"If everything went perfect, he could have started Game 5 (of the season)," manager Terry Francona said. "When you kind of think about it, he'd be pitching a (spring) game out here on Opening Day, and so he'd have to be on the active roster,

Carson Spiers will enter the season as the Cincinnati Reds' fifth starter and Andrew Abbott will go on the injured list.

Cincinnati Reds' young left-hander Andrew Abbott is going to start the year on the injured list as he recovers from a shoulder injury that shelved him at the en