Hunter Greene shook off being bonked by a comebacker, signed a contract extension that’ll make him the next face of the Cincinnati Reds, and returned to the mound last Sunday to much fanfare. He looked the part then, big time, firing 6.0 IP of 1 ER ball against the juggernaut Pittsburgh Pirates lineup, though the lack of any Cincinnati offense left him stuck with an individual loss, in case that’s something you still care about for some reason.
Anyway, Greene will get the nod in Saturday’s potential series-clincher against the Oakland A’s after the Reds busted out their clubs and clubbed around Drew Rucinski & Co.