At Long Last, Bailey Living Up to Hype

by Ed PriceFiled under: RedsMaybe Homer Bailey has turned the corner."It's too early to tell," Reds manager Dusty Baker said last week. "It's two starts. But he's at the corner. It's progress."Sometimes it's easy to forget that David Dewitt Bailey is barely 23 and instead focus on his false starts and yo-yo trips between the majors and Triple-A. The Reds' No. 1 draft pick in 2004, Bailey has had to deal with high expectations ever since. But he had a 5.76 ERA in nine starts in 2007 and a 7.93 mark while going 0-6 last year.At Long Last, Bailey Living Up to Hype originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EDT . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments