According to MLB.com, the Reds have received positive news on Hunter Greene’s arm injury.
“We had a doctor see him, had [an] MRI, it’s not as bad as we thought,” Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall said on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM. “He’s going to get checked out again, a second opinion, and we’re working through that right now. At this point, it’s minimal. He’s going to miss some time, obviously, because it is an injury to his elbow and we just want to be precautious on that. But overall it’s the best-case scenario and hopefully he’ll miss a minimal amount of time and be back soon.”
This is a relief for Reds fans as the right-hander as had his best season of his career, earning his first All-Star selection and even having his name discussed in the National League Cy Young race.
In his last seven starts, Greene had a 0.98 ERA over 46 innings.
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“He’s learning how to be a big league pitcher,” Krall said. “I think we take that for granted sometimes when you’ve got a 22- [or] 23-year-old trying to work their way into this game. And then once they become 24, 25, 26, they start getting into their prime and they become elite players. He’s always been an elite talent, but now he’s really worked hard, he’s worked his butt off to develop into the pitcher he’s become this year.”
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Cincinnati Reds’ Elly De La Cruz on Pace For Some Incredible Baseball History in 2024
Entering play on Sunday, Cincinnati Reds’ infielder Elly De La Cruz is on pace for some electric baseball history with regards to stolen bases.
Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today on Sunday:
Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz is one stolen base shy of becoming only the seventh shortstop in history to steal 60 bases. He’s on pace for 81 stolen bases, accomplished only by Maury Wills among shortstops.
One of the most exciting players in the sport, it’s incredible that De La Cruz is on pace to steal more than 80 bases. You pair his speed with his arm strength and raw power at the plate and De La Cruz is one of the “toolsiest” players that we have in all of baseball.
Obviously, the rule changes of the last few years have made it easier to steal bases, but De La Cruz is still able to take advantage of the rules in a way that most other players aren’t. At the time of this posting, he’s hitting .260 for the year with 21 homers and 52 RBI as well. He’s got an .828 OPS and has helped be the catalyst of the Reds lineup.Cincinnati will be back in action on Monday night when they travel to Toronto to take on the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. That could be an interesting night as Nightengale also speculates that maybe the Blue Jays will activate Joey Votto from the injured list in time to make his season debut against his old team.
