{"id":696116,"date":"2026-05-27T01:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696116\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T01:37:09","slug":"reds-greene-throws-1st-side-session-after-elbow-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696116\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds&#8217; Greene throws 1st side session after elbow surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene took another step in his rehab from <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/reds-greene-hunter-95dd6a1848c6d15ffcce4dc8d32a650c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">elbow surgery<\/a> Tuesday afternoon, when he threw 15 to 20 pitches during a side session at the club\u2019s spring training facility in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Greene, who was the Reds\u2019 Opening Day starter in 2023 and 2025, had bone chips removed on March 11. Cincinnati expected him to be sidelined 14 to 16 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really kind of cool to see him throw a side,\u201d Reds manager Terry Francona said. \u201cHe\u2019s got some work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francona said Greene and left-handed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/reds-brandon-williamson-injured-list-dbc934e92da7227f851635caaa9b4038\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Williamson<\/a>, who is on the 60-day injured list due to shoulder fatigue, will join the Reds for their six-game homestand slated to begin Friday before returning to Arizona to continue their rehab.<\/p>\n<p>Right-handed starter <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rhett-lowder-reds-injury-efa1b4e4355a9a0d371e5abfb0a98968\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rhett Lowder<\/a>, who hasn\u2019t pitched since May 7 due to pain in his shoulder, threw long toss Tuesday and is scheduled to throw to hitters Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Closer <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/emilio-pagan-hamstring-reeds-e631993ff5f7e1b95842e56417892b1e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emilio Pag\u00e1n<\/a> (strained left hamstring) and catcher Jose Trevino (left hamstring injury) are scheduled to get imaging Friday. The imaging will provide the Reds an idea of how far along Pag\u00e1n is in his recovery from <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/reds-emilio-pagan-left-hamstring-injury-fc7d11e5a15d4e45979f45a09f736e31\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the injury he suffered<\/a> while pitching May 5. Francona said the testing for Trevino, who has been sidelined since May 17, will indicate how much activity he can handle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s kind of chomping at the bit to run,\u201d Francona said.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene took another step in his rehab from elbow surgery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-696116","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\/696116","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=696116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}