The Cincinnati Reds signed Scott Feldman to be the team’s primary middle reliever shortly after trading away last year’s starting ace, Dan Straily, to the Miami Marlins. Since then the projected number three starter, Homer Bailey, has undergone surgery. Now Feldman has been pressed into a starting role.
Brandon Finnegan and Robert Stephenson are the only two starting pitchers from opening day last year that look poised to start the season this year on the Reds active roster. John Lamb and Alfredo Simon are no longer with the team, while Raisel Igleisas may start the season on the DL.