9:35am: Mileys deal pays him a prorated $2.5MM salary in the majors and comes with an additional $1.5MM available via incentives, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com . 8:57am: The Reds announced Wednesday that theyve signed left-hander to a one-year, major league contract. The OConnell Sports client recently opted out of a minor league deal with Cincinnati and briefly , but hes back in the fold and on the major league roster. To make room on the active roster, the Reds placed top starter on the 15-day IL due to a groin strain. Top prospect , whos been on the injured list all season due to a forearm strain, moves from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL to clear a spot on the 40-man roster. Miley, 38, will return to the majors after a 14-month absence. The veteran southpaw made two starts for the Brewers last year but suffered a torn UCL during the second of those two outings. He openly contemplated retirement but wound up opting to undergo Tommy John surgery and give it one more go in the majors. He inked a minor league deal to return for a second stint with Cincinnati, where he pitched from 2020-21. Mileys 2025 season has been spent rehabbing from that UCL surgery. Hes had a rough stretch in the minors, though a disproportionate amount of the damage done against him came in his first game, when he yielded six runs in just 2 1/3 innings with the Reds High-A club. Some early rust is understandable, and while Miley hasnt exactly dominated since that time, Arch Manning Jersey hes pitched more effectively as he shakes off the rust. Hes lasted five innings in two of his past three starts, allowing two runs in one and keeping his opponents scorele s in the other. That pair of solid outings was encouraging, but they also bookended an ugly May 25 outing in which he allowed four runs and didnt escape the first inning. Overall, Miley has an 8.84 ERA on his rehab stint, but hes been more good than bad recently. Clearly, the Reds felt his stuff looked good enough to place him onto the major league roster. They couldve gone with top prospect or journeyman both of whom are pitching well in Triple-A this season. Petty is already on the 40-man roster and has made a brief MLB debut already. Instead, Reds bra s was encouraged enough by the work Miley has put in that they feel he merits a look in the majors. Time will tell if Miley can still pitch effectively in the big leagues. He didnt get much of a chance to do so in 2024 prior to that elbow injury, but from 2021-23, Miley logged a tidy 3.26 ERA acro s 320 1/3 innings between a trio of NL Central rivals: the Reds, Cubs and Brewers. Getting back to that level is a tough ask for a 38-year-old coming off Tommy John surgery, but Cincinnati doesnt need Miley to pitch like an ace. The Reds have received outstanding work from each of Greene (2.72 ERA in 59 2/3 innings), (1.51 ERA in 47 2/3 innings), (3.10 ERA in 69 2/3 innings) and (3.89 ERA in 69 1/3 innings). If Miley can simply hold down the fort during Greenes absence and pitch like a competent back-of-the-rotation arm, the Reds rotation would still be among the best in the sport. Turning to the 25-year-old Greene, this will be his second IL stint of the season due to a groin injury. He mi sed two weeks in mid-May due to a similar injury. Greene was lifted from his most recent start due to recurring tightne s, and hell now sit back down for at least another two weeks. Hes been among the best pitchers in the National League dating back to last year combined 210 innings, 2.74 ERA, 28.5% strikeout rate, 8.4% walk rate making his recovery a particularly notable one for the Reds. Hes in the third season of a six-year, $53MM contract extension signed in April 2023. As for Lowder, his move to the 60-day IL is largely procedural. Hes already spent more than 60 days on the injured list, and the shift from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL does not reset his eligibility for a return. The 2023 No. 7 overall pick went out on a rehab stint from the forearm injury thats plagued him in mid-May and looked to be trending toward a return before he suffered an oblique strain during one of his rehab starts. The Reds have since shut him back down from throwing. Its notable that Lowders arm appears to be healthy again, but hell need to let that oblique strain mend for at least another couple weeks before starting from scratch on a new minor league rehab stint. Andrew Beck Jersey