By now most people around baseball consider Johnny Cueto to be the ace of the Cincinnati Reds pitching staff. With his low-mid 90's fastball, tantalizing curveball and unpredictable changeup, he's a challenge to any opposing hitter that steps in the box against him. The only real threat between him and winning a Cy Young Award at this point appears to be bad chicken wings.
However, it must be noted that many of these same people once considered Edinson Volquez to be ace material as well (as recently as eight months ago). After a masterful 2008 campaign in which he was not only named an All-Star, but also finished fourth in the league's Rookie of the Year balloting, expectations were high for the promising flamethrower from the Dominican. In fact, the Reds believed in him so much that he got the nod for both game one of the NLDS in 2010 and the start on Opening Day to begin 2011.
Volquez once held the promise that
Cueto now currently holds w/the Reds
After t...
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