Sonny Gray Starts in A Healthier Spring

Last year Sonny Gray entered Reds' camp in Goodyear with an achy elbow.  He shook them off to make 31 starts with bone chips in his elbow.  They were removed at the end of the season.

He leads the Reds against the Seattle Marinere on Wednesday.with Michael Lorenzen, Robert Stephenson, Lucas Sims, Cody Reed, Vladimir Gutierrez and Tejay Atnone.

Back at headquarters, Wade Miley, Tyler Mahle, Amir Garrett, Falmouth Kentucky's Nate Jones,and Raisel Iglesias will pitch live batting practice.

Seattle will start Justin Dunn against the Reds' lineup of:

Josh VanMeter 3B
Joey Votto 1B
Nick Castellanos RF
Mike Moustakas 2B
Tucker Barnhart C
Phillip Ervin DH
Mark Payton LF
Christian Colon SS
Travis Jankowski CF

Gray will oppose:

Jake Fraley CF
Austin Nola C
Carlos Gonzalez RF
Daniel Vogelbach DH
Evan White 1B
Patrick Wisdom 3B
Julio Rodriguez LF
Dee Gordon 2B

Eugenio Suarez and Nick Senzel both with shoulders are making progress.  Suarez can't swing a bat with both hands or throw but is taking ground balls.  Senzel did some throwing yesterday and will agian today.  Freddy Galvis has a tender shoulder and David Bell wants to wait until after the day off on March 3 to put him in games.  Jesse Winker has a bruised forearm after he was hit by a pitch on Monday.  He will be ready to play in a day or two.