The Cincinnati Reds are on the road in Scottsdale, Arizona this afternoon to begin the first game of a split-squad doubleheader on Tuesday. This time, they’ll face off against the Colorado Rockies, a baseball franchise that has taken the concept of ‘simply being glad to be one of the thirty Major League Baseball teams’ to heart for most of their existence.
For the Reds, it’ll be another shot for righty Graham Ashcraft to show he can pick up the slack in the starting rotation race with the likes of Rhett Lowder, Andrew Abbott, and Wade Miley behind the eight-ball for being ready by Opening Day.