McDonald has had problems with control since the All Star break, so I'm not sure they want to put it on him today...they need to get him straightened out if they want to stay in the playoff race. Knowing they hit your best player, McDonald may just do it on his own to get it out of the way early.
If I had to guess, I would say Bruce or Ludwick gets one from Burnett on Sunday or since they have two more series with the Reds, they wait and tag Votto in September. Then again the other opportunity may come up today depending how the game goes with one of their harder throwing relievers...Hanrahan or Hughes. Should be interesting.
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