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Cincinnati Reds' rotation is full of young arms

Published Jun. 7, 2015 3:33 a.m. ET

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It's always nice to get a glimpse of the future and the Cincinnati Reds are doing just that with an influx of young arms in the starting rotation.

With Anthony DeSclafani, Michael Lorenzen, Jon Moscot and Raisel Iglesias (who is currently on the DL) it seems like the Reds are trotting out youngester after youngster and manage Bryan Price is perfectly okay with it.

"We felt like all four of those were destined to be part of starting rotation," Price told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "It's come a little bit sooner than we anticipated. We embraced it. It's a great opportunity to learn and get better. We're not really going to take baby steps. We expect these guys to go out there and keep themselves in games and compete and learn and pitch innings."

Having so many young players will undoubtedly bring growing pains, but Price knows that and is doing his best to minimize them.

"We're always talking players up and reminding them of what they do well,” Price said. “Let it happen. Don't come to the ballpark with so much on your shoulders. The better teams, the better managers, the better coaches are the ones that are able to take things off their shoulders. We impress that upon our players."

(h/t Cincinnati Enquirer)
Photo Credit: Joe Robbins/Getty Images

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