Bailey unlikely to return during final week

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MILWAUKEE — The Reds’ hopes to get pitcher Homer Bailey back for a couple of starts before the end of the season had all but faded on Sunday. Bailey is recovering well from right biceps tenderness, but he has seemingly run out of time to return.

“He’s thrown bullpens, he’s thrown pain free and now you’re getting to the point where it’s been four weeks since he’s pitched,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “Typically someone in that type of environment would go and pitch in a Minor League rehab game under controlled circumstances as best that you can. It’s not impossible, but improbable that he’ll pitch this year from my perspective and what I’ve seen.”

Bailey, 30, returned July 31 after he missed 15 months because of Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. In six …

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