Aroldis Chapman Impressive

The Cuban phenom, Aroldis Chapman, impressed everyone with his control in spite of hitting Todd Frazier with a 95 mph, misplaced fastball.

Chapman followed Homer Bailey, who also threw well according to pitching coach Bryan Price.

Chapman,who is considered a raw talent. He is a hard thrower and his fastball was clocked at 97mph in the Reds intrasquad game.

Bailey and Chapman pitched for Dusty Baker's White team which won 4-2 on Miguel Cairo's two-run double.

Ramon Hernandez hit a home run off batterymate, Aaron Harang but praised the young Cuban.

"He needs to work on his control but he hasn't pitched for eight months," Hernandez said. "He kept the ball down and threw some good pitches."

Chapman among other things is learning English.

"He is a very good kid," Hernandez said. "He doesn't know English at all. Everyone is helping him, not only the latin guys but the American guys are helping him too."

He threw 17 pitches and 12 for strikes including a nasty change up to Wilkin Castillo.

"I had no chance," Castillo said.

Bryan Price, the Reds new pitching coach was pleased with the outing.

"What's impressive is that a guy his age that throws so hard is able to keep the ball in his locations fairly well," Price said.