Sonny Gray is plying his trade quite effectively for the Minnesota Twins. Wade Miley has looked Wade Miley-ish of late for the Chicago Cubs. We’ve still never seen Mike Minor, the bottled lightning caught by Connor Overton has been shelved for months, Vlad Gutierrez has been bullpen’d, Reiver Sanmartin demoted, and the whereabouts of Nick Lodolo are mostly unknown.
The overhauled Cincinnati Reds pitching staff is equal parts who the hell is that as it is what the hell was that these days. And while the bats behind them have gradually begun to thaw, it’s still been a very, very rough go of it on the bump so far this year.