For most of the winter, there was an intense clamor among Reds fans for the front office to go get a pitcher with a career 3.66 ERA, career 3.72 FIP, and career 108 ERA+. That pitcher, Dallas Keuchel, is currently 31 years old, and was predicted to land a 4 year, $82 million deal by MLB Trade Rumors at the outset of free agency.
Instead, the Reds went and landed a pitcher with a career 3.66 ERA, career 3.74 FIP, and career 110 ERA+ named Sonny Gray, who also just so happens to be just 29 years of age.