46 AM MDT up reply actions

Well, welcome to PR.

Hope you stick with us. Always looking to convert more posters from the boards.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 28, 2010 12:12 PM MDT up reply actions

That's why I stopped going there.

I just can’t stand people like that.

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by jrockies on Mar 27, 2010 9:53 PM MDT up reply actions

Not the "Colorado Rockies Fans" Facebook group that I'm the administrator of...

that’s pretty clean because I watch it closely.

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by Jeff Aberle on Mar 27, 2010 9:21 PM MDT up reply actions

nah it's the "official" one

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by Andrew Martin on Mar 27, 2010 9:37 PM MDT up reply actions

People on that page are so stupid it's not even funny

Some guy told me to play in traffic because I said that we were fine without Holliday, or something of the ilk. Like 10 other people gave him hell though, so I guess that was nice….

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by Hollidayrain on Mar 28, 2010 1:37 AM MDT up reply actions

Beimel or Speier

I think it comes down to a decision of how we want the bullpen set up? Have a long relief man or two lefty specialists? Speier has been to work two inning outings. If you ask me, I think Speier will get the nod as Francis might need some long relief help at least in the first month. Then Beimel can come up to replace whoever is ineffective.

by Rocky Mountain High on Mar 27, 2010 9:09 PM MDT reply actions

The decision also depends on how ready Beimel is a week from now.

He’s surpassed expectations so far, but we still may be playing it safe. Speier has been working for two innings at a time quite a bit, and may be our long reliever instead of Matt Belisle, whose Spring performance has suggested the possibility of a 7th inning role, especially if Corpas isn’t all there.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 27, 2010 9:13 PM MDT up reply actions

Spilly Slam game is on FSNRM right now

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I recorded the 95 clincher and the 'I hate Raul Mondesi and love EY' games last week

I love watching old games….

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by Hollidayrain on Mar 28, 2010 1:39 AM MDT up reply actions

MLB.tv

has been great. I’ve watched the replays of some games last year; Spilly’s slam, Tulo’s walk off vs. Dodgers the next day, Ianetta’s walkoff after Street blew a 3-run lead giving up a HR to the lightest hitter in the NL (Kendall), the WC clinching game, the playoff games, etc etc. So mlb.tv is great to have archived games so you don’t have to record games yourself.

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