The most recent sample of Cincinnati Reds baseball has been tremendous. They’re riding a 5-game win streak, appear to have allayed all fears of a collapse on a West Coast trip, and they’ve found ways to come back in games repeatedly after all signs pointed to their early demise.
The most recent sample of Nick Lodolo’s baseball season, however, has been quite the opposite. He’s taken a pair of starts right on the chin after a brilliant beginning to his 2023 campaign, allowing 14 ER in just 8.2 IP in starts against the admittedly formidable clubs in Tampa and Texas, but it’s the 5 homers he’s allowed in that time that stick out like a sore thumb.