The Reds introduced Tuesday that they’ve positioned lefty Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured record attributable to a blister on his left index finger and recalled righty Yosver Zulueta in his place. If Zulueta will get right into a recreation, he’ll be making his MLB debut. Francys Romero first reported early this morning that Zulueta was being known as up for his debut.
The 26-year-old Lodolo’s IL placement is retroactive to Monday. He lasted simply 4 2/3 innings in that begin and issued 4 walks in his shakiest begin in over a month. Whereas accidents like blisters and cracked fingernails can appear minor on the floor, they will usually make it tough for a pitcher to correctly grip his pitches, relying on their placement. A blister on the fingertip of the index finger would make it significantly tough for Lodolo to execute his curveball, which he’s thrown at a 28% clip this season. He’ll let the difficulty settle down for the following couple weeks in hopes of a fast return.
Lodolo has been the Reds’ simplest starter this season, pitching to a 2.96 ERA in 70 innings. He’s fanned 25.1% of his opponents towards a pointy 6.5% stroll price. This shall be his third IL placement of the season, having beforehand missed time attributable to minor groin and calf accidents. He’s additionally hung out on the 60-day injured record in every of the previous two seasons, owing to again and calf accidents.
With Lodolo shelved for what’ll presumably be a comparatively transient keep on the IL, the Reds’ rotation shall be right down to Hunter Greene, Andrew Abbott, Frankie Montas and Carson Spiers. Proper-hander Graham Ashcraft, who was optioned to Triple-A earlier this month, has tossed consecutive high quality begins since being despatched down and yielded a complete of 4 runs in 12 innings with a 12-to-2 Ok/BB ratio. He might be within the combine to come back again to the large league roster in brief order and step into Lodolo’s vacated rotation spot, however in the intervening time, the Reds will add Zulueta to offer their bullpen an additional arm.
Zulueta, 26, has pitched in 23 video games this season and logged 30 2/3 innings of two.93 ERA ball with a powerful 28.3% strikeout price and elite 60.5% ground-ball price — but additionally an unsightly 14.5% stroll price. The proper-hander got here to the Reds through an Opening Day waiver declare after he’d been designated for task. In elements of three seasons on the Triple-A stage between the 2 organizations, the Cuban-born righty has a 3.71 ERA, 26.2% strikeout price and 15.4% stroll price.
