Robert Stephenson and Wandy Peralta were the last two players to make the Cincinnati Reds Opening Day roster. Both Peralta and Stephenson enter the 2019 season trying to put last year behind them. For Stephenson, however, this is it. If he doesn’t make it happen out of the gate, there’s a long list of pitchers looking to take his spot. I think he might finally surprise us all.
Robert Stephenson’s career has been nothing to write home about to this point. Drafted in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft after throwing two no-hitters in high school, Stephenson showed the type of raw talent that every major league team covets.