The Cincinnati Reds rotation is going to be missing two regulars when the season begins. Sonny Gray and Michael Lorenzen are not going to be ready to begin the season. That leaves two spots open in the rotation for now. Derek Johnson, pitching coach extraordinaire, said that Luis Castillo will get the start on Opening Day and that Tyler Mahle will start game number two. After that he wasn’t quite sure of what the order would be, but that the other three starters would be Jeff Hoffman, Wade Miley, and José De León.
Tyler Mahle and Luis Castillo were locks for the rotation unless they weren’t healthy.