Has pitching improved for the Reds?

[Hoofhearted]

(08-10-2018, 08:54 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: NO

The problem with the Reds starting pitching is they have a team full of bottom of the rotation starters !

Castillo is 6-9 with a 4.91 ERA

Mahle is 7-9 with a 4.95 ERA

Romano is 7-9 with a 4.94 ERA

DeScalfani 5-3 with a 4.98 ERA

None of these guys is thus far, better than a #5 starter !

Bailey is 1-9 with a 6.19 ERA

And just flat out needs to go. I had a tiny sliver of hope when he first came back but it was false hope, he's never getting better.

Harvey is 5-5 with a 4.79 ERA

Maybe, possibly he's a #4 starter but I'm not so sure ?

Are any of the top three ever going to develop into better than a 5th starter ? I dunno perhaps there's a number three among them ? But I don't believe we have anybody in the Majors that's even a #2. Will Hunter Greene be ? Let's hop but he's probably at least 2 years away.

If this team is to have any hope of competing next season or the year after they have to go out and get a true #1 and a true #2

Castillo and Mahle have top 3 potential. Luis only has 216 innings pitched, and Tyler has 129. Both under 25. Sometimes it takes a little while for them to figure out how to get batters out at the MLB level. The bottom of the rotation is a different story honestly.