The Cincinnati Reds will look to stop their 4-game losing skid tonight, as well as avoid being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in the final game of their series. Cincinnati will be sending left-hander Andrew Abbott to the mound in his major league debut hoping to get things turned around. Tonight’s first pitch is set for 7:10pm ET.
Starting Lineups
Milwaukee Brewers
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Cincinnati Reds
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| Owen Miller – 2B | Kevin Newman – 3B |
| Andruw Monasterio – SS | Matt McLain – SS |
| William Contreras – C | Jonathan India – 2B |
| Christian Yelich – DH | Spencer Steer – 1B |
| Brian Anderson – RF | Tyler Stephenson – DH |
| Luis Urias – 3B | Will Benson – RF |
| Rowdy Tellez – 1B | Stuart Fairchild – CF |
| Joey Wiemer – CF | T.J. Hopkins – LF |
| Blake Perkins – LF | Luke Maile – C |
| Julio Teheran – RHP | Andrew Abbott – LHP |
Jake Fraley was originally in the lineup, hitting leadoff and starting in right field. He was replaced Stuart Fairchild in the lineup and the positions for the other outfielders who were in the lineup already were moved around.
And now it turns out 20 minutes prior to 1st pitch that Nick Senzel has also been removed from the lineup with knee irritation.
Starting Pitchers
| Pitcher | IP | ERA | WHIP | BB | K |
| Andrew Abbott (MiLB) | 54.0 | 2.50 | 0.93 | 17 | 90 |
| Julio Teheran | 11.0 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 1 | 5 |
| Links: Andrew Abbott’s MiLB Stats | Julio Teheran’s Stats |
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Andrew Abbott
Tonight will be the big league debut for Andrew Abbott. The lefty has spent time in both Double-A and Triple-A this season, making three starts with Chattanooga and seven more with Louisville.
His splits in the minors are good no matter who he has faced this season, with both lefties and righties hitting under .200 against him. What has been interesting, though, is that left-handed batters have had 40% of their hits go for home runs against him in the minor leagues this season.
Splits (AA & AAA)
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 155 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 67 | .162 | .232 | .289 |
| LHH | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | .196 | .268 | .431 |
Pitch Usage (AAA)
| 4-seam | Curve | Slider | Change | |
| Velo | 93.2 | 79.6 | 81.8 | 86.4 |
| Usage | 52% | 3% | 29% | 16% |
Julio Teheran
This will be just the third start in the big leagues this season for Julio Teheran. He made eight starts for Triple-A El Paso with the Padres and posted a 5.63 ERA before opting out of his contract on May 22nd. He signed with the Brewers three days later and joined their big league club who was looking to fill out their injury-plagued pitching staff.
The splits for Julio Teheran this season have been big. Left-handed batters are just crushing him. They’re hitting .348 with as many walks as strikeouts, and hitting for plenty of power. Right-handed hitters haven’t found nearly the same kind of success against him. Righties have a 12-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio against him this season and aren’t hitting for much power.
Splits (AAA & MLB)
| Split | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| RHH | 142 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 36 | .257 | .282 | .397 |
| LHH | 85 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | .348 | .459 | .580 |
Pitch Usage
| 4-Seam | 2-Seam | Slider | Change | |
| Velo | 90.0 | 90.0 | 83.4 | 82.2 |
| Usage | 17% | 36% | 38% | 9% |
When and Where
- Game time: 7:10pm ET
- Where: Great American Ball Park
- Watch: Bally Sports Ohio, MLB.tv
- Listen: 700 WLW AM (Cincinnati area)
- Forecast: 80°, sunny, 0% chance of rain
News and Notes
Reds option Kevin Herget, DFA Frank German
With Cincinnati needing a 40-man and a 26-man roster spot for tonight’s starting pitcher they cleared one spot by designating reliever Frank German for assignment and a one spot on the big league roster by optioning Kevin Herget back to Triple-A. You can read more about the moves here.
Cincinnati signs Lin Sheng-En for $1.2M
The Reds made a big splash in the international signing market this afternoon when they signed shortstop/outfielder Lin Sheng-En for a signing bonus of $1,200,000. The 17-year-old from Taiwan was also a highly regarded pitcher, but Cincinnati is signing him as a position player. We’ve got more details on his signing over at RedsMinorLeagues.com.
Standings
| Team | W | L | GB | Playoff Odds |
| Brewers | 32 | 27 | 0.0 | 61.4% |
| Pirates | 31 | 27 | 0.5 | 21.7% |
| Cubs | 26 | 32 | 5.5 | 14.8% |
| Reds | 26 | 33 | 6.0 | 1.7% |
| Cardinals | 25 | 35 | 7.5 | 25.0% |
| Playoff Odds via Fangraphs | ||||
Need the win tonight. Hope Rake is okay.
The 17-year-old from Taiwan was also a highly regarded pitcher, but Cincinnati is signing him as a position player.
The next Shohei Ohtani!
No.
Fraley?
Fraley.
C goldsmith reporting india taking ground balls at 3b
That’s interesting. Is that a “sign” we should read in some way?
If that is indeed true yes I’d take it as a sign. I didn’t think he would make the switch in mid season but maybe he will. It of course it would then mean EDLC @ SS, MMc @ 2B, and India @ 3B. India is worth keeping if at all possible unless there is a trade we can’t refuse….or we can’t/won’t sign him later which is the more likely of the two.
I could see India McLain and EDLC at 3b/SS/2b with Senzel and Steer as multipositional of/if glue guys
Is McLain taking balls at 2nd?
He played there a lot in AAA.
Would love to see Bell tinker with the top of the order here. Newman leading off has not worked out. I would put India back there and have Steer hit 3rd. The rest of the line up is up to his discretion. Make a change, shake things up for the fun of it.
Unacceptable to have Newman there against a right handed started. Lefty I can see. Newman hits a few singles and he’s hitting leadoff. Barrero hits a grand slam in Boston and has barely seen the field since
Yeah, where’s Fraley? Is he hurt, or just worn out from running the bases after his solo homer yesterday?
Probably a scheduled “day off”.
A must win night, and one of our key hitters is lost somewhere.
In the line-up and leading of when first published. That’s not a “scheduled day off” in my book.
Its in the article, and I can only assume it was there as soon as Fraley’s name wasn’t.
Allergies. No, I am not making that up.
Scratching my head.
Fraley has allergies. And Ohio Valley Allergies are no joke.
Oh crap! If that’s the case he could be really messed up. My own allergy/sinus condition has been far worse of late than in previous years. I think I’m on the uptick, but then I’m far from being any kind of a professional athlete … 😀
I have them here in New York and it’s a really bad year for allergies. No rain this time of year just makes the pollen stick to everything. Even the medicine isn’t even working. I feel for the dude.
JB – out of curiosity, what part of NY? I’m a native Upstater. Last time I lived there was in the 70’s in the Southern Tier.
I grew up in Horseheads NY. Live in Watkins Glen now
You’ve got to be kidding me! We lived in Horseheads from 72 (after the flood) until around 79. My dad was the pastor of 1st Baptist Church there on Grand Central. My mom, brother, and I all worked at the Dunkin Donuts down where Center Street crosses what was then NY17.
Lived on Ridge Road. Graduated in 82. I know where that church is.
Wouldn’t want to be facing a 103 MPH fast ball with my eyes watering.
Or on Benadryl
Just send Barrero to AAA and get on with it. Absolutely redicilous why he is still up here and riding the bench for what 4 games in a row? Let him go to AAA and figure things out.
Doubt he agrees with you, FYI
This is not good with Fraley out
Takes more than little volume out of the “hope balloon” for me.
Where’s Fraley?
See above comments. Originally starting but scratched. We’re hearing it’s due to allergies.
Reading is fundamental.
lol that was the joke
Just my two cents of course, lol, but if Newman is going to be at the top of the order wouldn’t it make more sense for him to be at #2 instead of #1? At least that way he could bunt over Mclain if he was moved to #1.
Abbott wearing Nuxie and Seaver’s “41”.
Noticed. Cool.
Good number for a pitcher. 🙂
Physique reminds me of Fred Norman. Both have full repertoire, but Abbott is throwing much harder 🙂
Yeah, Abbott is a bit taller than Fred Norman. What was Fred, about 5 ft 6 inches?
So we only have two guys available on the bench tonight correct? Those two would be Casali and Barrero. Barrero by the way is now playing the role of a true backup having not been in the lineup for several games.
Battled through some crappy calls and tough hitters, but that’s a big inning in the books for Abbott.
Now let’s back him up.
He looks a little bit like Todd from Breaking Bad. Let’s hope he is as cold-blooded 🙂
Am I the only one who never watched that show?
No, JB. I haven’t watched it either.
I envy you guys. Wish I could watch it again without knowing what happens.
Top 3 show all time…maybe #1 for me.
Good job Mr. Abbott. Welcome to the majors.
Boy Senzel out with the knee problem. The guy just cannot stay healthy. Hope it’s nothing.
That would really stink for him. So now we’re down 1 definitely and maybe another with Rake. Nothing like a VERY short bench when you are trying to fend off a sweep from the Bernies.
Fools gold earlier w Nick. Platoon vs lefties at best
Agree. Platoon with Fraley.
Abbott has very good stuff! I’m impressed
JB – commenting here so it isn’t buried.
We lived on Ridge Road (494, near Briarcliff) as well. I would have graduated in 81, so we may have even ridden on the same buses at some point. Talk about a small world.
Lol that’s crazy.
I was expecting a bold move to face the Brewers and the Dodgers at home, i.e., calling up EDLC, guess the waiting continues…
The bottom of the brewers line up looks as weak as the reds, at least by batting average comparisons. They can rest on 3 out of 4 wins for the series minimum. We don’t have that luxury.
Letting Tehran off the hook way too easily. And Abbott is working his tail off.
Stephenson? Can they make up some injury? He’s clueless right now
He doesn’t even kiss his pinkie with passion anymore 🙂
+500
That’s too funny.
He doesn’t have time
Boy, does Andrew look like his Pop
Abbott needed that low pitch inning. He may make it through 5 yet.
But we still have to back him with Crooked Numbers. C’mon, boys!! Wake up and get it done.
Well, the 14-year-old woke up 😀
That one was for Jim Walker 🙂
Add Hopkins to the wake-up call.
This guy looks like he is staying too…. questions getting answered quickly
Can we hire Abbott’s Dad as pitching coach? They asked him his 2 inning assessment. Hes nibbling too much. He needs to pitch to contact. You will see a different approach coming up
And we did. 8 pitch 1-2-3 inning
Derek Johnson doesnt understand this. He wants missed bats.
Continued weak contact will lead to more missed bats and pitchers going longer. But I’m thinking you are correct about DJ. His philosophy doesn’t embrace that. Kind of makes you wonder what he’d have done in Leo Mazzoni’s spot with some of that legendary Brave’s staff.
I missed calling Stewie’s hr by 2 days. Hes got a slider speed bat. Can’t hit good heaters so probably best served as platoon vs lefties since they usually throw softer
0-last 15 and 1 HR in 147 PA….He was long overdue.
As is Stephenson.
Another quick 1-2-3 inning. Pitch count looking better now.
Why do Lefties fastball look alot faster than what they are?
And they nearly always look like they have more movement.
Camera angle.
In Abbott’s case, he has some good deception.
Just like that, TySteve goes oppo to get off the schneid for this AB. My wife says she’s shocked … 😮
Ty certainly needed that….good for him
Looked like GaBP special.
Drinking game…
Everytime Larkin say “Let the ball travel”
I have to imagine you’d be plastered half-way through most games.
GABP special I think, but Stephenson should have 8 of those a year to right in GABP if hes going right.
Nice first outing from Abbott. Glad HDTBell left him in to finish the 5th so he’s in line for his first MLB win. Probably need to add on a couple more here.
1 hitter through five. Nice debut. Gives up a base runner next inning and Bell pulls him.
You think he goes out for the 6th?
I was surprised Bell didn’t yank him after runner got on.
I really like the 79 curve that Abbott spins up there for change of pace strikes. It’s really what I’d like Greene and Ashcraft to start doing. The change of pace keeps guys off all of their hard stuff.
Pitching to contact is a funny thing imo. Your stuff has to be hittable by the masses which rules out HG and guys like Lodolo with his height and angle. Mahle was frustrating in that regard too, but I think he actually nibbled when he was ahead looking for the K
Mahle was The Nibbler for sure. It was his undoing more than a few times.
Definitely getting squeezed by the Chumpire.
Knee buckler 😀
Breaking ball is crazy.
Easy gas to retire Yelich.
This bringing up young guys thing isnt working.
Now that’s how you handle an anemic lineup! Very impressive
Wow … anybody who had 6 shutout innings and only 1 hit raise your hand … mine is down.
Major hat-tip to HDTBell for running him out there in the 6th and letting him work past the first BB. In line for the win and a quality start by a long shot in his debut.
Worth the wait in my book.
That was one heck of a debut!
As the scruffy guy from the Miami Valley Gaming commercial just said … AWESOME!!
That’s “Bucky” (I think.)
Abbott reminds me a great deal mechanically of Big Red Machine’s Fred Norman.
Yes he does! Hadn’t thought of that
Kind of reminds me of Randy Wolf (Phillies) too. They said on the telecast that that is the first time he has went over 100 pitches as a pro. It wouldn’t have been a bad idea to pull him after 5 but the honorable HDTBell left him in to complete 6.
Randy Wolf , Nice one.
Yeah, they can even be doppelgangers of each other. Look at their mlb reference pages:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=abbott000and
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wolfra02.shtml
Abbott was very good.
Now what was this horrific baserunning just now???
Puzzling … I have to think it was 95% on House for sending him.
Greene telling Abbott not to get his hopes up about the W.
Nice!
Great work from Abbott. The Brewers botch a pop up and House sends India home only to be thrown out by 25 feet? Hmm.
+500
Congratulations to Andrew Abbott and a good word for DB.
Cement mixer double
The guy with the Buck Farmer Fathead made me chuckle
Up by two. Terrible base running. A popup falls in and India tries or is sent in to score from 1st. base?
Without seeing the entire field of play, I’ve got that 95% on House for sending him.
I would have at least tried to slide. You never know.
6 outs. We just need 6. lousy. outs. PLEASE!!
Fingers crossed that the good Lucas Sims comes in. The guy is Jekyll and Hyde.
K-child’s dinger notwithstanding, have the Reds ever fielded such an anemic outfield before?
Abbott with a Solid game for his first start. Walking 4 batters though isn’t great, and won’t go well against a better lineup.
Taking India out for a defensive substitution is a bold strategy. Advanced numbers might back it up, but I’m not a fan of it.
Kind of a shocker. Barrero bumping McLain to 2nd makes sense. EDLC must be near at hand.
That’s the consolation prize I’m hoping for. Especially with news that India was taking balls at 3B before the game.
EDLC is at 186 PA. If the 200 PA thing is true before promoting him he isn’t far away. Should have been here by now but OH WELL. 🙂
Bike helmets to redeem the inning.
McLain has a cannon on him.
Can somebody help me understand why Bell doesn’t Le Farmer pitch 2?
Okay he can’t pitch tomorrow….but Sims could.
I don’t get it.
Completely agree. This babit of Bells to allow no more than 1 IP per reliever seems like extra work on more relievers. Extra relievers have to warm up more often. How does that lessen the chance for wear on the arm. Also if a reliever is effective, why remove that reliever after ‘n’ outs since you can’t be sure the next reliever will have his good stuff.
Newman is doing a fine job. Decent at .270, fielding multiple spots and has speed.
Especially given we’re down to 11 on the position player roster, I’m fine with this role for Newman and happy enough with his performance. I don’t think it’s sustainable, but ride it whilst it works.
I would have preferred to see McLain given a tryout at leadoff.
Just to see.
He’s got all the tools.
Newman can be mildly productive in the back half of the order.
Agreed, Harry. MattyMc leading off would be preferable.
McLain can hit 1-3 in my view.
Kinda looked like India pulled up abit. He seemed to be limping a tad. I hope I am wrong though
Playing with only 10 position players, 3 of whom are catchers, would be a very bad thing in the coming days.
Something tells me rolling Ashcrash out again versus LA is not a good idea. Somebody may get hurt with a laser out in the sun deck
Hopefully it’s bring your glove day
Froze Yelich with that one.
2 more outs, and quick ones at that, please.
Chase the Bernies and their Brooms out of town.
And a major W for Abbott in his debut.
And here come the Dodgers.
Diaz is nails. Should definitely be sn all star!
Couldn’t agree more.
Not sure why the home plate ump couldn’t have called that 3rd strike swing.
This is all starting to come together nicely
Diaz all business. He wastes no time.
Great job by Abbott! Diaz is MONEY and an ALL STAR!
Great debut by Abbott! Never saw him pitch before. He was in command the whole time. Very impressive. Diaz is just lights out. There is a lot to like about the future.
So we just gonna skip over 4 walks by Abbott. Okay got it.
So when Greene gives up 4 walks we won’t complain about it? Okay got it.
I am being sarcastic lol
Yes he was good in his first start, however 4 walks is still 4 walks.
4 walks is 4 walks. Didn’t end up doing damage, but they happened. HP Chumpire squeezed him on a couple, but that’s happening with increasing frequency.
Comment way up in the thread cited his father as saying he needs to pitch to contact. First MLB game, I’ll chalk it up to adrenaline and jitters. We’ll see what Saturday brings against the WLB Dirty Birds.
Like every other professional sport! There are Rookie calls, average player calls and superstar calls! Did Michael Jordan ever get called for walking! No!
Bottom line is ALL of the Reds pitchers need to reduce their walk rates!
Abbott is real deal. All I am saying is he can’t give up that many walks ever game. Plus some on here point out the walks the reds pitchers give up.
I am just having some fun, however when posting hard to tell I suppose
No.
Four walks by a rookie in his first appearance and learning MLB ump strike zone is not the same thing as Greene or Ashcraft or Minor walking four.
Besides, he buckled down after each.
No runs.
Besides, you don’t know what was going on in Abbott’s mind when he walked those batters, so how can you complain?
I not complaining. I am pointing out what some get upset with and that is walks. If they had scored a whole different tune would be going on.
As I mentioned I was being sarcastic.
Exactly! Walks that don’t lead to runs are preferred over those issued prior to surrendering a HR! All walks put more pressure on both the pitcher and the defense! And, they lead to higher pitch counts which leads to shorter outings by the SP. Abbott was able to work around his walks and he will improve over time hopefully!
Same with singles.
Joey .214 Weimar hit two doubles.
Neither scored.
Should we wring our hands about that.
To blow off fair-minded critiques of Bell’s often poor situational decision making and lump them in with nitpicking a rookie’s fine debut is more head-in-the-sand than the stuff of sarcasm.
Head in the sand. Hahahahaha whatever dude.
I have already said I was being sarcastic and abbott is real deal. I can’t help it you are looking.more into it than that
A real good job by Abbott. But I was concerned about those high pitches and expected a couple in the seats.
4 walks in 6? NBD, this game – chalk it up rookie 1 game jitters. If he keeps it up? Then be concerned. And keep DJ away from him.
DJ is a good pitching coach.
DJ is a good pitching coach? Based on? As I’ve said before the blown arms under his watch exceeds the number of success stories.
Your blaming injuries on a pitching coach?
Basically same pen last year and pitching well. Weaver, Williamson, Greene, all pitching well or better.
Lodolo and Ashcraft will be fine as well. DJ is a good pitching coach.
Sure. And Bell is manager of the year. I suspect the guy brought over from the Blue Jays has contributed as much or more Yao the bullpen’s success. But, we’ll just agree to disagree. That’s the way it is.
“Will be fine.”
That’s the line on Meyers I recall someone here making.
The same pen as last year? You might want to double check.
This is not to throw shade on Johnson, just to clarify the debate: high velocity / spin rate / go for Ks. vs what we saw tonight, or had been seeing with Ashcraft.
Not sure how DJ method contributed to Lodolo’s bum leg.
Gutierrez? Maybe.
Others?
Hard for LDS to separate coincidence from causation.
@Harry, how many coincidences constitute a pattern and thus causation?
So what, not like others haven’t given a opinion. Yet you keep bringing it up what I said.
I know what I said and stand by it.
With India practicing at third and McLain getting game action at second last night, could tonight be the night for EDLC? Or this series?