Spring Training 2010
Chapman to debut in Toledo
By C. Trent Rosecrans, CNATI.com Posted April 3, 2010 11:09 PM ET
Aroldis Chapman will make his professional debut in Ohio, but it'll be up the road in Toledo, not in Cincinnati.Chapman is scheduled to start for the Class AAA Louisville Bats in the team's fourth game of the season, one week from Sunday, April 11 at Fifth Third Field, according to Bats manager Rick Sweet.
Travis Wood
Chapman last pitched Tuesday when he went two innings against the A's in Phoenix. In all, Chapman went 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in five games and 10.2 innings with the Reds this spring. He had a setback on April 22 when he left a game against Colorado with two outs in his second inning of work with muscle spasms in his lowe back.
That injury by Chapman took him out of the running for the fifth starter position, which eventually went to Mike Leake, last year's first-round draft pick. Leake beat out Wood, who is scheduled to start the Bats' home-opener on April 14. That would make Chapman's Louisville debut Friday, April 16.
Categories: Cincinnati Reds, Featured Stories, Spring Training 2010
Tags: Aroldis Chapman, Justin Lehr, Matt Maloney, Rick Sweet, Sam LeCure, Travis Wood
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Thanks CT. I hope this holds true, b/c I live in Ann Arbor (1 hour from Toledo) and just bought tickets to Sunday's game.
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