Logan Ondrusek

The Cincinnati Reds selected Ondrusek in the 13th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft.^[1] Ondrusek began his minor league career with the rookie league Billings Mustangs. In his first year with the Mustangs, he went 1–6 with a 6.02 ERA. In 2006, he played for Billings, Single-A Dayton and Double-A Chattanooga. In his second year, he went 4–6 with an 3.59 ER of 3.59. In 2008, he was promoted to the Reds' Triple-A affiliate, the Louisville Bats, where he went 4–1 with a 1.50 ERA.^[1]

He was added to the Reds' 40-man roster after the 2009 season to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft.^[2]

2010

In 2010, Ondrusek made the Cincinnati Reds' Opening Day roster with a strong showing in spring training, throwing 10 scoreless innings.^[3] He made his first professional appearance on Opening Day at Great American Ballpark, pitching a scoreless 8th inning against the St. Louis Cardinals. However, with an 11.12 ERA though nine appearances, he was sent down to Triple-A Louisville on April 22.^[3] Due to injuries and struggles in the Reds' bullpen, Ondrusek was recalled to the majors on June 1.e^[4] Despite a rough initial appearance upon his return to the big leagues (giving up a home run to Matt Holliday in his first game back), Ondrusek settled down, with a 1.27 ERA from his June 1 recall through August 10. This included a streak of 22 scoreless innings in 20 appearances.^[5]

He earned the first win of his MLB career on July 23 against the Houston Astros after pitching a scoreless 7th inning. He picked up four more wins over the rest of the season, finishing the 2010 regular season 5–0 with a 3.68 ERA and 39 strikeouts over 58.2 innings.^[6]

Ondrusek pitched in both Game 1 and Game 2 of the 2010 NLDS against the Philadelphia Phillies. In the first game, he pitched 1.2 innings, allowing no hits or runs despite committing a throwing error. In Game 2, Ondrusek was brought in with two outs and the bases loaded in the 6th inning, and allowed a run on a hit batsman. However, he got the next batter to ground out, escaping the jam with minimal damage.^[7] Ondrusek finished the 2010 postseason with a 0.00 ERA with no walks in two innings pitched in two games.^[8]

2011

Ondrusek played all of 2011 with Cincinnati, where in 66 appearances, he went 5-5 with a 3.23 ERA and 14 holds, striking out 41 in 61.1 innings. He was used mostly in the 7th and 8th innings, usually to pitch one inning per game.

2012

Ondrusek played most of 2012 with Cincinnati, but was optioned to Louisville on August 21 when the Reds were in need of a catcher after Devin Mesoraco was suspended.^[9] He was brought back up when the rosters expanded in September. In 63 appearances in 2012, Ondrusek went 5-2 with a 3.46 ERA and 13 holds, striking out 39 in 54.2 innings. He was used mostly in the 8th inning, with 32 of his appearances coming in the 8th.

2013

On January 17, 2013, Ondrusek signed a two-year, $2.35 million contract to avoid arbitration. As a Super Two player, Ondrusek will have four years of arbitration versus the normal three.^[10]

Ondrusek began 2013 with Double-A Pensacola after a spring training in which he gave up nine runs in 10.2 innings with a WHIP of 2.062. He made three appearances with the Blue Wahoos before being recalled to Cincinnati. He was optioned to Louisville on June 8 after an outing in which he gave up four runs. He had a 5.64 ERA and a 1.299 WHIP in 21 appearances at the time.^[11] Ondrusek returned on June 29 after Johnny Cueto went on the disabled list.^[12] Ondrusek finished the year in the Reds' bullpen. In 52 appearances with Cincinnati, he was 3-1 with a 4.09 ERA, striking out 53 in 55 innings.

2014

Ondrusek was placed on the disabled list on July 23, 2014, with right shoulder soreness. At the time, he had a 3-2 record and a 4.31 ERA in 29 appearances out of the Reds bullpen. He was activated from the DL on August 18.^[13]

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

2015

On December 29, 2014, Ondrusek signed a one-year deal with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball.^[14]

Pitching style

Ondrusek mostly uses three pitches: a four-seam fastball averaging about 92–93 mph, a slider around 80 mph, and a cutter in the low 90s. He also has a sinker and a changeup, which is used primarily against lefties. He throws with a straight-over-the-top motion.^[15]^[16]

References

1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=ondrus001log
↑ Sheldon, Mark (November 20, 2009). "Reds make moves, fill out roster". MLB.com. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
1 2 "Reds call up Fisher, send down Ondrusek". MLB.com. April 22, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
↑ "Del Rosario, Ondrusek up for Lincoln, Fisher". MLB.com. June 1, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
↑ "Ondrusek prepares to start a new streak". MLB.com. August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=446185
↑ Sheldon, Mark. "Reds lose ball, game, unravel in Philadelphia". MLB.com. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_postseason.jsp?statType=2&playerID=446185
↑ Sheldon, Mark (August 21, 2012). "Reds make tough call to option Ondrusek". Reds.com.
↑ Logan Ondrusek gets 2-year deal
↑ Rosecrans, C. Trent (June 8, 2013). "Logan Ondrusek optioned, Curtis Partch called up". Cincinnati Enquirer.
↑ Sheldon, Mark (June 29, 2013). "Reds place Cueto on DL, call up OndrusekReds place Cueto on DL, call up Ondrusek". MLB.com.
↑ Twitter / Reds: .@DatDudeBP and Ondrusek off DL. @Tucker_Barnhart and Axelrod to Louisville.
↑ "Swallows sign reliever Ondrusek". Japan Times. December 29, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
↑ "PITCHf/x Player Card: Logan Ondrusek". BrooksBaseball.net. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
↑ "Logan Ondrusek". FanGraphs. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows current roster

Active roster	0 Wataru Hiyane 1 Tetsuto Yamada 2 Keiji Obiki 3 Naomichi Nishiura 4 Wladimir Balentien 5 Shingo Kawabata 7 Hiroyasu Tanaka 8 Shinichi Takeuchi 9 Yasushi Iihara 10 Ryosuke Morioka 12 Taichi Ishiyama 13 Luis Pérez 14 Ryo Akiyoshi 16 Juri Hara 17 Yoshihisa Naruse 18 Toshihiro Sugiura 19 Masanori Ishikawa 20 Tetsuya Yamamoto 21 Kenichi Matsuoka 22 Shingo Takeshita 24 Takahiro Araki 25 Shohei Tateyama 26 Kentaro Kyuko 28 Masahiko Tanaka 29 Yasuhiro Ogawa 30 Akihisa Nishida 31 Kotaro Yamasaki 32 Ren Kazahari 33 Kazuhiro Hatakeyama 34 Kyle Davies 35 Kengo Tagawa 36 Taishi Hirooka 37 Yudai Hoshino 38 Tetsuya Terada 39 Yusaku Nakamoto 40 Masato Furuno 41 Yuhei 42 Tomotaka Sakaguchi 43 Kyohei Muranaka 44 Keiji Iwahashi 45 Hiroaki Dohi 46 Ryota Yachi 47 Keiji Takahashi 48 Julius Higuma 49 Daiki Watanabe 50 Tsuyoshi Ueda 51 Ryota Fujii 52 Yuhei Nakamura 53 Josh Lueke 54 Masato Nakazawa 55 Koji Yamakawa 56 Nobuyuki Okumura 57 Jun Matsui 58 Logan Ondrusek 59 Takahiro Imanami 60 Masayoshi Miwa 61 Yuto Koyama 62 Takeaki Tokuyama 63 Suguru Ino 64 Ryohei Kiya 65 Izumi Hara 66 Nagisa Arakaki 68 Hirofumi Yamanaka 69 Ryuhei Kawakami 70 Ryosuke Yagi 91 Atsushi Ugumori 111 Shogo Nakashima (Trainee) 121 Yoshinori (Trainee) 167 Ryo Hirai (Trainee)

Coaching staff	Manager and head coach 77 Mitsuru Manaka

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