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Oh No Jo-Jo
Written by Jonathan on May 3, 2008 – 4:47 pmWell, I figured it would happen sooner or later this season, but this was a little sooner than I thought. Jo-Jo Reyes is back in Atlanta from Richmond. Now I’ve made no attempts at hiding my feelings about Jo-Jo in the past, but I am not completely unreasonable. I will give him three starts before completely passing judgment this time around, but if I don’t approve of at least two of those starts, I will be right back to my old school of thought on him.
True to his usual form, Jo-Jo has been unstoppable in Richmond thus far this season. He has the second lowest ERA in the International League at 1.17. Reyes has given up 3 runs in 23 innings across 5 starts. Control is where he has lacked in the majors, throwing high numbers of walks, however, in Richmond, he has only walked 8 while striking out 25. We’ll see how he looks in Atlanta this time around, but making it deep into the game has always been a weak point for him.
Jo-Jo makes his first big league start of the season tonight against the Cincinatti Reds. It’ll be hard to match Tim Hudson’s complete game, three-hit shutout from last night, but I’d love to see him try. The Braves look to extend their home record to 10-4 tonight. We’ve been struggling on the road, so we need to get the wins where we can. Let’s see if we can get another win streak started this evening.
Tags: Cincinatti Reds, Jo-Jo Reyes
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