The Reds announced Wednesday that right-hander Cam Bedrosian has rejected an outright assignment to their alternate site after clearing waivers. He’s now a free agent and is free to sign with any team.
Bedrosian, 29, had a rough go of it in Cincinnati. He earned a spot on the roster after striking out 16 of the 32 batters he faced in Spring Training, but his results in 5 2/3 regular-season innings weren’t up to par. The former Angels righty yielded seven runs on 10 hits (two homers) and six walks while punching out seven hitters.
Rough six-game stretch with the Reds notwithstanding, Bedrosian has compiled a solid track record over the past several seasons. From 2016-20 with the Halos, Bedrosian turned in 225 innings of 3.20 ERA and 3.74 SIERA ball, striking out 25.1 percent of his opponents against a 9.1 percent walk rate. Bedrosian’s strikeout rate did dip after a 2016-17 peak, but he was league-average in that regard as recently as 2019. He also regained a bit of life on his fastball in 2021, with his average velocity jumping from a career-low 92.3 mph in 2020 to 93.1 mph in 2021 — a figure that is closely in line with his 2017-19 velocity.
so is this the low hanging fruit the Twins will pick?
Hope so
Couldn’t be any worse than what’s in that pen now.
Toronto?
Hope so
Philly. He can bring his Uncle Steve.
Steve is his Dad.
Whoops. My bad….thanks.
i mean he could also have an uncle named Steve as well.
It could be a situation where the family tree is a wreath.
When I was a kid I always used to mix up the 80’s closers – Bedrosian, Sutter, Quisenberry, and Reardon. They all looked a little alike. That middle aged trucker driver look.
Whoops. My bad….thanks. I guess my lack of knowledge about Cam gave me the shaft.
Most people would not expect you to have knowledge of Cam. Newton was a knowledgeable man. Sir Isaac that is.
I’m calling my shot. He’s coming to Texas.
JD will re-calibrate another pitcher like he’s done 47,000 times before. We need that extra bullpen help, and who knows, maybe this IS actually a surprise team. We just need that sweet, sweet bullpen help.
I could easily see him as a fit in Texas. Go get him JD And CY
Good luck. The dude is wildly inconsistent as middle relief and does not have the mindset to be a closer.
For starters, Ian Kennedy has cemented himself as our closer, and for two, if he has a pulse he is already better than half of our pen.
don’t ever let him pitch in critical situation. if he pitches in the 5th with game tied, he does so well. if he pitches 3 runs up in the 9th he will give up 4-5 runs before you even blink.
So he should only be pitching in critical situations then
Game ties in the fifth is a much bigger situation then up three in the ninth. Leverage index
New halos set-up man….bring it back to the genesis
I wouldn’t complain about him in Philly as depth. we could see more guys out before Bradley and Alvarado are back.
Cam’s nickname is apparently the same as his dad’s was when Steve played, “Bedrock”. Cam should have his own… but I can’t think of one. Bedbug? Bedtime?
Bednose
Pebbles?
He was know on blogs as s-thebedrosian
COME ON BRAVES!!!! BRING HIM HOME!!! LOW HANGING FRUIT, EASY DECISION!
I agree bravesfan. Give him a shot. Cant do any worse than some of the current bullpen options.
won’t surprise me at all
Cam was a total bust for the Reds.
Reds will not miss him as his giving up runs and getting hit hard.
Do wish him well.
Got a big 5 2/3 innings to prove himself.
In all fairness, he yielded seven runs on 10 hits (two homers) and six walks. I think they saw enough.
They decided to pay hi 1.5M$ for those innings, in all honesty he wasn’t any worse than anyone else in their pen thus far.
Cam fits right in with the YANKEES. He can have a seat between Odor and Bruce. The YANKEES are hot now with 1 win in a row courtesy of a wild pitch and a walk.
With Cam and “The Hot Streak” what could go wrong? Go YANKEES
@ Rick Parnell, Bruce is retired.
The White Sox could use him. They could pretty much use any reliever with an arm given how much they have used bullpen.
He needs to go to the Cubbies. The Cubbies were, to the best of my knowledge, the only MLB team to have an Armenian Manager (Jim Essian) and an Armenian player (Mike Maksudian) at the same time!
The reds now have an open spot of the 40 with a 2nd game today. Could they have signed Jay Bruce to a one day contract and put him on the team for today’s D’backs game?
I can’t believe news about Cam Bedrosian generated this many comments…..
He will be back with the Halos soon enough
The Reds pen is terrible. The fact that he couldn’t make it in Cincy should tell you all you need to know.