The Cincinnati Reds rotation is in shambles, at least from the standpoint of what was expected as the team entered February. Homer Bailey went down with surgery to remove bone spurs in his elbow and is out until about June. Monday we learned that Anthony DeSclafani will miss at least the next four weeks before even attempting to throw again. That’s two guys that the team was counting on when they planned things out over the winter.
The Reds organization has an embarrassment of starting pitching prospects. And they need every last one of them if we’ve learned anything in the long history of the Cincinnati organization.