Sonny Gray will be the Reds Opening Day starter.

[Ron Madden]

Discuss

[Kc61]

Yes. And Tyler Mahle will be sixth starter piggybacking on shorter starts.

[Ron Madden]

obby Nightengale
@nightengalejr
Rotation order: Gray, Castillo, Bauer, Miley and DeSclafani. Tyler Mahle set to piggyback for any short starts. #Reds

[DocRed]

Wow....a little shocked that Castillo didn't get it. I wonder how he feels about that.

[Ron Madden]

David Bell says Sonny has really stepped up, he's a leader.

[Kc61]

Really like Tyler Mahle in this role.

Unusual circumstances now - but I never liked the idea of Mahle stretching out at AAA.

When young guys reach his level of experience/performance they should be in the big leagues. Maybe not in a lead role, but no point having them compete against minor leaguers again.

[westofyou]

Could have gone either way, there is no bad choice

NAME                   ERA   RSAA HR  H/9   BR/9  SO/9  BB/9  SO/BB SHO WP  IBB HBP BFP   BK  NW  NL
Luis Castillo          3.40   23  22  6.56 10.62 10.67  3.73  2.86   0   5   0   7   781  3  15   8 
Sonny Gray             2.87   31  17  6.26 10.11 10.52  3.49  3.01   0   7   1   7   708  1  13   6

[RedsFanInMS]

I have no qualms with this.

[Ron Madden]

Jeremy Rauch
@FOX19Jeremy
David Bell: "There's no denying the fact that Sonny Gray has stepped up. He's a leader. He also had a great season last year. We couldn't ask for a better option to set the tone for the season and our rotation."

[podgejeff_]

He's the veteran. They had similar years. Not surprising.

[Kc61]

Gray over Castillo is really not a big deal.

Luis got it last year, so this year it’s Sonny. Both are deserving.

Not worth agonizing.

[NebraskaRed]

Whether the skies will be sunny or gray, I will be excited to see him start the first game of this weird season in just over 2 weeks.

[Ron Madden]

“There was a lot of strategy,” Bell said. “We believe in all of our guys so much. We could have come up with any order and felt great about it. Some of it had to do with their readiness. That was kind of the No. 1 factor. The second factor, to the best of our ability, was matching up our opposition the best we can. It’s a stretch of 17 games until the first off-day. It was doing the best we could of matching guys up.”

https://www.mlb.com/news/sonny-gray-...ng-day-starter

[savafan]

What I find more surprising is that Disco is the 5th starter with Miley going 4th

[JaxRed]

Disco is behind because of testing.


Edit - Disregard. He is starting the intrasquad game today !!