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Hoos -- I'm with ya. None of Arroyo's pitches are working. He has poor to non-existent speed on his fastball, and his breaking stuff just hangs. His "offspeed" pitches are gopher balls. He's not mixing up his pitches effectively, which would help, so he's not fooling anybody. It's just plain painful to watch him right now.
It's hard to tell if he's struggling, or if he just doesn't care for some reason. When he was pulled from that game Sunday against the Braves, he walked off the field with a smile on his face. I couldn't tell if he was happy to get the hell out of there, or just being sarcastic.
I'm not sure how the Reds can realistically keep him in the starting rotation if he continues to pitch the way he has, but they have a load of dough committed to him, so I'm sure they will wait as long as they can to pull the trigger and put him in the bullpen, if it comes to that.
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