36-year old lefty swinging Paul Bako has been awesome so far this season for the Reds. Bako has taken advantage of Dave Ross’ injury this season to show that he can still play. Bako has played in 25 games for the Reds this season and he is 25 for 80 (.313 avg, .920 OPS) with 10 runs scored, 3 homers and 11 RBIs. Bako came into this season having played in 646 games in his major league career and he had a .233 career batting average with a .621 OPS! So his hitting has been a huge surprise this season and he has done a good job with some of the young pitchers on the Reds.