TOP PROSPECTS ZACK COZART, CHRIS HEISEY, AND TODD FRAZIER WERE CUT ON MONDAY

3.23.10
BY: MEH
REDS CUT THREE TOP PROSPECTS
REDS' TOP PROSPECTS ZACK COZART, CHRIS HEISEY, AND TODD FRAZIER WERE CUT ON MONDAY

The Cincinnati Reds cut three top prospects on Monday trimming their roster down to forty. IF Zack Cozart, OF Chris Heisey, and IF/OF Todd Frazier were all optioned to Louisville. All three struggled at the plate this spring:

Zack Cozart: 10AB .100AVG 1H 0RBI
Chris Heisey: 21AB .143AVG 3H 2HR 3RBI
Todd Frazier: 22AB .182AVG 4H 2RBI

Aroldis Chapman left Monday's game with a stiff lower back in the seventh inning. After pitching a 1-2-3 sixth, Chapman's control and delivery became unstable. Hopefully, the lift was precautionary. Reds' pitching coach Bryan Price believes Chapman's stiffness is a customary spring dilemma:

"These things happen every spring at some point in time. I certainly don’t want anyone to have any problems – arm problems, back problems, anything that will keep them from competing on the field. We’ll see. We’re just finding out about this. We want to make sure he doesn’t acerbate the problem by pitching and set him back. So hopefully, it’s something with couple or days of treatment and he’s back on the mound competing again."

Chapman allowed four unearned runs during 1 2/3 innings of work against the Rockies on Monday. Starter Bronson Arroyo pitched five innings allowing three earned runs on four hits. Drew Stubbs hit his third homerun of the spring leading off the bottom of the first inning strengthening his campaign to start in centerfield. Stubbs has improved his batting average to .294 this spring after reaching a low of .100 on March 16th. The Reds lost Monday's game against the Rockies by a final score of 9-1.

MORE NEWS:
-Stiff lower back for Chapman MARK SHELDON
-Volquez's recovery continues CNATI
-VIDEO:Baker on Chapman MLB.COM
-All games in HD JOHN FAY

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