What do you think about Bronson Arroyo as a set-up guy in the eighth inning with his funky stuff, followed in the ninth by somebody throwing 95 miles an hour? — AL, Centerville.

surfaces and they have to get ready in a hurry. If you watch, a relief pitcher who knows he has a whole inning to warm up before he comes into a game, like a closer, takes his good ol’ time, too.

If Arroyo pitched the eighth and a hard thrower like Michael Lorenzen or Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth, they would be facing different hitters, so the difference in speed would not matter. Price likes the current makeup of his bullpen, as he should because it has been so good. I’d love to see Arroyo stick around as a roving minor league pitching coach, but he probably doesn’t want to do that. When his days are done, the laid-back guy probably will pack up his guitar and retire to a life of no-stress leisure.

When I watch Raisel Iglesias it takes me back to my youth watching Tom Hall pitch in relief for the Reds, two diminutive guys who threw/ throw very hard. Do you see the resemblance? — RON, Jamestown

Tom Hall was known as “The Blade” because he was so skinny — 6 feet, 150 pounds. Iglesias is a bit meaty at 6-2 and 188. Hall, a lefthander, was 10-1 with a 2.61 ERA for the 1972 Reds. While primarily a relief pitcher (40 appearances) he also started seven games. Like Hall, Iglesias has started games in his career. Yes, both throw very hard for their statures, but it is all about arm strength and mechanics. Hall was traded to the Mets early in 1975 for some pitcher named Mac Scarce, who made himself very scarce, never appearing in a game for the Reds. Let’s hope they don’t make the same mistake with Iglesias.

Baseball teams can draft high school graduates and college players who have completed three years, so how about twoyear junior college players or players who flunk out of school? — DENNY, Huber Heights.

The draft rules are clear. A high school player has to have graduated and not yet attended a college or junior college. Players in four-year colleges must have completed their junior or senior years. Junior college players may be drafted at any time. Players who flunk out of college may be considered a big risk, but they can be drafted after what would have been their junior or senior years, preventing any skulduggery.