Cincinnati Reds pitcher Chase Burns (26) makes his MLB debut in the first inning of the MLB interleague game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Yankees at Great American Ball Park in downtown Cincinnati on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. / Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

On its face, a three-game set in steamy July against 21-win Colorado might not seem like much of an attraction. But it should be.

For the first time in three years, it seems unlikely that the Reds will select a right-hander from Wake Forest with their first pick.

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Elly De La Cruz and Andrew Abbott will represent the Cincinnati Reds at next week's MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta after Abbott's selection Tuesday.

The Cincinnati Reds have a lot of different ways they could go about the ninth pick in the mLB Draft this year. One way that was presented in a recent mock draft has them landing a very highly rated left-handed college pitcher. In Keith Law’s recent mock draft for The Athletic, the Reds select Jamie Arnold, left-handed pitcher from Florida State.

Runners left in scoring position_Colorado 4 (Doyle 2, Beck 2); Cincinnati 6 (Benson, Hays 5). RISP_Colorado 1 for 4; Cincinnati 0 for 11. Runners moved up_Friedl. GIDP_Hays.

See images of former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin through the years. Enns last pitched in MLB in 2021. He played the past three seasons in Japan and Korea before signing a minor-league deal with the Tigers before spring training.

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees moved into second in jersey sales behind Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers