Montas is ready to show that he can be the Reds' ace. Full of confidence, he improved and built up his innings as spring training went on. He was perfect in this season's spring training debut, while throwing limited innings. Back from shoulder surgery, he's ready to shine in his Cincinnati regular season debut.

Gray had a worrisome 6.61 ERA and 1.96 WHIP in spring training. That wouldn't be as much of an issue if he was showing improvement from start to start. That wasn't really the case. His last start saw him give up 2 home runs in 4 innings, 7 hits and 4 runs overall. At least he only walked one batter. In his previous spring start, he issued 7 free passes!

The Nationals are 19-39 the last 2 years as road underdogs of +125 to +175. Give me the Reds.