Hunter Greene's rehab assignment moves to Triple-A Louisville
Hunter Greene moved to Triple-A Louisville for the next test in his elbow comeback, with the Reds focused on pitch count, command and recovery more than the box score.
Hunter Greene’s rehab assignment reached Triple-A Louisville on June 22, putting the Reds’ top starter into the most revealing stage of his return from right elbow surgery. The assignment shift came three months after Greene had a procedure to remove bone chips from his elbow, an injury that surfaced when he first left spring training with stiffness and knocked him off the path to the Opening Day start he had been projected to make.
Louisville was less about dominance than proof. Greene had already logged 54 pitches over four scoreless innings for the Arizona Complex League Reds on June 18, and MLB.com had mapped out the next steps at 50 to 65 pitches in his first Louisville outing and 70 to 85 in the next one. The Reds wanted to see whether his velocity held, whether his command stayed sharp as the pitch count climbed and whether he could get through a longer workload without a dip in stuff.
Greene was slated to start for the Bats against the St. Paul Saints at Slugger Field on June 23, with the trip to Triple-A giving Cincinnati a better read on how his elbow held up against older hitters and a bigger workload. One report said his first Louisville start was expected to run around 75 pitches, which would put him closer to a major-league build-up than the shorter rehab stops that came before it.
The Reds’ transaction log showed the assignment moving to Louisville on June 22, while MLB.com listed Greene on the 60-day injured list dating to March 23. Another report said he struck out six in his rehab debut in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, and team injury notes pointed to a return in July. Cincinnati has spent the spring and early summer trying to survive without one of its best arms, and the timing mattered: the Reds entered the move at 35-38 and 11 games behind the Brewers in the NL Central.
Greene’s rehab track also overlapped with Elly De La Cruz’s, a reminder that Cincinnati’s injured core was beginning to move in the right direction at once. For Greene, Louisville was the final proving ground before the Reds decide whether his arm and his workload are ready for the rotation again.
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