The difference between last year’s historically bad Reds bullpen and this year’s has been remarkable. To some degree, that was expected. Raisel Iglesias and Michael Lorenzen were slated to pitch in relief from day one, and Drew Storen was signed as another dependable arm at the back-end of the ‘pen.
But what no one expected was the contribution the team has received from Wandy Peralta.
To say this performance came out of nowhere would be an understatement. While he posted solid numbers in the minor leagues, the 25-year-old left-hander has never thrown the ball this well and never gave much of an indication that he could pitch like this.