Reds Injury Updates: Hunter Greene, Matt McLain, Andrew Abbott, Nick Lodolo

If you thought the Reds seemed a little worse for wear these days, then you've got another think coming. This season, Cincinnati has sent no less than 24 players to the IL, for a total of 1,471 cumulative days through Sept. 4. Currently, there are no less than 13 Reds on the IL, including seven pitchers and nine total players on the 60-day.

While the Reds did activate Brent Suter, Jake Fraley, and Brandon Williamson this month, their players just keep getting injured faster than they're coming back. Nick Lodolo and Stuart Fairchild were the latest to go down on Aug. 27, but five others went before them in August alone. Fairchild and Andrew Abbott were eventually transferred to the 60-day.

David Bell dropped an overwhelming amount of injury updates on Thursday morning, including the headlining news: Graham Ashcarft, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, and Stuart Fairchild's seasons are all over. He also gave updates on Hunter Greene, Jeimer Candelario, Nick Lodolo, Matt McLain, and so on, but the list is dizzyingly long.

The Reds' chances at a postseason run slipped away long ago, but that might be a blessing in disguise with how this roster looks right now.

David Bell provides multiple injury updates on Hunter Greene, Matt McLain, Andrew Abbott, Nick Lodolo, and more

There are still multiple question marks hanging around Greene, who went onto the 15-day IL in mid-August. He probably shouldn't pitch again this season, lest the Reds risk exacerbating the problem for ostensibly no reason, as this team is far from playoff contention. However, he's been receiving positive updates and, per Bell, is scheduled for bullpen sessions this week.

While Greene's future is dubious, the writing is fully on the wall for McLain; there's almost zero chance that Reds fans seem in 2024. He underwent shoulder surgery ahead of the season and started the year on the IL. Some good news for him, though: he's pain free, and will ramp up to getting back to baseball activities.

We also wouldn't hold our breaths on Abbott, who started a throwing program on Wednesday but clearly just doesn't have enough time to get through throwing on flat ground, throwing from a mound, pitching to live batters, and then going on a rehab assignment before the season is over. Unfortunately, there's not great news for Lodolo either. He had a follow-up with doctors about his sprained finger on Monday, but Bell declined the share the outcome of the results.

The amount of information Bell doled out is overwhelming, but the big takeaway here is that this team is very hurt, and maybe the end of the season will be a form of mercy. The Reds have a lot of work to do in the offseason to prepare for 2025.