Chapman Is Expected to Be Called Up Tomorrow

• osu45804

  

  Per the Reds twitter page
  
  http://twitter.com/CincinnatiReds/status/22560458802
• Ironman92

  

  major yawn.....the guy can barely crack 103 mph
  
  
  dime a dozen
• osu45804

  

  My only guess is that he is being brought up because the season is over right?
• Ironman92

  

  He is being brought up because he has improved enough at running the bases and bunting.....those intangibles are crucial when you only thrown 102-105 mph....a player with more gas could get by with poor baserunning and sacrificial abililty
• CinciX12

  

  osu45804;466337 wrote:My only guess is that he is being brought up because the season is over right?

  
  only 43 wins this season has been pretty disappointing. How we can ever compete with the Cardinals just wont happen.
  
  The Cardinals have a guy that can throw 111 i bet.
• Ironman92

  

  ....and he bats 8th
• Ty Webb

  

  He will end up as the closer at some point
• justincredible

  

  I am definitely going to the game tomorrow. I try not to miss debuts of possible studs.
• BCBulldog

  

  I truly believe leaving Chapman down this long is a brilliant move. If he can hit 105 as reported, he will be unhittable especially since nobody has faced him. Jocketty is the best thing to happen to the Reds since Sparky Anderson and the Big Red Machine.
• darbypitcher22

  

  should be interesting to watch when he comes up
• gerb131

  

  I say his first pitch is Rick Vaughn esque high and outside but then he throws 9 straight stirkes.
• jordo212000

  

  Hopefully Dusty pleases the crowd tonight and trots him out there. I'm just glad the Reds have him up here so he doesn't have to strike out anymore Titos in AAA.
• Ironman92

  

  He did ok. Kinda reminds me of Paul Wilson during his Reds years
• wildcats20

  

  justincredible;466520 wrote:I am definitely going to the game tomorrow. I try not to miss debuts of guaranteed duds.

  Fixed.
• justincredible

  

  wildcats20;467735 wrote:Fixed.

  
  Indeed. Chapman is teh sux!
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Could you imagine the hype if/when the Reds clinch the Division if in the clinching game they brought in Chapman to close it out? That crowd was buzzing tonight, and that was only 19,000.....imagine 42,000+ with the playoffs on the horizon......
• justincredible

  

  Mooney44Cards;467762 wrote:Could you imagine the hype if/when the Reds clinch the Division if in the clinching game they brought in Chapman to close it out? That crowd was buzzing tonight, and that was only 19,000.....imagine 42,000+ with the playoffs on the horizon......

  
  Would be sweet. For as small as the crowd was last night they got pretty damn loud for Chapman. I can't imagine how loud it would be at full capacity.
• Art Modell

  

  This kid is the real deal. There goes the Pirates chances of catching the Reds this season.
• CinciX12

  

  Art Modell;467989 wrote:This kid is the real deal. There goes the Pirates chances of catching the Reds this season.

  Don't give up hope!! An undefeated September and..nevermind.
• Heretic

  

  CinciX12;467997 wrote:Don't give up hope!! An undefeated September and..nevermind.

  
  I think we're mathematically eliminated from catching you...unless Selig goes all NCAA on your ass and strips away a bunch of wins for using an ineligible player or something.
  
  As for Chapman, I guess he's okay if you like dominating pitchers with great stuff. As a Pirates fan, though, that doesn't impress me. Over the years, we've been conditioned to believe that having even remotely competent pitching is overrated and unnecessary.
• Tiernan

  Chapman was 102.7 on your dial Reds Fans...that pitch was unF'n real!
• dave

  first pitch
  
  
  
• norwalk

  I saw his debut in Toledo...........a slight improvement I must say. It kinda reminds me of the energy that David Price gave Tampa Bay on their playoff run a couple of years ago.
• justincredible

  

  dave;468315 wrote:first pitch
  
  
  

  
  You had a better seat than I did.
• lhslep134

  

  He's soooo nasty. Hopefully he doesn't turn into Joel Zumaya.