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by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Sam LeCure: Signs minor league deal with Dodgers
Sam LeCure signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers on Thursday.The veteran reliever was 0-2 with a 3.14 ERA over 20 innings pitched in 2015 and will start the season with Triple-A Nashville. If he can prove effective, there's a chance he could receive a callup to help the Dodgers' bullpen at some point throughout the season.
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by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Diamondbacks' Sam LeCure: Released by Diamondbacks
Sam LeCure was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.The 31-year-old righty agreed to a minor league contract back in January but failed to make the 25-man roster after posting a 7.88 ERA across 8.0 spring innings. The six-year MLB veteran owns a career 3.51 ERA in 320.2 innings.
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by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Diamondbacks' Sam LeCure: Agrees to minor league contract
Sam LeCure has agreed to a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, SB Nation's Chris Cotillo reports.LeCure's contract will presumably include an invitation to big-league spring training, as he posted a 3.15 ERA and 1.15 WHIP (albeit with a 15:7 K:BB ratio) over 20 innings for the Reds last season. With 320.2 career major-league innings to his name, the 31-year-old righty should have a decent shot to claim a low or medium-leverage job in the Arizona bullpen.
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by Sean D'Oliveira | CBS Sports Staff
Reds call up Sam LeCure; option Dylan Axelrod
The Cincinnati Reds called up pitcher Sam LeCure and optioned pitcher Dylan Axelrod to the minor leagues on Wednesday, the team announced. LeCure had a 3.81 ERA over 56 2/3 innings last season while Axelrod produced a 7.30 ERA over 12 1/3 innings this season.
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by Shawn Krest | CBSSports.com
Reds waiting for Sam LeCure to find fastball command
When the Cincinnati Reds sent reliever Sam LeCure to Triple-A Louisville at the end of spring training, they were looking for him to get better command of his fastball. LeCure has a 3.68 ERA in five appearances for Louisville this season. It's a positive sign, but the Reds are still waiting to see a change in his fastball. "I think he’s doing a nice job of managing the games he’s getting into,” Reds manager Bryan Price said, per MLB.com. “Our primary focus with Sam when he went to Triple-A was to get the fastball command back. in the second half of last year, it was more challenging for him. It’s such a big pitch – that two-seam sinker, comebacker that he throws. He was able to lean a bit more on the curveball and changeup last year. I think for him to be the impact pitcher he was for us in the past, the fastball command will need to come back in force. And I have not lost any optimism that he’ll be a part of this bullpen here over the course of the season. We certainly miss his influence."
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by Michael Hurcomb | CBS Sports Staff
Reds finalize bullpen for start of season
With the surprising demotion of reliever Sam LeCure to the minors Thursday, the Cincinnati Reds' Opening Day bullpen is set. It will feature closer Aroldis Chapman, Burke Badenhop, Kevin Gregg, Jumbo Diaz, Tony Cingrani, Manny Parra and J.J. Hoover, per MLB.com. Gregg was the only non-roster invitee among the group.
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by Michael Hurcomb | CBS Sports Staff
Reds outright LeCure to Triple-A, reassign Lorenzen to minors
The Cincinnati Reds announced Thursday they outrighted pitcher Sam LeCure to Triple-A Louisville, per MLB.com. They also reassigned starting pitcher prospect Michael Lorenzen to minor-league camp. “The LeCure thing, I never could have seen that coming when we began spring training,” manager Bryan Price said, per MLB.com. “I think it breaks all of our hearts that he’s not on this ball club right now. We anticipate him being back. I think we feel he’s not at his best where he needs to be to help us right now. We’ve got to get him back there. He should be a big part of our team this season. We’re all just a wreck about him not being with us at this point in time. I’m very confident that he will be back with us.”
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by Elliot Smith | CBSSports.com
Reds still sorting out bullpen options
While Aroldis Chapman is locked in as the Cincinnati Reds' closer, the eighth-inning job remains up in the air for the club as spring training winds down, according to MLB.com. Sean Marshall is still recovering from shoulder surgery in 2014, leaving the set-up man spot as an open competition between a trio of players - Sam LeCure, Manny Parra and J.J. Hoover. "I think right now what we're doing is we're trying to figure out who our best options are," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "We're going to have to evolve as a bullpen. I think we know that Chapman's the closer and that we're going to have to evolve into roles to a certain degree," Price added. "Opening Day, I couldn't tell you who would be in the eighth inning. … There's a lot of balls in the air with the bullpen beyond the closer."
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by R.J. White | CBSSports.com
Sam LeCure charged with loss vs. Marlins
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Sam LeCure was hung with the loss Saturday, giving up two earned runs on two hits and one walk in two-thirds of an inning in his team's 4-3 defeat against the Marlins. LeCure (1-4) by giving up a walk and a single, and back-to-back scarifices (one but, one fly) broke a 2-2 tie. The reliever then gave up a run-scoring double before being removed from the game. LeCure owns a 3.64 ERA and 36:16 K:BB ratio in 42 innings.
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by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com
Sam LeCure collects first win of season
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Sam LeCure worked past a jam in the 10th and was awarded his first win of the season in a 4-3 victory in extras. LeCure (1-1) permitted one hit and one walk while striking out one in one inning pitched. Todd Frazier doubled in a run in the bottom of the frame to secure the win. He owns a 0.66 ERA over 13 2/3 innings.
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