{"id":679822,"date":"2026-03-25T03:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/679822\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T03:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:37:11","slug":"nick-lodolo-to-open-season-on-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/679822\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Lodolo To Open Season On Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Reds will place starter\u00a0Nick Lodolo<\/a><\/strong> on the 15-day injured list to begin the year, reports Gordon Wittenmyer of The Cincinnati Enquirer<\/a>. The southpaw joins\u00a0Hunter Greene<\/a><\/strong> 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><\/strong> makes his first career Opening Day start opposite\u00a0Garrett Crochet<\/a><\/strong> and the Red Sox on Thursday. Lodolo had been slated to start the second game of the season, followed by\u00a0Brady Singer<\/a><\/strong> in the series finale. They\u2019ll now likely bump Singer up to Saturday and have\u00a0Rhett Lowder<\/a><\/strong> take the ball to close the Boston series.\u00a0Chase Burns<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0Brandon Williamson<\/a><\/strong> 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><\/strong> was their most recent bullpen cut and could be brought back up. Julian Aguiar<\/a><\/strong> or\u00a0Chase Petty<\/a><\/strong> 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":3,"featured_media":679823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[9148,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-679822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-nick-lodolo","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116287730423418115","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}