Wily Mo saved the day last night with 2 home runs, including the game winner in the 9th. But Eric Milton was - yet again - awful.
Even with the win, do the Reds dare to keep running Milton out there every fifth day?
Milton had his sixth awful start in seven outings, and his ERA rose to 7.46. He is in the first year of a $25.5 million, three-year contract.
The Reds have better options. Luke Hudson joins the rotation today. Matt Belisle (2-5, 4.76 ERA) and Randy Keisler (2-0, 1.93) both have pitched considerably better than Milton.
Given his performance over his last seven starts - 1-5, 9.16 ERA, 54 hits and 11 home runs in 361/3 innings - there's little to suggest that Milton is on the brink of turning it around. Any chance the Reds will take him out of the rotation?
"I can't comment on that," Reds manager Dave Miley said.
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