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Reds’ Connor Overton Diagnosed With Stress Reaction In Back

By Anthony Franco | May 23, 2022 at 2:36pm CDT

Reds starter Connor Overton has been diagnosed with a stress reaction in his lower back, he tells Mark Sheldon of MLB.com (Twitter link). He’s expecting to be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks.

Overton has earned a spot in the Cincinnati rotation in recent weeks. Signed to a minor league contract over the offseason, he was selected onto the big league club on the final day of April. The 28-year-old has since taken four turns through a rotation that has been without rookie left-hander Nick Lodolo due to a lower back strain. Overton has averaged north of six innings per start, tossing 24 2/3 cumulative frames with an impressive 1.82 ERA.

That run prevention mark was sure to rise, as the soft-tossing Overton isn’t missing many bats. He’s fanned only 11.2% of opposing hitters on a minuscule 5.3% swinging strike rate. The Old Dominion product has filled up the strike zone and induced a fair amount of harmless infield fly balls, though, leading to some early success. Overton was also excellent over four appearances with Triple-A Louisville, posting a 2.84 ERA with elite strikeout and walk numbers (29.7% and 2.7%, respectively) across 19 innings.

Cincinnati is soon to welcome back veteran southpaw Mike Minor from an injured list stint that has cost him the entire season to date. Minor is on a rehab assignment with Louisville, where he’s taken the ball three times. Manager David Bell told reporters (including C. Trent Rosecrans of the Athletic) that Minor will need one more start with the Bats before returning to the big leagues.

The Reds play on each of the next seven days, so they’ll need to cover one of Overton’s scheduled outings with a bullpen game or a spot start. By next week, it seems Minor might be able to step into the starting staff alongside Luis Castillo, Tyler Mahle, Hunter Greene and Vladimir Gutiérrez.

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  1. Bobcastelliniscat

    1 month ago

    The Reds just can not catch a break.

    Reply
  2. DarkSide830

    1 month ago

    Baseball Gods be doing the Reds dirty

    Reply
  3. bucketbrew35

    1 month ago

    As someone who is no stranger to back injuries I’m willing to bet that hurts a lot.

    Reply
    • Kruk it

      1 month ago

      He got a weak back about a week back

      Reply
  4. DMC511

    1 month ago

    Why can’t we have nice things?

    Reply
  5. Monkey’s Uncle

    1 month ago

    With how horrible the Pirates’ starting pitching has generally been, it must feel great for them to see that they let Overton leave, he went to a division rival, and he has outpitched nearly everyone in Pittsburgh.

    Reply
  6. davidewhitt

    1 month ago

    Someone needs to be responsible for ALL of the Reds injuries over the last few years. This number is WELL beyond ridiculous and WELL beyond bad luck.

    Reply

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