Former Cincinnati Reds pitcher blasts team on Twitter

Reds reliever Sam LeCure pitches on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

Credit: David Jablonski

Credit: David Jablonski

Reds reliever Sam LeCure pitches on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
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By B J Bethel
April 23, 2016
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Former Cincinnati Reds reliever Sam LeCure blasted his former team in a Twitter rant Saturday.

LeCure was granted free agency in 2015 and is now pitching in Oklahoma City, the AAA affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.He pitched in 19 games for the Reds last year, but spent the majority of the season in the minors with Louisville, despite the team having pitching issues throughout the year. In 2014 he ws 1-4 ith a 3.81 ERA with 62 holds as a middle reliever. He had a 3.15 ERA with the Reds last year in only 20 innings.

In a Tweet LeCure later deleted, he wrote," I wonder what my career would look like if the Reds had give me as long of leash as they've given some people. Tough to swallow really."

Of course social media is the worst place to share any kind of feeling as it will certainly be taken to the extreme negative.

LeCure has pitched 13.1 innings for Oklahoma City this season as a starter. He has a 2.70 ERA and an 0-1 ERA in three games.

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