Blake Wood

Reds' Blake Wood back from paternity leave

The Cincinnati Reds activated reliever Blake Wood from the paternity leave list.

What It Means:

Wood owns a 3.57 ERA and a 35/22 strikeout-to-wak ratio across 35 1/3 innings this season. He will slide back into his setup role.

Wood has a 4.17 xFIP and a 22.4 strikeout percentage (league average is 21.1 percent) this season, while tallying five wins, five holds, and one save. Our models project him to record a 3.63 ERA and a 20.3 strikeout percentage over the remaining course of the season.