Cincinnati Reds: Three players hindered by virus-related hiatus

2. Trevor Bauer may miss a start for the Reds.

As hot as Jesse Winker has been at the dish, Trevor Bauer has been equally impressive on the mound. Bauer was slated to start on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but that game has since been postponed. How will David Bell reorganize his starting rotation? Reds ace Sonny Gray would have been scheduled to go Wednesday, but Luis Castillo will have missed a start as well.

Pitchers are very into their routine, and perhaps no pitcher is more routine than Trevor Bauer. The right-hander already had a start postponed this season when a game in Detroit was called eight minutes before the first pitch. Bauer, as he typically does, took his grievance to Twitter and voiced his displeasure with the cancellation of the game.

Bauer returned the following day to pitch in Game 2 of a seven-inning doubleheader against the Tigers. All Bauer did was go out and pitch a two-hit shutout. Bauer went the distance and walked off the mound with a swagger that surprised no one. Like him or hate him, Bauer has the stuff to strikeout anyone in today’s game and he’s been red-hot to start thee 2020 season.

In three starts, Bauer is 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 19.1 innings of work. It’s a tossup as to who the Reds true ace is; Trevor Bauer or Sonny Gray. Regardless, those two have been dominating opposing batters this season. If Cincinnati gets back to it on Tuesday, I’d expect to see Bauer on the hill. If not, it’ll be interesting to see how Bell sets the rotation going forward.