Yesterday, the Cincinnati Reds brought up recently acquired pitching prospect John Lamb to face the L.A. Dodgers. It wasn't the prettiest of performances and he left with a line of 6.0 IP, 5 ER, 8 Hits, 2 BBs, 7 Ks. Most of the damage came with two outs in the fifth with a Justin Turner RBI single and an Adrian Gonzalez three-run blast. I watched a good amount of it and wasn't all too impressed. He's primarily a Fastball/Changeup pitcher who has developed into a finesse pitcher, but his command wasn't particularly sharp. What did stand out was a Cutter he threw 10 times at around 88 MPH that resulted in five whiffs. If he integrates that more into his mix, he could be more of a strikeout pitcher, but I don't see Lamb as a guy with all too much upside moving forward. If you were hoping to find lightning in a bottle, he could shine a few times, but I don't see him making a major impact like some other prospect pitchers.
Let’s see what every other SP did yesterday:
