I’ve mostly written about the Reds’ young pitchers so far, but I thought it would be interesting to take a look at one of the team’s veterans this week. Alfredo Simon was signed to be an innings-eater in an otherwise inexperienced rotation and, well, that hasn’t been going as planned. After an ugly season with the Detroit Tigers last season, it’s gotten even uglier in 2016.
Age likely has something to do with it (he’ll turn 35 on May 8), but from a pure stuff standpoint, why has Simon struggled so badly? Let’s take a look.
2015 season & 2016 so far
Yikes.