The Cincinnati Reds have called up right-handed pitcher Carson Spiers from Triple-A Louisville today and they have placed right-handed reliever Emilio Pagan on the 15-day injured listed.

Carson Spiers was scheduled to pitch last night for the Louisville Bats. When the team published their starting lineup in the late afternoon, he was still listed as the club’s starting pitcher. But about an hour before the game was set to start at 7:35pm, he was scratched from the start with no reason given.

While it hasn’t been announced yet, Spiers is likely going to start for the Reds on Tuesday. Charlie Goldsmith of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that prior to Sunday’s game that Hunter Greene would have his regularly scheduled start pushed back to Friday after he’s thrown a lot of pitches over his last handful of starts. That leaves the Reds in need of a starting pitcher on Tuesday. With the team having off Monday, they just need to avoid having to use Spiers in today’s game and he should be good to go in two days against the Guardians.

Spiers has thrown 13.2 innings with Cincinnati this year and has a 3.29 ERA in that time. He’s made nine appearances in Triple-A with the Bats and has thrown 46.2 innings and has a 2.51 ERA with 15 walks, two home runs allowed, and has 49 strikeouts.

The return for Emilio Pagan was a short one as he heads back to the injured list with a strained lat. He had just returned from the injured list three days ago after missing 15 days with right triceps tightness.

David Bell told the media this morning that the timeline for a return for Pagan was likely going to be after the All-Star break.That means he’s going to miss at least the next six weeks. The Reds will return from the All-Star break on July 19th.