It’s easy to forget now, but at one point, Cody Reed was one of the most highly prized pitching prospects in the game. As recently as 2016, he was rated the Reds’ No. 2 prospect and was the 34th-ranked prospect in baseball, per Baseball America. There was legitimate hope that he’d become a top-of-the-rotation arm on the next contending Reds team and would ultimately prove to be the crown jewel of the Johnny Cueto trade.
Flash forward two years, and he’s only thrown 75 2/3 big-league innings and posted a 6.54 ERA in that time. So you’ll be excused for forgetting about him coming into this season.