Today brought more roster moves due to injuries in the organization.
At the big league level the Reds placed LHP Tony Cingrani on the 15-day disabled list. He was replaced by RHP Curtis Partch, who will pitch in the bullpen. The Reds are sounding like they will stick with a 4-man rotation thanks to well timed off days. Hopefully Cingrani only needs 15 days because the other 40-man options for starters seems to be limited to Carlos Contreras, Daniel Corcino and Ismael Guillon. Guillon is in Dayton, so there is no chance he gets the call. Contreras has been battling back issues and has been skipped twice without heading to the DL himself. Corcino hasn’t exactly been consistent in the Pensacola rotation. If Cingrani isn’t ready to come off of the DL when his time comes around I would expect a 40-man roster move to add Jeff Francis or Josh Smith, both of whom are performing well in Triple-A.
No move has been announced to replace Partch in Triple-A Louisville.
Down in Dayton they have added Sebastian Elizalde to the disabled list and called up Avain Rachal from extended spring training to take his roster spot. That is an interesting call given that Rachal is an infielder and the Dragons current roster has two outfielders on it. After Elizalde left the game Jamodrick McGruder, normally an infielder took over in left. Perhaps he will continue to do so, but it still leaves the team very short handed on outfielders.