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Iglesias shining as part of Reds’ fluid bullpen
- Updated: July 27, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Reliever Raisel Iglesias has been posting zero after zero and helped give the Reds bullpen some much-needed stability after some dismal months.
Iglesias, who pitched two scoreless innings in Monday’s 7-5 win over the Giants, entered Tuesday with a scoreless streak of 17 1/3 innings — the third-longest active streak in the Major Leagues. In 10 games since his activation from the disabled list June 21, he has a 0.44 ERA.
What has yet to be defined for Iglesias, however, is a specific bullpen role. That’s because of caution being exercised with his right shoulder. When he was in the rotation, he was on the DL nearly two months with an impingement after he also dealt with shoulder fatigue last season.
“We are still following certain post-injury protocols with Iglesias that we’re not following with [Michael] Lorenzen,” Reds manager Bryan Price said Tuesday. “I won’t go into detail what those protocols are, but …
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