{"id":817094,"date":"2026-05-23T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/817094\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:33:23","slug":"reds-activate-eugenio-suarez-place-kebryan-hayes-on-10-day-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/817094\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds Activate Eugenio Suarez, Place Ke’Bryan Hayes On 10-Day IL"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Reds placed third baseman Ke\u2019Bryan Hayes<\/a><\/strong> on the 10-day injured list yesterday, while also activating third baseman Eugenio Suarez<\/a><\/strong> from the 10-day IL.\u00a0 Suarez returns after missing a month due to an oblique strain, while Hayes (whose placement is retroactive to May 21) is dealing with a lumbar bulging disc.<\/p>\n

Back problems have been a recurring issue for Hayes over the years, and Cincinnati manager Terry Francona told The Athletic\u2019s C. Trent Rosecrans<\/a> and other reporters that Hayes has been bothered by a bad back at various points this season.\u00a0 \u201cI think the spasming has gotten to the point where it\u2019s kind of getting in the way,\u201d Francona said, so the decision was made to let Hayes fully recover during an IL stint.<\/p>\n

Beyond just getting healthy, Francona suggested that Hayes\u2019 rehab process will include a stint working on his offensive mechanics at the Reds\u2019 Spring Training facility in Arizona.\u00a0 The Reds were hoping that Hayes might find some untapped hitting potential after he was acquired from the Pirates at last year\u2019s trade deadline, but whatever changes Hayes has made with his new team haven\u2019t worked.\u00a0 Never known for his offense even at the best of times, Hayes\u2019 bat has completely cratered this year, as he has hit only .142\/.195\/.225 over 128 plate appearances.<\/p>\n

While Hayes remains one of baseball\u2019s top defensive third basemen, excellent glovework only goes so far when a player has a 12 wRC+ \u2014 the lowest of any player in baseball with at least 120 PA.\u00a0 Sal Stewart<\/a><\/strong> had already started to receive some starts at third base even before Hayes went on the IL, and Stewart will likely get the majority of time at the hot corner while Suarez may make the odd start but is more likely to again factor heavily in the DH mix.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati\u2019s struggling offense will naturally get a boost from inserting Suarez in Hayes\u2019 place, even if Suarez himself has yet to get going in 2026.\u00a0 After signing a one-year, $15MM free agent deal this past winter, Suarez\u2019s encore in a Reds uniform has thus far resulted in three homers and a .231\/.300\/.363 slash line over an even 100 PA before the oblique strain sent the veteran to the injured list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Reds placed third baseman Ke\u2019Bryan Hayes on the 10-day injured list yesterday, while also activating third baseman…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":817095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[24893,68252,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-817094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-kebryan-hayes","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116624622295609352","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817094","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=817094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}