Schebler making strides in right field

MILWAUKEE — There was no malice intended earlier this year, as Reds right fielder Scott Schebler recalled it, when prospect Jesse Winker commented on his throwing arm while they were together at Triple-A Louisville.

“He said ‘Man, you had a rough arm, I thought.’ … He was like, ‘You know what? You can actually throw,'” Schebler said Sunday about the conversation with Winker. “He meant it in the best way possible, he’s such a good guy.”

Schebler, 25, did have a reputation for a below-average throwing arm since he turned professional in 2010 with the Dodgers. Some high looping throws from center field this year at Reds Spring Training didn’t help. Manager Bryan Price profiled him more as a left fielder or center fielder rather than in right field, where stronger arms usually man the position.

“It wasn’t, like, the yips or anything,” Schebler said. “I just had a bad arm, wasn’t accurate and lost the mechanics of it. Once I got that back, I started strengthening and doing some stuff I learned over there, and it’s helped me out.”

With the trade of Jay Bruce to the Mets on Aug. 1, the Reds had a vacancy in …

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