{"id":8568,"date":"2014-07-15T23:26:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T03:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=8568"},"modified":"2014-07-15T23:26:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T03:26:26","slug":"scott-diamond-signs-with-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/07\/15\/scott-diamond-signs-with-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Diamond signs with Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8569\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/07\/scottdiamond.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"594\" height=\"414\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8569\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/07\/scottdiamond.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/07\/scottdiamond-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nScott Diamond has signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond, 27, will be assigned to Triple-A Louisville. The left hander was released by the Minnesota Twins last weekend after struggling at Triple-A Rochester posting a 6.52 ERA and a 1.63 WHIP in 80 innings of work.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Scott Diamond to Reds, per source. Had a few offers. Will report to AAA. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mntwins?src=hash\">#mntwins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Darren Wolfson (@DarrenWolfson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenWolfson\/statuses\/489227204035751936\">July 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Reds are simply using the former undrafted free agent as rotation depth for their minor league system. Diamond is said to have had a few different offers.<\/p>\n<p>In 58 major league games Diamond is 19-27 with a 4.43 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. His best season came in 2012 when he was 12-9 with a 3.54 ERA in 27 starts. He did not pitch for the Twins at the major league level this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Diamond has signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds. Diamond, 27, will be assigned to Triple-A Louisville. The left hander was released by the Minnesota Twins last weekend after struggling at Triple-A Rochester posting a 6.52 ERA and a 1.63 WHIP in 80 innings of work. Scott Diamond to Reds, per source. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[384,501,809],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-8568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-cincinnati-reds","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-scott-diamond"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8570,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8568\/revisions\/8570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8568"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}