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Saturday, June 24, 2006

A look at the Reds top pitching prospects in June

Name          Team    IP     H  ER  BB   K   ERA  WHIP
Zach Ward Dayton 33 16 4 5 34 1.09 0.63
Johnny Cueto Dayton 16.2 17 5 7 13 2.70 1.44
Travis Wood Dayton 21 13 8 10 21 3.48 1.09
Homer Bailey Chatta 20 9 1 1 22 0.45 0.50

Ward and Bailey both have been dominant this month. Bailey had a long layoff between his last start in Sarasota and the All-Star game and then his promotion to Chattanooga, so he has only made 3 starts this month.

Johnny Cueto, despite what his ERA says, struggled a bit. His WHIP is quite high and his strikeouts fell off compared to his season average so far. He was however hit unlucky with a BABIP of .327 in the month of June. Travis Wood saw his ERA climb a little, but outside of the walks, the rest of his numbers look pretty good.