It has been 136 days since the Cincinnati Reds wrapped their 2024 season with a 3-0 win over the Chicago Cubs, a game that came just one day after Rhett Lowder put the finishing touches on his first professional season.
Lowder, Cincinnati’s 1st round pick from the 2023 MLB Draft, fired 5.0 IP of scoreless ball in an eventual 3-0 loss to Chicago on that day. In the four and a half months since then, he’s seen his name rocket up most every Top 100 overall prospect list while also finding it on the Opening Day depth chart projections for the Reds by most everyone out there.