The Reds introduced a collection of roster strikes Sunday that noticed them activate left-handers Brandon Williamson and Brent Suter in addition to outfielder Jake Fraley from the injured checklist. Proper-hander David Buchanan was designated for project to make room for Williamson, who had been on the 60-day IL, on each the 40-man and energetic rosters. No corresponding strikes had been essential to return Fraley and Suter, who had been on the 10- and 15-day ILs, respectively, and can take the additional roster spots created by right this moment’s enlargement from 26 to twenty-eight roster spots.
Williamson, 26, has missed all the season up to now as a result of a shoulder pressure he suffered again in March. The lefty was prone to requiring season-ending surgical procedure again in June however opted towards going below the knife in hopes of rehabbing the difficulty. That plan has clearly labored out pretty properly, because the lefty is now again on a big-league mound for the primary time in almost a full calendar yr. The southpaw loved a stable if unspectacular rookie season with the Reds final yr with a 4.46 ERA and 4.63 FIP to associate with a 20% strikeout charge in 117 innings that got here collectively to offer him the look of a stable back-of-the-rotation beginning possibility.
As soon as a top-100 prospect, Williamson was acquired alongside Fraley as a part of the bundle that despatched Jesse Winker and Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners previous to the 2022 season. Lengthy checked out as a possible middle- to back-of-the-rotation arm, Williamson has turned heads throughout his rehab course of within the minor leagues this yr with a microscopic 0.55 ERA in 5 rehab begins this yr. That glorious manufacturing is backed up by a rise in strikeout charge, as Williamson has punched out 25.4% of batters confronted whereas rehabbing this yr. If the younger lefty actually has managed to not solely return wholesome however reveals indicators of getting taken a step ahead on the huge league degree down the stretch this yr, that’ll be an thrilling flip of occasions for the Reds as they stay up for 2025 with Williamson, Nick Lodolo and Rhett Lowder all within the dialog for begins behind Hunter Greene and Andrew Abbott.
Making room for Williamson on the 40-man roster is Buchanan, who was added to the membership’s roster simply yesterday. The 35-year-old journeyman posted 3 1/3 innings of one-run ball in yesterday’s sport towards the Brewers in what was his first big-league work in almost a decade. The righty final pitched within the majors for the Phillies again in 2015, when he struggled to a 6.99 ERA in 15 begins on the heels of what was a promising rookie marketing campaign in 2014. Since then, Buchanan has spent the vast majority of his profession pitching abroad in Japan and Korea, with a mixed 3.50 ERA in 1,169 2/3 abroad innings of labor.
As for Fraley and Suter, the pair return from the injured checklist for the stretch run in hopes of proving themselves wholesome and efficient headed into subsequent season. Fraley, 29, has struggled this yr when wholesome with a lackluster slash line of simply .271/.323/.366 in 92 video games. Suter, in the meantime, sports activities a 3.68 ERA and 4.30 FIP in 51 1/3 innings of labor to this point this yr. The Reds maintain a $3.5M membership possibility of Suter’s companies for subsequent season, whereas Fraley can be eligible for arbitration for the second time in his profession over the offseason.
