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Josh Fogg Signs With the Reds

Feb 22, 2008 – 3:11 PM
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Pat Lackey

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Alternately: A Fogg Descends Upon Cincinnati or Leading the Reds Out of the Fogg or any of the other 100 jokes about Josh Fogg's name that are so hacky and yet so very fun to make.

All winter, the Reds' tried their hardest to land some kind of veteran arm to bolster their pitching staff. They were at one point considered leaders for Eric Bedard's service and more recently, they've been rumored to be involved with the fire-selling A's in talks for Joe Blanton. Luckily, the good residents of Cincinnati don't have to worry about an inexperienced rotation any more because the Reds have found a solution: Dragon Slayer Josh Fogg!

Being a Pirate fan, I like to joke about Fogg as much as anyone, but his career stats show that he's a pretty average pitcher, and that's a steal for $1 million these days. He did have an impressive run with the rest of the Rockies last October, but the Reds have done well to not pay an increased price for that run and add a guy that can eat innings at the bottom of a rotation or fill space in the pen.

The real question is, of course, how Dusty Baker will handle his new veteran acquisition. There's not really any reason for Fogg to be in the Reds' rotation over Homer Bailey or Edinson Volquez, though I suppose there's a chance both of them could start the year in AAA. Given Baker's history with young arms, that's probably not the worst thing in the world either.
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