Bailey making another start still a possibility

CHICAGO — The original plan was to have Reds starter Homer Bailey throw his next bullpen session on Wednesday, but those plans were changed, and not because Bailey’s right biceps had a problem. It’s been feeling good, so he moved up a day and threw from the Wrigley Field visitors’ bullpen on Tuesday.

“I would pitch a game, take a day off and throw a bullpen. It’s what I felt like we would do this time around,” Bailey said. “I do feel great. It felt good to get off the mound.”

Since coming down with right biceps tenderness following his Aug. 28 start, Bailey has thrown off a mound three times without issue. Reds manager Bryan Price and the club will see how Bailey feels over the next couple of days before deciding whether or not he should be slotted back into the rotation for a start.

Of course, this isn’t the usual return from a minor injury when you consider that Bailey was six starts back for the Reds after he missed 15 months recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. Also, the season has less than two weeks remaining and Cincinnati is not in the running for a …

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