The brilliant start to the 2023 season from Cincinnati Reds starter Graham Ashcraft now seems like eons ago. The 25 year old hurler entered his start on Tuesday evening against the St. Louis Cardinals on quite the tear of bad form, with 18 ER yielded over his last 12.1 IP across a trio of starts against the Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, and Colorado Rockies - hardly a murderer’s row of competition.
Things continued to get worse on Tuesday, unfortunately. Ashcraft was tagged for 7 ER on 10 H in his outing, though he did manage to matriculate his way through 5.