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- Updated: July 18, 2016
CINCINNATI — The Reds have not committed themselves to a rotation plan for after Thursday’s scheduled off-day. A starter will eventually be needed to replace John Lamb, who was demoted to Triple-A Louisville on Sunday.
It won’t be Homer Bailey, who has at least one rehab start remaining until he can return from Tommy John surgery.
“There’s some ideas that I have. [Pitching coach] Mack [Jenkins] and I have discussed on guys that we’d like to see,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “We’d like to take a look at all of our candidates and try to make a good decision, because it may only be one start if we manipulate the rotation a little bit. I think we can limit the need for one start until hopefully Homer is back. That’s still up in the air when that will exactly happen, so we’ll see.”
Cincinnati could opt to move up some or all of the rest of the rotation to pitch on regular rest. The club also has off-days ahead on July 28 and Aug. 1, which provides Price and …
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