Jesse Winker Out For The Season

The right shoulder of Jesse Winker will need to be repaired by season-ending surgery.  On Monday, Winker ducked to avoid a line drive by Tucker Barnhart in the ninth inning of the Reds' 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.  That aggravated an injury he has been dealing with for years.

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"Jesse was having a nice year," interim manager Jim Riggleman said.  "His outfield game was progressing. His offensive game was being refined.  It is not just what he was doing but where he was sitting in that lineup behind Suarez, really fit well for us.  As dangerous as Suarez is, if you want to put him on Winker was sitting there against a right-hander."

Winker has played with periodic pain the last few years from a subluxation or shoulder separation.





Scott Schebler is on a rehab assignment and close to returning.  Schebler also has a shoulder problem worsened by banging into the outfield wall in St. Louis the day before the All-Star break.

"It is on Scot now," Riggleman said.  "When he says he's ready, he will be out there."

Mason Williams contract was selected from Louisville to shore up the Reds bench until Schebler returns.  Williams a right-handed batter was with the Reds in spring training.  The 26-year old from Rhode Island was a fourth round pick of the New York Yankees in 2010.   He made it to the big leagues in 2015 and played in 25 games over three seasons with the Yankees.  The Reds signed him as a minor league free agent on November 16.

He played in 21 games with the Reds this spring, hitting .270 with five doubles.

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Williams took a direct hit from a line drive by Phillip Ervin that required four stitches.  He was in the lineup the next day.

"I don't want to talk about that.  It was a bad day," said Williams, who was told this morning that he was coming to Cincinnati.  He made the 1 1/2 drive, trying not to speed.  "I thought about that."

Williams can play all three outfield positions.

"He did a good job this spring," Riggleman said.  "He is a good athlete.  I don't put a whole lot of stock in spring training but the reports from the season, say he's done well.  He's had productive at bats with both left-handed and right-handed pitching.  He's played a good center field.  We're confident he'll do a good job."