FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal spoke with Cincinnati Reds GM OG OMG President of Baseball Operations Walt Jocketty yesterday in the wake of the firing of pitching coach Mark Riggins, and the conversation led to a number of interesting nuggets about the direction of the franchise. Jocketty pretty firmly stated that manager Bryan Price isn't in danger of losing his job at the moment, something that I'm sure a good portion of you will still be angry about. The reasoning behind that decision, though, is rooted in pretty firm soil.
The returns of Anthony DeSclafani, Michael Lorenzen, and Raisel Iglesias have finally given Price a bit of predictable structure in the pitching staff, and the impending returns of Homer Bailey and Robert Stephenson should go a long way to augment that.