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Cueto to start rehab assignment Thursday
cincinnati.com
CINCINNATI- Johnny Cueto will don a Dayton Dragons uniform for the
first time since 2006 on Thursday as he will make a rehab appearance
for the Reds’ Class-A team against the Lansing Lugnuts at Fifth Third
Field.
Cueto has been on the disabled list since April 15 with a strained
right lat. He was scheduled to go on a rehab assignment last week, but
he had soreness in his oblique, causing him to bump a start in
Pensacola.
“I feel pretty good, but we’ll see tomorrow how I feel for the game,”
Cueto said after the Reds’ loss to the Braves on Wednesday. “It’s a lot
different in the bullpen than it is in the game. I need to throw in a
game.”
Cueto left the April 13 game in Pittsburgh in the fifth inning with the
lat issue. He’s 1-0 with a 2.60 ERA in three starts this season.
Cueto’s 2012 postseason was cut short by an oblique injury, but he said
earlier this week the soreness he felt recently was nothing like the
pain he felt last October.
The 27-year-old right-hander said that if all goes well, he expects to
make two rehab appearances before before returning to the team.
“It’s very encouraging, I hope he does well,” Reds manager Dusty Baker
said. “We’re not as worried about his performance as we are him coming
out of it (healthy).”
Cueto pitched for the Dragons for 14 games in 2006 as a 20-year-old,
dominating the Midwest League with an 8-1 record and 2.59 ERA. He was
moved to Sarasota during the 2006 season and was in the big leagues by
2008.
“I like it there,” Cueto said of Dayton. “Good stadium, good people.
Big crowds, there’s good memories (there). I’m happy to pitch there.”
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