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Lodolo

Lodolo gave up five singles in a three-run second inning. The third was a bunt, and the fourth was one that a better right fielder than Noelvi Marte would have caught. The remaining damage against Lodolo was a Jordan Walker homer in the fifth. He remained in to start the sixth, but he was pulled after a single and an Eugenio Suárez error. Fortunately, Tejay Antone halted the rally from there. Lodolo was pretty good in his previous two starts, but he’s still struggling to settle into a groove here after missing the first several weeks with a blister. He’ll take a 5.51 ERA into a home start against the D-backs next Friday.

Lodolo gave up two homers, but they were both solo shots leading off innings. He issued four walks, but none of those came back to bite him. He should feel pretty fortunate to pitch like he did and still earn a win over one of baseball’s best teams. He’ll take on St. Louis next week with a 2-1 record and a 5.20 ERA on the season.

Lodolo enters the win column in his fourth start back after missing time with blister issues. He gave up a homer to Marcus Semien today, but the other five hits he allowed were singles and he walked none (though he did plunk Carson Benge twice). Lodolo has a 5.57 ERA since returning, but maybe today was a sign that he’s turned things around. He’s slated to face the Braves on Sunday.

Only 53 of Lodolo’s 97 pitches were strikes tonight. In three starts since returning from a blister, Lodolo has an 11/9 K/BB with three hit batters in 15 innings. His velocity is fine, and he’s throwing all of his pitches. Maybe the finger is still affecting his control, though. He’ll likely get an extra day off before facing the Cardinals on Sunday.

Lodolo struck out six and walked three. He struck out the side in the first but then allowed runs in each of the next two frames. The lefty has now made two starts after missing the first six weeks of the season due to a blister on his left index finger. He’s lined up to face the Phillies on the road next time out.

Lodolo’s velocity was up about one mph from last year in his 2026 debut, and he was decent in allowing just one walk and five hits. Unfortunately, two of those hits were two-run homers. He should still be a solid play against the Nationals next week.

Lodolo is set to make his season debut on Friday. He had a blister issue crop up at the end of spring training and then had it reappear on April 2nd during his first rehab build-up. Blisters have been a recurring issue for Lodolo in the past, and his command in his last Triple-A rehab appearance was not great, so we’d rather stash him on our bench for this first start than make him active, but he deserves to be rostered in most league types.

Lodolo made it through Saturday’s rehab start at Triple-A Louisville without any issues, giving up two runs on five hits over his 4 1/3 innings of work while racking up six strikeouts. He threw 79 pitches in the outing (45 strikes) and shouldn’t have any workload limitations upon his return.

Lodolo worked five scoreless innings in his previous rehab start for High-A Dayton on Sunday. The 28-year-old will have a good chance of rejoining the Cincinnati rotation if there are no setbacks before/after that rehab appearance.

The left-hander was pulled early from his rehab start on April 2nd because of continued blister issues. Reds manager Terry Francona said that how aggressive Lodolo gets in this bullpen will be determined by how he’s feeling. If the bullpen goes well, he may start his rehab assignment again.