CINCINNATI -- With Hunter Greene set to be activated from the injured list by the Reds on Wednesday to face the Phillies, rookie starter Chase Burns ' status is in flux -- for the moment.

When Burns pitches next -- and what role he will be in -- has not yet been determined by the club's decision makers. They met with him on Monday to explain just that.

"We told him we don’t have clarity yet. But he knows that there’s an innings thing that we need to keep track of," manager Terry Francona said. "We’re adamant and we’re all kind of in agreement that we do not want this kid [to stop] pitching, so how we get to the end, we might have to get a little creative. We just wanted to tell him that, even though we didn’t really have a plan that’s fully in place yet.”

Burns came out of the con

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