Tim Adleman threw 25 pitches in the first inning of his start against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, and they went about as well as the relative health of Cincinnati Reds starters so far in 2017. Two walks, three hits, and four runs later, Adleman’s inning was done.
Unfortunately, so was his day on the whole, as he exited in favor of Barrett Astin, and it was later revealed that Adleman was dealing with tightness in his neck, as The Enquirer’s C. Trent Rosecrans relayed.
That’s bad news in its own right, since although Adleman struggled today, he entered with a respectable 98 ERA+ and 1.