In the middle of last week, the Reds seemed really excited to have
Josh Fogg on their roster. His presence allowed them to send Matt Belisle down to AAA to work on his form. I thought it was kind of funny to be excited over a middling pitcher, but hey, Josh Fogg,
Matt Belisle, whatever. The problem for the Reds now is that they've got neither. Fogg pitched terribly in his start yesterday and now his back spasms have him on the 15-day DL.
From the Cincy Enquirer: "After the game, Fogg was complaining about his back. He had some back spasms and they look like they ain't going to subside. And we need some pitching help, bad," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "So we couldn't wait with our situation, so we called up Majewski. We put Fogg on the DL."
Seeing
Gary Majewski get the call-up is an ugly reminder of the
Wayne Krivsky era, since he was the return in what was probably the worst trade of Krivsky's short reign in Cincy, the
Austin Kearns trade. He may not be up for long, though, because the Reds need a starter to fill the hole left by Fogg and Belisle. Is it time for
Homer Bailey to get another shot? We'll see later this week.
