Jo-Jo Reyes earned his first victory, of 2008, last night in an impressive outing against the Reds. This is the first Win for a Minor Leaguer in our new system. Congrats to Chad. Jo-Jo is not going to be a Minor Leaguer for long because Smoltz will be back as the closer so Jo-Jo could see a good amount of innings in the Atlanta rotation. Jo-Jo pitched 50+ innings last season for the Braves and registered a 6.22 ERA with a 1.678 WHIP. Lets look at his line:
5 IP
1 ER
4 Hits
3 BB
5 K
22 Rotowire Points
The big man threw 88 pitches but only 48 were for strikes. I would say over 95% of his pitches were fastballs that were ranging from 90 to 95 MPH. He threw only a couple change-ups, curveballs, and sliders. I bet his slider will develop into his "out" pitch. The only hitter that he didn't pump with fastballs was the left handed hitting Griffey Jr (Source: MLB GameDay). It is impressive that he only let up 4 hits while throwing so many fastballs but we was facing the Reds who for lack of a better term blow this year.
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