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Cincinnati Reds Top Prospect Scratched From Rehab Start Due to Injury

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Feb 18, 2025; Goodyear, AZ, USA; Cincinnati Reds pitcher Rhett Lowder poses for a portrait during Media Day at the Cincinnati Reds Development Complex. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Feb 18, 2025; Goodyear, AZ, USA; Cincinnati Reds pitcher Rhett Lowder poses for a portrait during Media Day at the Cincinnati Reds Development Complex. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

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Cincinnati Reds top pitching prospect Rhett Lowder was scratched from his potential sixth rehab start on Friday for Triple-A Louisville.

This is the second rehab stint this season to be cut short. Lowder did not pitch from May 22 until his last time out on September 13 with an oblique injury. He began the season on the 15-day IL with a right forearm strain and made four rehab starts. It was on May 22 where he would get shut down and placed on the 60-day IL. 

"He did not recover well from his last outing" Manager Terry Francona told the media on Friday. "MRI showed no structural damage so we are going to slow things down again."

The 23-year-old will likely be shut down again for the rest of the 2025 season.

Lowder has missed the entire 2025 campaign. He came into spring training dealing with a forearm issue that kept him out for the first month of the season.

Last season, Lowder had a 2-2 record with a 1.17 ERA in six starts after being called up to the Reds on August 30, 2024.

Lowder, 23, posted a 1.17 ERA in six starts last season for the Reds. Cincinnati took Lowder with the seventh pick in the 2023 MLB Draft.

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RICKY LOGAN

Ricky Logan is a California native, originally from Yuba City, now living in the greater Cincinnati area with his wife and kids. He’s the co-host and producer of the Red Hot Reds Podcast on YouTube and other social platforms, where he brings commentary and passionate coverage of Cincinnati Reds baseball. He co-hosts the Chatterbox Reds Pregame Show for Chatterbox Sports on YouTube to give pregame analysis for upcoming games and has appeared on various Chatterbox Sports shows. Ricky also serves as an editor and writer for WeLikeSportzPC and recently joined the writing team at Chatterbox Sports covering Reds Minor League Baseball, continuing to grow his presence in the world of sports media.

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