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The Cincinnati Reds are coming off of a series loss to Cleveland and will be welcoming in their division rivals, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The two teams will begin a 4-game series tonight at Great American Ball Park that leads up to the trade deadline. First pitch this evening is scheduled for 7:10pm ET.
Starting LineupsStarting Pitchers
Rhett Lowder
It has been a tough season for Lowder. He lost his spot in the rotation due to poor performance and inconsistency. After pitching out of the bullpen to start July he returned to the rotation when Nick Lodolo hit the injured list. His first start saw him give up 11 hits in 2.1 innings and be charged with eight runs. Last time out he allowed one hit, but two runs, in 5.0 innings against St. Louis in a Reds win. The only time he faced the Pirates this season was on May 2nd and they scored eight runs against him in 1.1 innings pitched.
Both right-handed hitters and left-handed hitters have a .271 average against Lowder this season. That’s where the comparisons end, though. Righties rarely walk while lefties walk a lot. Righties hit for no power against him while lefties show so-so power against him. Not shown below are the home and road splits. Lowder has been much better at home (3.09 ERA vs a 7.71 ERA on the road).
Splits
SplitPAH2B3BHRBBKAVGOBPSLGRHH13233701724.271.321.353LHH2215110283041.271.377.437
Pitch Usage
4-seam2-seamCurveSliderChangeVelo93.492.780.784.886.2Usage22%30%1%28%20%
Yohan Ramirez
Tonight will see Ramirez make the first start of his career. He’s pitched 208 games out of the bullpen since his debut back in 2020. This year has has pitched more than one inning 18 times, and he’s pitched at least two innings 12 times. But only one has he recorded more than seven outs and his longest outing was 3.0 innings when he pitched the 11th, 12th, and 13th innings of a game back in April.
The splits against Ramirez are big. Right-handed hitters don’t hit for average, walk at a low rate, and don’t hit for any power. Lefties also fail to hit for much average, but they walk a ton and when they do get hits they show solid power.
Splits
SplitPAH2B3BHRBBKAVGOBPSLGRHH12223601931.213.303.296LHH126218032431.217.397.392
Pitch Usage
4-seam2-seamCurveSliderChangeVelo96.796.484.384.388.7Usage25%25%14%36%1%When and WhereGame time: 7:10pm ETWhere: Great American Ball ParkWatch: Reds MLB Channel, Reds.tv (in-market), MLB.tv (out of market).Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)Forecast: 84°, cloudy, 0% chance of rainNews and Notes
A plethora of roster moves for the day
Cincinnati made four roster moves earlier today. Going down to Triple-A are infielder Edwin Arroyo and pitcher Chase Petty. Joining the Reds are Matt McLain (from the 10-day injured list) and reliever Zach McCambley. We wrote with more detail about the moves here when it was announced if you’re interested in more reading.
The Reds are drawing interest in trades for Hunter Greene
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic wrote this morning that the Reds were getting plenty of interest from other teams about the availability of Hunter Greene. We decided to write about that and how much sense it doesn’t make to trade him.
Division StandingsTeamWLGBPlayoff OddsMilwaukee67410.099.7%Chicago61476.090.8%Pittsburgh555412.535.0%St. Louis545413.014.1%Cincinnati505716.51.3%Playoff Odds via Fangraphs About The Author