Cueto leaves game with right elbow tightness

By sweetpeteman,
March 12, 2011 in General Baseball Talk

https://northsidebaseball.com/forums/topic/40416-cueto-leaves-game-with-right-elbow-tightness/

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Ding Dong Johnson

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Posted April 18, 2011

Since this seems to be where discussion of Reds pitchers takes place, consider the case of Edinson Volquez:
Volquez has given up no fewer than 2 ER in the first inning of every game he has started.
As of the 5th inning of todays Reds/Pirates game:

1st inning: 29.25 ERA
All subsequent innings: 0.95 ERA

I'm to lazy to look up the WHIP or BABIP by inning, but barring crazy bad luck this would appear to reflect some kind of weird mental/preparation issue. I'm inclined to blame Dusty.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=volqued01&year=2011&t=p#innng