Brady Singer starts as Reds look to whip Nationals in opener

It exposes nearly every little thing from the baseball that was performed final week, and the Cincinnati Reds would possibly find yourself simply high-quality. They are, in spite of everything, nonetheless 22-19 on the season, 3 video games over the .500 mark although 41 video games and nonetheless very a lot in a half-decent place regardless of discovering themselves buried in the run differential class (-33) and on the backside of the National League Central.

There’s a ton of baseball left to be performed. That picks proper again up tonight after Monday’s day-off.

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Brady Singer will begin for Cincinnati in Great American Ball Park as the Reds play host to the Washington Nationals. Miles Mikolasoff whom the Reds ought to completely tee, is getting the beginning nod for the Nats on the night.

Somewhat surprisingly, Nate Lowe – who had a depressing spell with Washington early final yr earlier than discovering his jogging with the Boston Red Sox down the stretch – is not in the beginning lineup regardless of Mikolas being a human meatball in opposition to LHH. We’ll see how that hamstrings the Cincinnati offense, a gaggle who’s determined to get some optimistic momentum going one way or the other.

Somewhat surprisingly, Rhett Lowder has not but been positioned on the 15-day IL as supervisor Terry Francona introduced he would, ultimately, over the weekend. So, the Reds aren’t going to lean into having an additional spotlight round till their subsequent flip in the rotation – no less than not tonight.

First pitch is ready for six:40 PM ET. Here’s how the Reds will line up for the opener: