When things go as they’ve gone for the Cincinnati Reds bullpen – abysmally, atrociously, you pick the adverb – it’s good to have an elder statesman, to reassure the struggling pitchers.
That’s where Pedro Strop comes in. Strop, the 34-year-old right-hander, was signed as a free agent to add a good arm and a veteran presence.
His advice to Michael Lorenzen and Raisel Iglesias, who took the losses Saturday and Sunday?
“I mean it’s baseball,” he said. “The only thing I can tell my boys back in the bullpen is we don’t have time to be thinking about yesterday.