LHP Brandon Finnegan will start Sunday for Double-A Pensacola and is on track to rejoin the Reds rotation by the end of June, according to manager Bryan Price. He has been on the disabled list since April 16 with a shoulder injury. Finnegan went 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts prior to the injury.

LHP Brandon Finnegan threw 2 1/3 innings in a "camp" game in Goodyear, Ariz., on Tuesday. "We had good reports on how he threw and how he felt," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "He had a good slider. He threw strikes, and he came out of it well." The next step is for him is to throw a side session for a full-season affiliate. Finnegan has been on the disabled list since April 16 with a shoulder injury.

LHP Brandon Finnegan will throw two innings on Tuesday in Arizona. He's expected to go out on a minor-league rehab assignment by June 10. Finnegan has been on the disabled list since April 16 with a shoulder strain. He's 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts this season.

LHP Brandon Finnegan (left shoulder strain) threw 21 pitches in a bullpen session on Tuesday. He plans to throw around 35 on Saturday. "It went really well," Reds manager Bryan Price said. Finnegan is expected to have three bullpen sessions, a live batting practice session, then go out on minor league rehab. Finnegan has been on the disabled list since April 16. He is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts this season.

LHP Brandon Finnegan plans to throw a 20-pitch bullpen on Tuesday, then 35 pitches on Saturday. He's expected to have three bullpen sessions, a live batting practice session, then go out on minor league rehab. "I'm excited," said Finnegan, who's been on the disabled list since April 16 with a shoulder strain. "We've been on kind of a soft track, but I feel great. I'm ready to go." Finnegan is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts this season.

LHP Brandon Finnegan, on the disabled list since April 16 with a strained left trapezius muscle threw off flat ground Friday. "He threw aggressively and felt great," said Reds manager Bryan Price. "I think it's realistic that he'll be back on a mound in relatively short order." Finnegan is 1-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three starts.

LHP Brandon Finnegan was transferred from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Finnegan has been on the disabled list since April 16 with a right shoulder strain.

LHP Brandon Finnegan will start throwing next weekend. He's been on the disabled list since April 16 with a right shoulder strain. "He's a ways away from throwing off of a mound," said Reds manager Bryan Price. "There hasn't been any feeling of that (pain) sensation." Finnegan is among the Reds' most promising young pitching prospects and a key part of the 2015 deal that sent Johnny Cueto to the Royals.

LHP Brandon Finnegan was placed on the 10-day disabled list Sunday with a strained left shoulder. He left Saturday's start after just one inning when soreness surfaced. Finnegan was struggling at the time with two runs, three walks, and a wild pitch during a 26-pitch first inning. Finnegan is expected to miss up to three starts and will rest until a MRI reveals sufficient healing allowing him to resume throwing.

LHP Brandon Finnegan left Saturday's start after just one inning due to a strained shoulder. He was struggling at the time with two runs, three walks, and a wild pitch during a 26-pitch first inning. "He had a little bit of sensation in his last start," said Reds manager Bryan Price. "It looked good to go (on Saturday). He won't be able to make his next start. The Reds have some time to make a decision on filling Finnegan's spot in the rotation. Rookie Davis is expected back this week from a bruised forearm.

LHP Brandon Finnegan had a big comedown from his season debut, when he pitched seven scoreless innings against Philadelphia. Against the Pirates on Monday, he pitched two-plus innings, allowing a run on four hits and five walks with four strikeouts.

LHP Brandon Finnegan gets the call Monday night when Cincinnati opens a three-game series in Pittsburgh. Finnegan was dominant in his season debut Wednesday night against Philadelphia, giving up only one hit and fanning nine over seven innings in a 2-0 win. He's 2-1 with a 2.03 ERA in three career starts against the Pirates, splitting his two outings against them last September.

LHP Brandon Finnegan's success this season hinges on being more pitch-efficient and throwing first-pitch strikes, allowing him to pitch deeper into games. After a 25-pitch first inning on Wednesday night, Finnegan rolled through the next six frames, had 13 first-pitch strikes and delivered one of the finest outings of his young career in a 2-0 win over the Phillies. Finnegan struck out nine and retired the final 19 batters he faced. The key was a two-seam changeup he has been working on since last season. "Very impressive," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "He was a little haphazard in the first, but after that he was extremely sharp. Had the full mix. A little extra on the fastball. There were some good sliders, but he had better command of the changeup."

LHP Brandon Finnegan will make his season debut on Wednesday night against the Phillies. On Opening Day, manager Bryan Price lauded Finnegan's work ethic in spring training. "He's really pushing to get better," Price said. "He goes as his command goes. When his fastball, slider, and changeup all show up, he can be effective." Finnegan was tied for the team lead in starts and ranked second in wins, innings and strikeouts last year. "He competes like crazy," said Price. "As competitive as anyone on the staff."

LHP Brandon Finnegan closed the book on his first full big league season with five shutout innings at Milwaukee. Finnegan scattered three hits and didn't walk a batter while striking out four.

RHP Brandon Finnegan will start Sunday's series finale at Milwaukee while Tim Adelman and Robert Stephenson will follow Monday and Tuesday against the Cardinals, respectively. Finnegan's start may be his last of the season; he's thrown 167 innings this season after throwing 105 1/3 in 2015 at both the Triple-A and big league levels.

LHP Brandon Finnegan lasted only 2 1/3 innings, matching his shortest start of the season, on Saturday night. He made his 30th start of the season which initially was going to be his limit this season. Manager Bryan Price said it's possible Finnegan could remain in the rotation, but it'll be interesting to see if that's changed after he allowed five runs with three walks on Saturday. "They hit seven singles," said Finnegan. "The only thing I couldn't do was walk the pitcher. They happened to get seven singles. Those balls were soft enough to fall in. There's nothing I can do about it."

LHP Brandon Finnegan (9-10) threw five scoreless innings in a win over the Pirates, giving up five hits, striking out seven and walking five. He has allowed two or fewer runs in five straight starts. However, he got into trouble at times, including loading the bases twice. "No pitcher wants to give up runs, especially when you're kind of handing it to them like I was today," he said. "I was basically giving them every base they got. It was tough, but I was able to battle through it." Manager Bryan Price has said he was leaning toward shutting Finnegan down after 30 starts. That would give him just one more.

LHP Brandon Finnegan struggled with his command on Tuesday, walking four over 105 pitches through five innings against the Mets. He gave up two earned runs on three hits and fanned six. However, home runs by Jose Reyes and Curtis Granderson were his undoing. "They were spitting on a lot of good pitches tonight," Finnegan said. "I got into a lot of deep counts, but I was able to get out of them. I was lucky to get out with just two runs tonight."

LHP Brandon Finnegan gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings, struck out nine and walked none but was the losing pitcher as the Reds fell 3-0 to the Angels on Wednesday. Finnegan worked five scoreless innings before the Angels scored two runs in the sixth, both on two-out hits. "Finnegan was great," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "When you start to take a look at his body of work for the season, to see a kid evolve into a three-pitch pitcher with command that's pitching to both sides of the plate and found a devastating changeup, has ability to throw a quality slider for a strike when he's behind in the count, locate his fastball, you can see there's not so many empty pitches, pitches that jack up the pitch count."