CINCINNATI -- All season, the Reds have demonstrated the ability to hit and play defense and often have had a quality bullpen in the late innings. What's been lacking throughout is starting pitching. Manager Bryan Price is hoping that the final 2 1/2 months of the season will provide the vision of a quality rotation that can roll into 2018.
Sal Romano is one of those pitching prospects Price envisioned to be part of the solution. But Romano could not solve the problems of the rotation during Tuesday's 11-2 loss to the D-backs.
"I think I just elevated the ball too much," Romano said.