The start of spring training is an open question because of the ongoing Major League Baseball lockout, but the Cincinnati Reds added to their list of players who will be in camp Wednesday.
The Reds announced they invited six minor leaguers to big-league camp: pitchers Nick Lodolo, Graham Ashcraft, Phillip Diehl, Joel Kuhnel, and catchers Chris Okey and Chuckie Robinson. It’s technically Ashcraft’s first invitation to big-league camp, but he was around the big-league club and coaches last spring before minor-league camp began.
Lodolo, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2019 MLB Draft, was rated as the 36th-best minor league prospect by Baseball America.