This low price gets me involved with the Pirates here in a pitching matchup of Gerrit Cole versus Robert Stephenson.

Cole isn't back to the ace status of two years ago, but he's been very solid. Cole has been especially strong on the road where his ERA is 2.90 during his past nine away starts. This includes a 1-0 win against the Reds on Aug. 26.

Cole won't have to deal with the most feared basestealer in baseball as Billy Hamilton is on the DL with a broken thumb.

The Reds seem to be pitching rookies every day. Today they are going with Robert Stephenson, who has a 5.45 ERA and remains a work-in-progress with control problems.