But Gerrit Cole is the only one who never gets to hit back.
Cole made his sixth career start against the Reds, the fourth this season, on Saturday night. The Bucs have lost all six. Cole -- mind you, MLB's biggest winner -- is 0-3 against the Reds this season, 14-2 against all the other guys. Seventeen of his 21 starts have been quality grade; the other four have come against Cincinnati.
And on, and on.
"I'm very frustrated," Cole corrected, when it was suggested to him that he had sufficient respect for the dogged Reds to merely look forward to one day getting the best of them.