At Long Last, Bailey Living Up to Hype
mlb.fanhouse.com 7/16/2009 — by Ed Price Maybe 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 ...

Cautiously Optimistic: Homer Bailey
rotosavants.com 6/25/2009 — If you were around for some of my rants last year then you know I am not a fan of Homer Bailey. His numbers have never been anything impressive over Single-A ball and the strikeout rate dropped from 10 to the 7's. In the majors he has an average K/9 of 5.13 in 86 IP. None of this leads me to ...

Homer Bailey lit up
novafantasysports.com 7/18/2009 — Update: Homer Bailey was lit up for seven earned runs on six hits over 5.1 innings in Thursday's 9-6 loss to the Brewers at the Great American Ballpark. He issued four walks with three strikeouts. Fantasy Impact: Bailey only has one loss on the year, but has now gone winless in his last three ...

On Homer Bailey
redlegnation.com 8/30/2009 — CTR has a very interesting piece on Homer Bailey, and why his velocity has returned: “It’s 100 percent mechanics,” Bailey said. And it wasn’t something drastic, in fact, Bailey said he can’t even tell the difference ...

Homer Bailey still isn’t getting it
hardballtimes.com 7/18/2009 — Baseball America's top 100 prospects from 2007 looks, in part, like this: 1) Daisuke Matsuzaka 2) Alex Gordon 3) Delmon Young 4) Phil Hughes 5) Homer Bailey In their short careers, each of these players have disappointed to some extent. Matsuzaka has been decent and/or injured, but not ...

Another chance for Bailey | Cincinnati.com
news.cincinnati.com 6/26/2009 — TORONTO – The Reds officially named right-hander Homer Bailey the starter for Saturday's game in Cleveland. Bailey likely is to get a long look because Edinson Volquez isn't expected to return until after the All-Star Break. Bailey's opportunity comes ...

Looking for a Last Place Fantasy Finish? Sign Homer Bailey
fantasybaseball.fanhouse.com 6/26/2009 — by Knox Bardeen According to my esteemed colleague, Matt Snyder, Homer Bailey is being considered for the vacant 5th spot in the Cincinnati Reds rotation . In fact, he could be called up from Triple-A to pitch for Cincinnati on Saturday. He went so ...

Homer Walks
baseballmusings.com 6/28/2009 — Homer Bailey just can’t find his control in the majors. The Reds called him up for a start and he walked seven batters in five innings of work. He held the Indians to just three hits and three runs, however. That’s enough to put him in line for the win as the Reds lead 6-3 in the ...

Bailey’s Coming Out Party
baseballmusings.com 8/29/2009 — Homer Bailey lived up to the hype tonight as he pitched eight shutout innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers as the Reds won the game 4-2. Bailey gave up seven hits, all singles, while walking one and striking out seven. He threw strikes, kept batters off balance, and struck out enough batters ...

Farmers Only: Homer Bailey just may have AAA figured out
redreporter.com 6/18/2009 — Homey Louisville beat Norfolk pretty handily 6-2 on another impressive start by Homer Bailey .  Homer went 8 shutout innings and struck out 7 while walking only 1.  In his 5 starts since coming back from Cincinnati, Bailey's given up 3 ...