As it turns out, Hunter Greene can still have days like this, when everything goes wrong despite all the 25-year-old does right. Even aces stumble now and then, and the Cincinnati Reds right-hander is still new to the title — even though the baseball world has been waiting to give it to him since before he could vote.

Reds ace Hunter Greene lasted just three innings Saturday in his first rough outing of the season after entering with a 0.98 ERA.

Greene allowed just two hits, had eight strikeouts and just one walk over seven shutout innings as the Reds swept the Pirates at home.