While the first week of this Cincinnati Reds season looked infinitely rosier than last year’s, or 2018’s, the most recent run of form has been something of a throwback to those frustrating times.
While the Reds have rarely been bonked out of games early, they’ve been bonked out of them often, losers of 7 of their last 9 overall that’s put them once again in the cellar of the National League Central. Fortunately, they’ve got one of the more promising young arms in the game to turn to this afternoon to stem that tide, as Graham Ashcraft will toe the rubber with hopes of shutting down the Philadelphia Phillies in Great American Ball Park.