An injury-free season would please both
Bailey and the Reds just fine
It was June 7th of 2004 when the Cincinnati Reds tabbed Homer Bailey - a promising high school pitcher out of LaGrange, Texas - with their first round pick (7th overall) of the MLB Amateur Draft. The club passed over the likes of Jered Weaver, Huston Street, Gio Gonzalez, Billy Butler and Stephen Drew, among other, in doing so.
After putting up solid numbers in parts of four minor league seasons the right-hander made his major league debut just three years later on June 8th, 2007 against the Indians. His counterpart for the evening? Cliff Lee. However, it would be the younger Bailey who would outshine Lee on this night as the rookie tossed five innings of 5-hit, 2-run ball en route to earning his first big league victory. Yes, the future was looking bright for the 6'3" hurler at this point.
Bailey's lack of relative success
isn't because of a lack of effort
Turn the clocks forward ...
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