The Reds sent Billy Hamilton and Drew Hayes to the minor league camp this morning.
"Billy just needs to play," Dusty Baker said. "There are a lot of things he needs to learn. People are enamored with speed because there isn't a lot of it. When I was coming up if you didn't have speed you better hit a lot of home runs. He just started to switch hit. For a guy with speed he is striking out too much but he had to come here to see where his development was."
Hamilton his .174 with six hits in 17 at-bats, with two triples, including Monday night against Colorado. The 22-year old struck out nine times. He also had a setback with a tight hamstring.
Hayes had six appearances, including an inning on Monday night, in which he gave up a home run and an unearned run.
Hayes entered the game with the bases loaded in his first two outings, throwing on pitch each time. In his first game, he gave up a bases-loaded double. In the second he retired the batter on one pitch.
The 25-year old former Tennessee high school baseball player of the year and Mr. Football pitched 4 2/3 innings in six games, allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits. He walked three and struck out three.
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