It seems like we've spent the better part of 2-3 months now waiting for something, anything, to happen with regards to the shortstop position, with the bullpen being the other area where some action was expected. But am I the only one who thought the Reds would try and do SOMETHING regarding the rotation, which as far as I can tell looks like this:
Gray
Castillo
Mahle
Miley
Lorenzen/Antone/Hoffman/De Leon
This is, uh, not great. I'm not a Miley hater like some quarters of this board, I think when healthy he's a perfectly adequate "bend but don't break" starter, but it's not a great sign that he's kind of a default option here. Mahle I go back and forth on, he seemed to finally take a step forward last year but unfortunately the sample size was limited. I don't think you can count on anything in particular, he could still just be the same guy from 2018-2019. Again, it's not a great sign that he's effectively penciled in already. Of the #5 group, I think Antone has the best chance to be decent but I'm not over the moon about him based on 35 innings yet.
If anything happens to Sonny or Luis, this group is in real trouble. There's a handful of veteran starters still currently available, none of whom are essentially guarantees to be better than the current crop but guys who have handled the rigors of 20+ starts before. Might be worthwhile to sign one of those guys up just in case.