Ahead of the border crossing into Canada and the start of the weekend series against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Cincinnati Reds made a series of pertinent roster moves on Friday afternoon. Chief among them, obviously, is the return of Joey Votto after several weeks on the undefined injury list, though there were several other moves of note, too.
The team announced said moves on Twitter.
Joel Kuhnel, Tyler Mahle, Brandon Drury, and Albert Almora were placed on the restricted list. One is required to be vaccinated to enter into Canada from the United States these days, making that either a very timely coincidence or a bit of a tell as to which players currently on the roster haven’t yet gotten around to making such a significant commitment to playing alongside their teammates.