Chase Burns, the No. 2 pick in the 2024 MLB draft who has excelled at three levels of the minor leagues this season, will be promoted next week to make his major league debut for the Cincinnati Reds.

Burns, a right-handed starter who is the No. 12 prospect in ESPN’s Top 50, will take the mound Tuesday at home against the New York Yankees.

The 22-year-old Burns relies on an upper-90s fastball, and his 86 to 90 mph slider is possibly the best breaking ball in the minor leagues. He has made 13 starts in his professional career, the last of which came with Triple-A Louisville.

“It’s kind of hard to come up with a reason why we shouldn’t,” Reds manager Terry Francona said Sunday. “They tried to throw a lot at him. He just kind of handled everything.”

The Reds have had an up-and-down season, but at 39-38, they are still in the hunt for a National League wild-card berth, and Burns will bring added intrigue to the star-laden series against the Yankees. Cincinnati has lost three in a row heading into Sunday’s series finale with the St. Louis Cardinals before it opens a homestand with the Yankees on Monday night.

Burns is 7-3 with a 1.77 ERA and 89 strikeouts in 66 minor league innings. Prior to his 2024 selection, he pitched in the SEC for Tennessee and the ACC for Wake Forest.

“We’re trying to give ourselves every chance to win and be in this, and right now, we feel like Chase gives us the best chance, and it’s time to go,” Reds general manager Brad Meador told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

While the Reds have been inconsistent offensively this season, their pitching has been solid. Through Friday’s loss, the Reds were 16th overall in team ERA at 3.90 and 10th with a 1.23 WHIP. But they placed left-hander Wade Miley on the injured list Friday and had to author a bullpen game Saturday.

“Trying to figure out when the time is right is always the toughest part. You never know for sure when a guy’s ready,” Meador said. “But he’s obviously pitched as well as you could possibly hope in the first year of professional baseball, and he seems to be getting stronger. Even when a guy’s ready, you never know, but he’s passed every test. I don’t think he’s going to be overwhelmed by the situation, for sure.”

Pitching for Double-A Chattanooga this season, Burns went 6-1 with a 1.29 ERA in eight starts before landing in Louisville. On Tuesday at Great American Ball Park, he is likely to oppose New York’s Carlos Rodon, who is 9-5 this season with a 3.10 ERA.

“It’s another game, but it is a major league team, He’s going to have a lot of firsts, but he’s handled everything so far,” Francona said. “And I think there’s an excitement, and you know, I think the front office, they’re trying to help us win, and I think we appreciate that.”

Cincinnati also made a series of roster moves before Sunday’s game, recalling right-hander Yosver Zulueta from Triple-A Louisville and bringing back third baseman Jeimer Candelario (lumbar spine strain) from a three-week rehab assignment.

Right-hander Chase Petty was optioned to Louisville, and second baseman Garrett Hampson was designated for assignment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

NEW YORK — Ryan Yarbrough was put on the 15-day injured list with a strained right oblique in another blow to the Yankees rotation, and rookie Allan Winans will make his New York debut Monday night at Cincinnati after going 7-0 with an 0.90 ERA at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Yarbrough, a 33-year-old right-hander who joined the rotation in May, is 3-1 with a 3.90 ERA in eight starts and eight relief appearances. He last pitched on Wednesday, getting a no-decision in a loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

“Something that’s been kind of coming on a little bit in his second-to-last start and then a little more sore towards the end of this last start,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. “After his last start was pretty sore the next day and then before he was getting ready to throw his side the other day felt like couldn’t quite do it.”

Boone said a scan indicated a low-grade strain. New York made the IL placement retroactive to Friday and recalled left-hander Jayvien Sandridge from the RailRiders.

New York already was missing ace Gerrit Cole (Tommy John surgery), 2024 AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil (lat strain) and Marcus Stroman (left knee inflammation).

Winans will become the Yankees’ eighth starting pitcher this season, matching their 2024 total.

A 29-year-old right-hander originally selected by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the 2018 amateur draft, Winans made his big league debut with Atlanta in July 2023 and was 1-4 with a 7.20 ERA in eight starts over two seasons. The Yankees claimed him off waivers on Jan. 23.

Winans’ fastball has averaged 90 mph this season. In a 4-3 win at Louisville on Tuesday, he threw 23 sinkers, 19 changeups, 18 sliders, 10 fastballs and seven curveballs.

“He’s been tremendous. To be this deep in the season as a starting pitcher, have sub-1 [ERA], it’s been really, really excellent,” Boone said. “So, hopefully, he brings some of that up here with us tomorrow.”

Stroman last pitched for the Yankees on April 11 and is to make a third minor league rehab start Tuesday.

“Hopefully around 70 pitches or so and then be in the mix,” Boone said.

Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman will be out through the All-Star break, and the team lost another catcher when Maverick Handley left Sunday’s 4-2 loss to the New York Yankees in the second inning following a collision at the plate with Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Rutschman suffered a left oblique strain that landed him on the injured list for the first time in his career. Interim manager Tony Mansolino described Rutschman’s injury as “mild” but added that the team doesn’t want to do anything to aggravate the problem and keep the two-time All-Star out longer.

Mansolino said Rutschman will be out through the All-Star break, which is July 14-17, before the Orioles return to play at the Tampa Bay Rays on July 18.

“He’s dealt with it fine,” Mansolino said. “He wants to play. He’s kind of going stir crazy. I think the fact that it is mild in nature probably makes it a little harder for him. We all know abdominal and oblique injuries, if you push those things, they can get really ugly, and instead of being three or four weeks, it could be three months.

“… In his mind he probably thinks he can possibly go out there, but obviously, we know medically that’s not the smart thing to do for him right now.”

Rutschman began feeling pain Friday during batting practice before he was scratched from that day’s lineup then placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday after undergoing an MRI.

With two outs in the second Sunday, DJ LeMahieu lined a single to left field and Chisholm scored from second base. Colton Cowser‘s throw was up the third-base line. Handley moved to his left for the throw, arriving for the ball at the same time as Chisholm. The Yankees third baseman tried to veer to the inside to avoid contact, but his elbow appeared to hit Handley in the head.

After Mansolino and trainer Scott Barringer checked him out, Handley was replaced by Gary Sanchez.

“He got hit pretty hard,” Orioles manager Tony Mansolino was quoted as saying by the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. “We haven’t seen a collision like that at the plate, probably, since all the new rules came in. So we’re evaluating him right now, full body, every part of it. We’ll have more information tomorrow. … We’re evaluating everything right now, so nothing official on concussion protocol. There’s obviously a chance that that happens. We’ll have more information tomorrow on him.”

Infielder Jordan Westburg will also be out for at least a few days because of a sprained left index finger sustained even though he wore a sliding mitt.

Westburg injured his finger while stealing second base in Saturday’s 9-0 loss to the New York Yankees.

“Actually the sliding mitt that’s supposed to protect his hand, that’s the one that he did it,” Mansolino said. “Doesn’t know how he did it. It’s been the same mitt that he’s used for a couple years, talking about it this morning. Kind of crazy that he hurt his finger. That’s what those things are for.”

Mansolino said X-rays were negative and that the Orioles are hoping that Westburg misses only two or three days.

Rutschman, 27, is hitting .227 with eight homers and 20 RBIs in 68 games this season. He has been among the more durable catchers in the majors. After playing 113 games following his debut in May 2022, he appeared in 154 games in 2023 and 148 last season.

Westburg missed more than a month with a left hamstring strain before returning June 10. The 26-year-old is hitting .229 with seven homers and 17 RBIs in 34 games this season. He had 10 hits in his first 25 at-bats before going hitless in his next 14.

First baseman Ryan Mountcastle (strained right hamstring) also is on the injured list along with outfielders Tyler O’Neill (left shoulder impingement) and Jorge Mateo (left shoulder inflammation).

Right-hander Yennier Cano was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk after striking out the side in the seventh inning Saturday, and right-hander Yaramil Hiraldo was recalled from the Tides on Sunday.

“It starts ultimately with the amount of innings that we’ve had covered here recently with the bullpen,” Mansolino said. “We need a fresh arm. You have a limited amount of bullpen guys that have options.”

The Associated Press and Field Level Media contributed to this report.