After a monumental day throughout the Cincinnati Reds' organization, there are reactions galore to the highly anticipated debuts of Mike Leake and Aroldis Chapman.
- Jeff Wallner of MLB.com has a break down of Leake's afternoon and how he was able to overcome issuing 7 walks.
- The Chicago Cubs, who had the pleasure of facing Leake on Sunday, had positive comments to say about the young pitcher, reports Carrie Muskat of MLB.com.
- John Erardi of the Cincinnati Enquirer points out the obvious flaw in Chapman's outing - his inability to throw consistent strikes.
- Doug Gray of Reds Minor Leagues.com has his own reactions to both outings, plus his own collection of other people's reactions.
- The one casualty of the afternoon was Juan Francisco, who had to be optioned to Triple-A in order to make room for Leake on the Reds' roster, Wallner reports.
