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yant voiced the frustrations of many MLB fans when he criticized the ongoing trend of service time manipulation by teams with the game's top prospects.The Athletic's Sahadev Sharma shared Bryant's thoughts about the practice:"It's awful. So awful. It's going to happen this year and it happens every year. I could understand it if you go out and have a rough spring training where you don't look ready. But there's certain people who put the time and the effort into the offseason so that they do show up to spring training and they prove that they're ready to go. I feel like you should be rewarded for that."Bryant added that the custom is within the rules under the collective bargaining agreement but that it's tantamount to exploiting a "loophole."Bryant made his MLB debut April 17 http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , 2015, in the Cubs' ninth game of the season. He almost certainly would've made Chicago's Opening Day roster if the team hadn't been focused on preserving an extra year of team control down the line.Bryant is far from the only player who experienced that, though.Gleyber Torres and Ronald Acuna Jr. didn't arrive in MLB until April 22 and 25, respectively, during the 2018 season despite being more than ready on Opening Day. Torres finished third in American League Rookie of the Year voting, and Acuna was the National League Rookie of the Year.This year, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the most obvious example.The 19-year-old third baseman hit .381 with 20 home runs and 78 RBI for the Toronto Blue Jays' rookie league, High-A, Double-A and Triple-A affiliates in 2018. Despite Guerrero's success at the plate, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins told reporters earlier this month that Brandon Drury will likely open as the starter at the hot corner.Likewise, Eloy Jimenez slugged .577 with a .384 on-base percentage in 108 Double-A and Triple-A games for Chicago White Sox affiliates in 2018. He wrote a piece for the Players' Tribune in August to say he was ready for the jump to the majors. Jimenez http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey , however, will almost certainly start 2019 with the Charlotte Knights, the White Sox's Triple-A affiliate.Teams have a clear incentive to maintain the status quo. Bryant is in his second year of arbitration and won't hit the open market until 2022. The two-time All-Star would've been a free agent in 2021 if the Cubs had him on their MLB roster to open 2015.That additional year has value, and it's hard to imagine general managers and team owners changing their tune unless the matter is addressed during the next round of CBA negotiations. CINCINNATI (AP) — Anthony DeSclafani was a baseball triple-threat against Arizona on Friday night.DeSclafani struck out a season-high nine to outduel Clay Buchholz and singled before scoring one of Cincinnati’s two runs on Billy Hamilton’s suicide-squeeze bunt to help the Reds beat the Diamondbacks 3-0.DeSclafani (6-3) allowed three hits and no walks while pitching into the eighth inning of his second straight shutdown outing. He limited Washington to one run on six hits with a walk and two strikeouts in seven innings of a 7-1 victory last Saturday.“I had a good amount of things working today,” DeSclafani said. “I stayed out of the middle of the plate for the most part. I felt like this game was the most well put-together game.”The right-hander improved to 8-1 in his career when lasting at least six innings without a walk.“Anthony set the tone for the entire game,” Cincinnati manager Jim Riggleman said. “That was a good, old-fashioned ball game. That was a tough lineup he was facing. They’re in first place and have to come in here and win games. Anthony was up to the task.”“He was driving his fastball to both sides of the plate and did a good job with left-handed hitters, tying them up,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said.DeSclafani gave way to Jared Hughes after allowing a leadoff single in the eighth. The NL West-leading Diamondbacks got runners to first and third before Hughes coaxed Alex Avila into a double-play grounder. Raisel Iglesias followed Paul Goldschmidt’s two-out double by striking out A.J. Pollock in the ninth for his 22nd save.DeSclafani also singled in the seventh and scored from first base on Buchholz’s throwing error on Hamilton’s bunt up the first base line, which drove in Tucker Barnhart. Buchholz fielded the ball cleanly, but his throw sailed into foul territory down the field line.“That was the first time I was ever a part of a play like that Paul DeJong Jersey ,” DeSclafani said. “I waited for Tucker to break. When I saw (third base coach Billy) Hatcher wave me around, I thought, ‘This is kind of fun. Just don’t miss the bags.'”Riggleman considered having Hamilton bunt earlier in the count, but fearing a pitchout, waited until 3-1. It paid off.“He caught me a little off-guard, bunting on a 3-1 count,” Buchholz said.The Reds, opening a nine-game homestand as the Central’s last-place team and coming off a 2-7 trip, pushed a run across in the sixth on back-to-back leadoff singles by Jose Peraza and Joey Votto, and Eugenio Suarez’s sacrifice fly to left, one step away from the warning track.Buchholz (5-2) saw his personal winning streak snapped at five over eight starts. He allowed eight hits and three runs lex Reyes Jersey , two earned, with two walks and four strikeouts in seven innings.LIKE OLD TIMESDeSclafani struck out at least nine batters for the fourth time in his career and first since Aug 27, 2016, at Arizona. His career high is 10 strikeouts.RAINY DAY FEELINGRain sent fans scurrying for cover in the middle of the first inning. They started returning to their seats in the bottom of the second. The start of the opener of Cincinnati’s last home stand, also on a Friday, was delayed 2 hours, 55 minutes by rain.TOWEL TIMEReds OF Scott Schebler took Friday the next step in rehabbing the sprained joint in his right shoulder by throwing a towel without letting it go. Schebler has been out and unable to throw since July 14 after injuring his shoulder crashing into the right field wall trying to make a catch in St. Louis.MR. 1700Votto’s sixth-inning bloop single to center field was his 1,700th career hit. He is the ninth player in franchise history to reach that level.TRAINER’S ROOMReds: Votto started at first base after missing two games with a bruised right knee, the result of being hit by Ryan Madson’s pitch Aug. 4 in Washington.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: Opponents are hitting a combined .195 with 48 strikeouts in LHP Robbie Ray’s seven road starts this season.Reds: RHP Matt Harvey (5-7) has a 10.66 earned-run average in his three starts since the All-Star break.