Despite the Cincinnati Reds having enjoyed a starting pitching renaissance during the 2019 season, they’ve still been quite publicly connected to some of the more intriguing options on that market so far this winter. They reportedly were hot and heavy with Zack Wheeler before he became a nine-figuraire courtesty of the Philadelphia Phillies. In a similar vein, they were rumored to have interest in free agent Madison Bumgarner, but he signed over the weekend with the Arizona Diamondbacks, taking yet another high profile free agent out off their board.