The Cincinnati Reds have a young, elite talent to close this year in Michael Lorenzen. He had a 2.88 ERA last year, but that should be even lower this year, if he can maintain his WHIP around 1.00 as he did last year. He is a first round talent with first round stuff, who should be given every opportunity to be the primary closer. Originally the Reds trained him as a starter, but that hasn’t panned out yet.
The pitcher that most people are interested in seeing in the bullpen this year is Raisel Iglesias. He will be eligible for arbitration this year and could quickly become too expensive for the Reds to keep.