While Reds manager Bryan Price isn't willing to name his Opening Day starter yet, DeSclafani is the leading candidate, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
DeSclafani and Raisel Iglesias are the only two starters locked into the rotation to begin the season. "It's obviously crossed my mind, but I don't want that just handed to me, I want to go out there and have to earn it," DeSclafani said on Saturday. "If I go out there and pitch well in spring training and at the end of the day, they think I've earned it, that's one thing. I don't want to assume anything and that's not how I'm going to go about it because I don't like having things handed to me."