finding fred

Fred Lewis, who signed with Cincinnati as a free agent this off-season, is playing rehab games with Carolina in the Double-A Southern League. The former Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College star suffered an oblique injury in spring training and began the season on the Reds’ disabled list. Through games of Thursday with the Mudcats, the 30-year-old Lewis was 5-for-18 with three doubles, an RBI and a steal. A lefty-hitting outfielder who had a good year with Toronto in 2010, Lewis may be ready to return to the big leagues soon. But one wonders just how much he’ll play for a well-stocked Reds club.
P.S. Debut alert: Louis Coleman, a Schlater native and former Pillow Academy standout, made his first major league appearance Thursday night for Kansas City, tossing two scoreless innings in a loss to Cleveland. Coleman, a 6-foot-4 right-hander, was drafted by the Royals in the fifth round out of LSU in 2009 after helping the Tigers win the College World Series. He was rated KC’s No. 19 prospect entering this season.