Ok so obviously, and understandably, Winker gets all the buzz about being the 'next man up' in the OF. But I feel like throwing a little love Phil's way. He had a very promising start to his career after the Reds drafted him in 2013, before hitting about .240 his next 3 seasons. It's only 7 games but he's definitely off to a nice start this year in Louisville.
.321/.387/.500 with a HR, 5 RBI, 4 runs, and a couple of SB
Even with his poor hitting the last 3 years, he always maintained a solid OBP going .346 and .362 the last 2 seasons.
Hopefully we've got more depth than we thought if Ervin can keep up his hot start.