The last time we watched Luis Cessa in a Cincinnati Reds uniform, he walked off the mound in Great American Ball Park having retired Chicago Cubs hitters sixteen separate times while the Reds held a 3-1 lead. He handed the ball off to Ian Gibaut with Patrick Wisdom parked at 2B, and Eric Hosmer promptly singled to score another run to Cessa’s ledger for the evening, but the fact remains that Cessa’s first outing of the season was a roaring success, all things considered.
He’s been mostly a reliever for a half-decade. His spring ramp-up consisted of him being rarely, if ever, used by Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic as a reliever, let alone as a starting pitcher akin to his current role.