Rhett Lowder

could see that happening.

But that still means that the Reds need Brandon Williamson and Rhett Lowder to do some things, Jeff.

And I've been a Brandon Williamson fan for a long time.

If you recall, we go back in the archives when the Reds were getting ready to call him up.

Andrew Abbott is the only guy that's really kind of an established starter.

Rhett Lowder threw 133 innings, which shout out to Rhett Lowder.

I didn't realize he actually threw that many innings.

But then like Brandon Williamson right now is like your number five.

Hunter Green can take his time.

Obviously he's not going to be here at all next year, but yeah, For the injuries that are likely to happen to Nick Lodolo or Andrew Abbott or Brandon Williamson or Rhett Lowder in spring training or, God forbid, Chase Burns, you would still feel good about having a guy like Joe Ryan in your rotation.

And then you would knock a Williamson or a Lowder maybe into the bullpen or AAA or whatever that might be.

You could improve the bullpen by improving the rotation.

Hunter Green, healthy, nice to, ni- nice little piece to have.

Carson Spears, Nick Lodolo, uh, kind of round up the, the top five options with Rhett Lowder, um, being right there as well as, you know, one of their young guys spent some time, a- bout, spent about, uh, you know, three or four weeks on the IL throughout the season, um, last year, but should start the season obviously nice and healthy.

Uh- Not a ton of depth from what I'm looking at.

Brandon Williamson, um, spent a lot of time in the IL last year.

Yeah.

Everything seems kind of scary compared to where we were a year ago when we were, like, left losing in the playoffs to the Dodgers and you're like, "Oh, man, Chase Burns is coming up and Hunter Greene's coming up and Rhett Lowder's gonna be back and Nick Lodolo, like, you know," and Andrew Abbott was just an all-star, and Nick Lodolo, maybe he finally figures out this blister thing.

We thought they had 10 starters, yeah?

Yeah.

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Rhett Lowder and Chase Burns?"

We were kids.

Uh, you look at what happened in 2026 in the absence of Derek Johnson, and I think what we saw, we saw the wheels come off for Brady Singer.

We saw the wheels come off for Rhett Lowder.

We saw injury issues continue to plague Hunter Greene.

We saw Andrew Abbott take a step back.

They've got to get back to that, and I think a fresh set of eyes is what is going to accomplish that.

Yeah, because we saw things this year, uh, from an organizational philosophy standpoint that, that I, I just can't quite put my finger on why they thought it was a good idea.

I think one pitcher that you can look at to see the impacts the most is Rhett Lowder because somewhere-

Yeah

We're talking about the pitching logjam.

Chris in Louisville asks, "There are so many arms on this roster, Andrew Abbott, Chase Burns, Brady Singer, Nick Lodolo, Rhett Lowder.

Who is staying and who is moving?"

Oh, boy, the logjam.

Brady Singer has upside, but has struggled with consistency.

Nick Lodolo is talented, but injury-prone.

Rhett Lowder just got his first win since August against the Blue Jays, showing he can contribute.

So five starters? That leaves out Brandon Williamson and maybe Zach McCambely?