Cody Reed showed his value to the Cincinnati Reds as a reliever in 2017, but wants to join the rotation in 2018. While Robert Stephenson blew up when he was in the bullpen, Reed showed that he was good for short bursts. Unfortunately, Reed had trouble in his lone MLB start this season.
In the eight relief innings before his lone start for Cincinnati in 2017, Reed did not surrender a single run. In his first start he allowed seven runs in two innings. He walked five, but only gave up four hits.
In his single MLB start in 2016 Reed was awful.