MiLB.com: Reds' Lodolo shut down for rest of season

[TopFrog]

MiLB.com: Reds' Lodolo shut down for rest of season

By Andrew Battifarano / MiLB.com

Nick Lodolo got off to more than a promising start in his first professional action, but he'll sit out the final month of the season.

Cincinnati's second-ranked prospect reached his innings limit and was shut down for the remainder of the 2019 season, Class A Dayton said Thursday.

Lodolo pitched a strong season with TCU, going 6-6 with a 2.36 ERA across 103 innings before he was named First Team All-Big 12 in his final campaign with the Horned Frogs. Initially selected 41st overall by the Pirates in 2016, the southpaw was taken with the seventh overall pick in the June First-Year Player Draft. He signed with the Reds on June 11 at full slot value for $5,432,400.

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[ShreveFrog]

I don't understand this. Why not put him on a pitch count for one more month to continue his development?

 

[Purp]

I don't understand this. Why not put him on a pitch count for one more month to continue his development?

He's been pitching in games since February and intensive preseason training since January. He's already pitched more this year than he would have had he been in the Reds' organization all year. with the #2 rated prospect in your system you don't take chances and ask more than you would from anyone else.

 

[Leap Frog]

I don't understand this. Why not put him on a pitch count for one more month to continue his development?

The headline made me think he had been injured-- whew! Glad that wasn't the case
I feel sure Nick will be a star, so anything the Reds can do to protect his progress is welcome.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

I don't understand this. Why not put him on a pitch count for one more month to continue his development?

The Red have 5,432,400 reasons to shut him down for the rest of season.

 

[Moose Stuff]

Awful headline. SMH.