"He has periods of time throughout the day where he's still in the shoulder brace. It would not suggest there is a near return," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "It looks like it's going to be a while before baseball activities start, let's put it that way."
Hamilton was injured on Aug. 18 vs. the Royals trying to make a diving play on an Alcides Escobar drive to right-center field. Although injured on the dive, he still stopped the ball on one hop and managed to throw out Escobar at second base in a fantastic play.