Chin up. Raisel Iglesias is going to be a good starting pitcher. Really good.
Iglesias has shown flashes of dominance in several of his starts as he did today through four innings. That he hasn’t been able to sustain it is understandable. Iglesias didn’t pitch last year as he made his way to Great American Ball Park from Cuba and he’s been on the disabled list this year with a strained left oblique since June 5. But he has the stuff. Pencil him in to next year’s starting rotation.
Rather, write it in ink.
That said, while Iglesias offers hope and this game had a promising start, like David Bowie’s fictional, alter-ego Ziggy Stardust, Iglesias and the Reds crashed — the pitcher’s death in the fifth inning due to a thousand ground ball hits, bad defense by Joey Votto and a bunt.