As a rebuilding squad, the Reds roster in 2018 has generally consisted of younger players. Indeed, their average batter age is one full year younger than the league average, and the seventh youngest in all of MLB. Sure, there’s been a Phil Gosselin here and a Cliff Pennington there, but for the most part, if the Reds deemed a minor league player as close enough, he’s probably spent some time on the roster.
Even as Homer Bailey and Matt Harvey have gobbled up a ton of starts this season, it even true for the pitching, as they boast the fourth youngest pitching staff in all of baseball.