Sonny Gray was scratched from the Reds' spring training opener because of stiffness in his right elbow. He hopes to throw again in a few days. Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati Enquirer
GOODYEAR, Arizona – Here’s the Cincinnati Reds lineup for Saturday’s exhibition opener against Cleveland:
Tucker Barnhart, C
Joey Votto, 1B
Matt Kemp, LF
Eugenio Suárez, 3B
Yasiel Puig, RF
Phillip Ervin, DH
Jose Siri, CF
Blake Trahan, SS
Christian Colón, 2B
Don’t read too much into it.
“There's a lot of factors where we'll be (issuing a) lineup based on trying to get guys out of the game earlier, especially Day 1,” Reds manager David Bell said before the lineup was posted.