"He's throwing good stuff, he's throwing strikes. That's really what we need," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "That doesn't mean that's how it's going to translate here, it can be even better in the big leagues than he's been in Double-A with a big league defense behind him on a big league field. What's jumping off the page is not just the ERA, which is nice, but it's the fact that he's commanding the strike zone. He's throwing three pitches over."
Homer Bailey is the likely candidate to pitch on Saturday and make his 2017 debut.