KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Add another month or so to the Cincinnati Reds’ projected timeline for getting one of their most important starting pitchers back from the injured list — left-hander Nick Lodolo is now expected back sometime in August at the earliest following the latest MRI Wednesday on his left leg.
Lodolo was told Wednesday he’ll have at least another two weeks in his walking boot, manager David Bell said. That’s when his next MRI and checkup are scheduled for the stress reaction in the leg.
Once he’s cleared to remove the boot, “it would be four to six weeks from that point before he would be back out there,” Bell said.