CINCINNATI -- Left-handed pitcher Cody Reed has been on a very good stretch of starts for Triple-A Louisville lately -- 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA over his last four starts -- but there is no vacancy in a Reds big league rotation that is already brimming with six starters.
But Reed found himself back in the Majors again on Monday, recalled from Louisville to be available from the bullpen. Keury Mella was optioned to Louisville as the corresponding move after he threw 47 pitches in two innings Sunday and allowing three home runs in a 9-2 loss to Arizona.