Monday links!
Over the weekend, the Cincinnati Reds announced that they'd start a rookie pitcher on Monday against the Chicago Cubs instead of starting a rookie pitcher on Monday against the Chicago Cubs. Michael Lorenzen will return from the Lousiville Bats and take the mound against the upstart baby bears, and he'll do so fresh off a AAA stint that was about as dominant as you could hope for. His strikeouts were way down, but hopefully he learned enough from the Johnny Cueto School of Just Barely Hitting Bats To Induce Weak Contact for the Reds stellar defense to compensate for the non-K's.