The Cincinnati Reds introduced Saturday that pitcher Graham Ashcraft might be positioned on the 15-day IL. Ashcraft is coping with a stress response in his proper huge toe.
He needed to go away his Friday begin after 5 innings in opposition to the Chicago Cubs. The Reds rapidly had him bear an MRI, and now he’ll miss a number of begins this month.
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Ashcraft isn’t the one participant to be headed to the IL. Left-handed pitcher Brandon Williamson was scratched from his scheduled begin on Sunday as he examined constructive for COVID-19.
Cincinnati known as up prime pitching prospects Connor Phillips and Chase Shreve in a corresponding transfer. The Reds hope these two arms can get the job achieved with Ashcraft and Phillips on the IL.
Graham Ashcraft’s damage couldn’t have come at a worse time
Graham Ashcraft couldn’t have picked a worse time to go on the injured checklist. The Cincinnati Reds are battling to make their approach into this 12 months’s postseason. They’re one sport behind the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants, who maintain the ultimate NL Wild Card spot.
This might flip into the race heading into the common season’s last month. All of the groups battling for a Wild card spot have the expertise to go on a run within the postseason.
Cincinnati claimed Harrison Bader and Hunter Renfroe off waivers to attempt to higher themselves earlier than the postseason. Bader performed 84 video games for the New York Yankees this season, hitting .240, however accidents have saved him off the sphere a number of instances. Renfroe hit .242 in 126 video games with the Los Angeles Angels.
Whereas they’ve slowed down a bit, the Reds can nonetheless pull off one thing unbelievable. They’ve the roster to go deep into the postseason if they’ll overtake the groups forward of them within the Wild Card.