Intrasquad update

The Reds held their intrasquad scrimmage this afternoon at Ed Smith Stadium.

Aaron Harang and Bronson Arroyo were the starting pitchers; no one got more than 1 inning of work and the game lasted 5 1/2 innings. Other pitchers who appeared were Matt Maloney, Johnny Cueto, Richie Gardner, Alexander Smit, Josh Roenicke, Daryl Thompson, Tyler Pelland, Sergio Valenzuela and Ramon Ramirez.

Here's the lowdown from John Fay:

The home white team beat the visiting gray team 8-2 in the Reds intrasquad game. Drew Anderson was the star. He went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer. Paul Janish looked good. He had a hit and made three sterling plays at short.

"I saw good things," Dusty Baker said. "Jerry Gil looked good. Anderson looked great. (Chris) Dickerson looked good. Janish made the three nice plays. No missed signs. That's what I like."

Johnny Cueto looked very good in an inning of work. He struck out two.

Here's Jeff Brantley scouting report on Cueto: "He looked great. He was 92 to 96 on the gun I saw. But you can throw out all the things good and bad physically. I look for mound presence. I saw that big time."

As far as Alex Gonzalez, MLB.com reported he was slated to undergo an MRI on his left knee on Monday night. Fay says, "They're shutting SS Alex Gonzalez down for a couple of days because of the sore knee. He has a bone bruise. He'll see Dr. Tim Kremchek Friday."

Either way, makes me think that story from a couple of days about Gonzalez being the starting SS over Keppinger might be moot. But would getting Keppinger more ABs be a bad thing? Don't think so.