Cincinnati Reds Young Starter To Miss Significant Time
After getting off to a brutal start in his sophomore season, perhaps the Cincinnati Reds now have an answer as to why their former first-round pick Nick Lodolo has been struggling. He's been diagnosed with a fairly severe calf injury and is likely out for a month.
David Bell said it will probably be a minimum of four weeks before Nick Lodolo (calf) returns.
— Charlie Goldsmith (@CharlieG__) May 14, 2023
They’ll have TJ Friedl (oblique) get some work in today. How he feels will shape whether or not he goes on the IL.
Bell: "He’ll be in a boot for a week to take all pressure off it. He was trying to pitch through it. The good thing is we got all the information yesterday that we needed. He’ll take a step back and be back healthy."
— Charlie Goldsmith (@CharlieG__) May 14, 2023
"He’ll be in a boot for a week to take all pressure off it. He was trying to pitch through it. The good thing is we got all the information yesterday that we needed. He’ll take a step back and be back healthy."
Lodolo had been off to a 6.29 ERA in his first seven starts of the season, surrendering a league-leading 10 home runs, and a major league-leading seven hit batters. He's still racking up the whiffs, at 12.3 K/9, but he obviously needs to get his calf healthy before he can properly have his full repertoire working.
Last season, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft had a tremendous rookie year, posting a 3.66 ERA (ERA+ of 123 — 23% better than the average pitcher) while striking out 11.4 batters per nine.
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