MIAMI –– Early Friday evening, minutes before starting pitcher Levi Stoudt was going to start warming up for a Triple-A game with the Louisville Bats, Stoudt learned that he was heading to Miami to join the Cincinnati Reds and fill in for injured starting pitcher Nick Lodolo.
When Stoudt got called up, nothing was guaranteed past Saturday. He could go right back to Louisville, or he could stay in the Reds’ rotation. His status is a sign of how much uncertainty there is in the Reds’ rotation.
Reds manager David Bell said that the starting rotation is “minute-to-minute” more than day-to-day.