GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Raisel Iglesias doesn’t have his hair dyed blond. Other than that simple fact, the similarities between he and Vladimir Gutierrez are striking.
Both, of course, came from Cuba and signed with the Reds. Both were relievers in Cuba and were signed to start. Both are right-handed. Iglesias is 6-foot-2, 188 pounds. Guitierrez is listed at 6-0, 190 pounds, even if there doesn’t seem to be two inches or two pounds separating the two when they stand side-by-side. Gutierrez even sports pants cuffed high with his red socks showing, just as Iglesias does during the regular season (but not this spring).