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After dropping the first two games to Atlanta in the weekend series the Reds came back on Sunday to pick up a win and avoid being swept. Tonight they\u2019ll welcome the Kansas City Royals to Cincinnati with a bit of a depleted team. Tonight\u2019s first pitch is scheduled for 7:10pm ET.<\/p>\n
Chase Burns was scratched from his start with an illness. More on that below in the news and notes section.<\/p>\n
Lyon Richardson<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A former starter, Richardson made the move to the bullpen in 2025. He has thrown multiple innings with Triple-A Louisville this season, but this is an emergency spot start and he shouldn\u2019t be expected to throw much given that he picked two days ago. As such, we\u2019re not going to both getting into his splits because almost all of them are from Triple-A and won\u2019t be too useful today anyways.<\/p>\n Pitch Usage (AAA & MLB)<\/strong><\/p>\n Luinder Avila<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This is only going to be the second start of the season for Avila. He\u2019s pitched out of the bullpen for the Royals this year and has pitched multiple innings in all but two of his 11 games. He hasn\u2019t pitched more than 3.0 innings this season in any outing, but did pitch into the 4th inning in his only start. His lone start was a rough one as the Brewers scored five runs on eight hits and three walks against him in 3.0 innings. Over the next eight games he had a 2.35 ERA, but in his last outing he gave up seven hits and two walks to the Yankees as they scored three runs in 3.0 innings against him.<\/p>\n This season left-handed hitters have been very successful against Avila. They hit for a high average, walk plenty, and have shown solid power. Right-handed hitters are doing similar things, but with a high but not as high average.<\/p>\n Splits\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Pitch Usage<\/strong><\/p>\n Chase Burns is out<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n He was scheduled to start tonight\u2019s game but he is sick. He had a fever and just wasn\u2019t feeling well. Mark Sheldon of Reds.com reports that if Burns feels better on Tuesday that he will likely start the game on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Edwin Arroyo called up on a day full of roster moves<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If you read the lineup above you already know that Edwin Arroyo was called up. This will be his MLB debut. He\u2019s up because Elly De La Cruz is now on the injured list. The Reds also called up left-handed pitcher Brandon Leibrandt and designated Yunior Marte for assignment. You can read all about the moves with plenty more details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n \n 4-seam<\/strong><\/td>\n 2-seam<\/strong><\/td>\n Change<\/strong><\/td>\n Slider<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Velo<\/strong><\/td>\n 95.7<\/td>\n 95.5<\/td>\n 87.0<\/td>\n 83.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Usage<\/strong><\/td>\n 16%<\/td>\n 36%<\/td>\n 21%<\/td>\n 26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n Split<\/strong><\/td>\n PA<\/strong><\/td>\n H<\/strong><\/td>\n 2B<\/strong><\/td>\n 3B<\/strong><\/td>\n HR<\/strong><\/td>\n BB<\/strong><\/td>\n K<\/strong><\/td>\n AVG<\/strong><\/td>\n OBP<\/strong><\/td>\n SLG<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n RHH<\/strong><\/td>\n 36<\/td>\n 9<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 9<\/td>\n .290<\/td>\n .389<\/td>\n .452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n LHH<\/strong><\/td>\n 59<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 7<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n .346<\/td>\n .424<\/td>\n .519<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n \n 4-seam<\/strong><\/td>\n 2-seam<\/strong><\/td>\n Curve<\/strong><\/td>\n Slider<\/strong><\/td>\n Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Velo<\/strong><\/td>\n 96.5<\/td>\n 96.7<\/td>\n 83.6<\/td>\n 88.2<\/td>\n 89.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Usage<\/strong><\/td>\n 25%<\/td>\n 29%<\/td>\n 12%<\/td>\n 25%<\/td>\n 9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n When and Where<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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