{"id":683641,"date":"2026-04-26T22:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/683641\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:27:14","slug":"nl-central-notes-jones-lodolo-trevino-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/683641\/","title":{"rendered":"NL Central Notes: Jones, Lodolo, Trevino, Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Mark Polishuk<\/a> |
\n at April 26, 2026 4:54pm CDT <\/p>\n

A little over 11 months after undergoing an internal brace surgery, Jared Jones<\/a> is slated to begin a minor league rehab assignment on Wednesday with the Pirates\u2018 low-A affiliate in Bradenton.\u00a0 Pirates GM Ben Cherington made the announcement on his weekly radio show, telling MLB.com\u2019s Jason Mackey<\/a> that Jones has \u201cpassed all the physical checks.\u00a0 He pitched in an extended game last week [and] was up to 100 mph. He has the velocity and has been recovering well. Now he has to get back into that routine of being a pitcher and getting outs.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Paul Skenes<\/a> naturally garnered most of the headlines in 2024, Jones also made his big league debut that season and posted a 4.14 ERA over 121 2\/3 innings and 22 starts.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t been able to follow up on that solid rookie campaign due to elbow problems that surfaced late in Spring Training 2025, though Jones was able to avoid a full Tommy John surgery.\u00a0 The shorter timeline usually associated with an internal brace procedure means that Jones is on track to return to Pittsburgh by late May or early June, if all goes well in his rehab.\u00a0 Interestingly, Mackey floated the idea that Jones could be used as a piggyback starter or even as a reliever if the Buccos want to limit his innings in his return from major surgery, as the Pirates\u2019 rotation is strong enough at the moment that Jones isn\u2019t necessarily needed for starting duty right away.<\/p>\n

More from the NL Central\u2026<\/p>\n

Nick Lodolo<\/a> recorded seven strikeouts and allowed only two hits over five scoreless innings and 51 pitches for high-A Dayton in the first start of the Reds southpaw\u2019s latest rehab assignment.\u00a0 Lodolo has yet to pitch in the majors this season due to blister problems that arose during Spring Training, and more blisters cut short his first rehab start with Dayton back on April 2.\u00a0 A few more weeks of recovery may have finally gotten the problem under control, though the extra time away means Lodolo will need another rehab start or two to build up his arm strength.\u00a0 Despite a lack of hitting and the absence of top starters Lodolo and Hunter Greene<\/a>, the Reds weathered the storm to post an 18-10 record in their first 28 games.
\nThe Reds also activated catcher Jose Trevino<\/a> from the 10-day injured list prior to today\u2019s game with the Tigers, and catcher P.J. Higgins<\/a> was optioned to Triple-A in the corresponding move.\u00a0 A thoracic spine strain has kept Trevino out of action since April 4.\u00a0 Now in his second season with the Reds, Trevino will resume his duties as a glove-first backup behind starting catcher Tyler Stephenson<\/a>.
\nCardinals catcher Pedro Pages<\/a> left Saturday\u2019s game due to left hamstring tightness, but Pages told media (including Daniel Guerrero of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>) that he is day to day after scans revealed no substantive damage.\u00a0 \u201cEverything\u2019s intact from the hamstring.\u00a0 It\u2019s just more swelling in the area, which is fine.\u00a0 I just got to flush it out and be ready to go,\u201d Pages said.\u00a0 The backstop didn\u2019t play today but believed he could be ready Monday when the Cardinals open a series in Pittsburgh.\u00a0 Though the Cards don\u2019t have an off-day until May 11, they have the catching depth to afford Pages extra rest time if necessary since Ivan Herrera<\/a> and Yohel Pozo<\/a> are both on the active roster.\u00a0 Known more for his glove than his bat, Pages has a respectable 101 wRC+ (from a .250\/.310\/.404 slash line) over his first 59 plate appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Mark Polishuk | at April 26, 2026 4:54pm CDT A little over 11 months after undergoing an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,5627,1176,1331,59048,1554],"class_list":["post-683641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-jared-jones","tag-jose-trevino","tag-nick-lodolo","tag-p-j-higgins","tag-pedro-pages"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116473367237519517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}