{"id":523738,"date":"2026-03-09T03:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523738\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T03:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:15:10","slug":"reds-to-start-all-star-abbott-on-opening-day-against-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523738\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds to start All-Star Abbott on Opening Day against Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The Cincinnati Reds<\/a> will start left-hander Andrew Abbott<\/a> on the mound for their season opener at home against the Boston Red Sox<\/a> on March 26.<\/p>\n

It’s the first Opening Day start for Abbott, 26, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time last year in his third season with the Reds.<\/p>\n

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Abbott was 10-7 with a 2.87 ERA in 166\u2153 innings over 29 starts last year after beginning the season on the injured list while still recovering from a left shoulder injury that cut short his 2024 season. He emerged as a front-line starter for the Reds.<\/p>\n

“It’s awesome,” Abbott said of being tabbed to start Opening Day by manager Terry Francona. “I don’t take anything for granted. I’m honored to represent Cincinnati on that day. I know being there and seeing how big of a holiday and how big it’s celebrated, it’s great. Having the chance with all the teammates, all the talent we have on this team means a lot to me, too.<\/p>\n

“Any one of those guys deserve it, but I’m excited to take the ball and give it my all.”<\/p>\n

Ace right-hander Hunter Greene<\/a>, the Reds’ Opening Day starter last year, has stiffness in his pitching elbow<\/a> and currently isn’t throwing.<\/p>\n

Abbott was a second-round draft pick of the Reds out of the University of Virginia in 2021 and made his major league debut two years later. He’s 28-23 with a 3.42 ERA and 383 strikeouts, 139 walks and a 1.243 WHIP in 75 games, all starts, for Cincinnati.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The Cincinnati Reds will start left-hander Andrew Abbott on the mound for their season opener…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-523738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}