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Reds confident Reed can progress in bigs
- Updated: August 4, 2016
CINCINNATI — As Cody Reed continues to struggle, Reds manager Bryan Price maintains that the best place for him to try to work out the kinks is at the Major League level.
Reed, 0-6 with a 7.30 ERA after a loss to the Cardinals on Wednesday, has managed one quality start in eight appearances. Through it all, Price has consistently said that Reed will get the opportunity to keep pitching for the Reds. While he recognized that every player with prolonged struggles has an “expiration date,” he doesn’t see a benefit to sending Reed back to Triple-A.
“I think if he goes back to Triple-A and pitches well, he’ll be doing something that he’s done already,” Price said. “We always keep an eye on what’s best for the individual, and my feeling to this point has been that … this is a great opportunity for Cody to learn at this level.”
In order to stay, Reed will have to “show much improvement to suggest that he should be staying here and pitching for this team,” Price added. With the …
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