| 17 March 2011
Admittedly, I was not a big Sam LeCure fan last year. He appeared very hittable with a fastball that barely tops out at 90 MPH and just seemed like one of those guys that was destined to get a cup of coffee in the Majors and nothing more. He finished his rookie season 2-5 with a 4.50 ERA. In 48 innings (15 relief appearances, six starts), he gave up 50 hits, struck out 37 and walked 25.
However, LeCure is starting to prove he has a lot of intangibles that make him an intriguing option for the seventh and final member of the Reds' bullpen to begin the 2011 season. Hal McCoy recently penned a nice article about the 26-year-old LeCure.
A starter throughout his minor league career (sans rookie ball in Billings in '05), LeCure has been excellent this spring pitching out of the pen. He hasn't given up a run in seven innings (four relief appearances).
At Triple-A Louisville last year, the 6-foot-1, 205-pound LeCure was 8-3 with a 3.67 ERA. In 98 innings (15 starts) he had 87 strikeouts.
LeCure was a fourth-round draft pick by Cincinnati in 2005 out of the University of Texas.
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