"It's a longer spring, so there's no impetus to turn up the speed of the rehab," Reds manager Bryan Price said on Tuesday. "Right now, it's really durability and stamina we're working on. So his workload, you may not see it initially with the game work. You'll see him catching more bullpens, hitting for a longer duration. Yesterday, he hit early, and then he tracked pitches in the live batting practice group."
The initial plan for the early season is for Mesoraco to catch 50-60 percent of games in tandem with Tucker Barnhart.