{"id":558653,"date":"2026-03-25T01:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558653\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T01:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T01:09:11","slug":"nick-lodolo-to-open-season-on-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/558653\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Lodolo To Open Season On Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Reds will place starter\u00a0Nick Lodolo<\/a> on the 15-day injured list to begin the year, reports Gordon Wittenmyer of The Cincinnati Enquirer<\/a>. The southpaw joins\u00a0Hunter Greene<\/a> in starting the season on the shelf.<\/p>\n

Greene will miss most or all of the first half after undergoing surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow. Lodolo\u2019s issue is far less concerning. He\u2019s dealing with a blister on his index finger, which forced him out of his start on Sunday after 10 pitches. A season-opening IL stint can be backdated by three days, meaning he\u2019ll be eligible to return 13 days into the regular season.<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll probably be close to a minimal stint, though it\u2019s nevertheless frustrating for Lodolo to miss at least one or two turns through the rotation. Lodolo has a history of blister issues. This will be the third consecutive season in which one sends him to the injured list. He had a minimal absence in 2024 and missed around three weeks last August.<\/p>\n

Andrew Abbott<\/a> makes his first career Opening Day start opposite\u00a0Garrett Crochet<\/a> and the Red Sox on Thursday. Lodolo had been slated to start the second game of the season, followed by\u00a0Brady Singer<\/a> in the series finale. They\u2019ll now likely bump Singer up to Saturday and have\u00a0Rhett Lowder<\/a> take the ball to close the Boston series.\u00a0Chase Burns<\/a> and\u00a0Brandon Williamson<\/a> round out the starting five and can open next week\u2019s series against the Pirates.<\/p>\n

Manager Terry Francona announced last week that Lowder, Burns and Williamson had all made the team<\/a>. The Reds weren\u2019t planning a six-man rotation but could have used Burns and Williamson as tandem starters or swing options. They\u2019ll instead work as more traditional starters until Lodolo is healthy, which will open a spot in the bullpen.\u00a0Kyle Nicolas<\/a> was their most recent bullpen cut and could be brought back up. Julian Aguiar<\/a> or\u00a0Chase Petty<\/a> are other possibilities for a long relief role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Reds will place starter\u00a0Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list to begin the year, reports Gordon Wittenmyer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,33333,82],"class_list":["post-558653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-nick-lodolo","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558653","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=558653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}