Six roster changes are made by the Reds, with TJ Friedl being activated.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Cincinnati Reds made a tonne of roster changes in anticipation of the Arizona Diamondbacks series. As expected, starting pitcher Frankie Montas was activated by the team. After spending four games in Triple-A with the Louisville Bats for rehabilitation, they also activated outfielder TJ Friedl from the disabled list. Conner Capel, an outfielder from Louisville, is also being called up by Cincinnati. Bubba Thompson and Nick Martini are off to the lower leagues. Pitcher Ian Gibaut was placed on the 60-day injured list by the team in order to create space for Capel on the 40-man roster.

Let’s start with Conner Capel. He has played in 54 big league games over the past two years for St. Louis and Oakland. He’s hit .280/.366/.408 in that time with 17 walks and 35 strikeouts in 145 plate appearances. In the big leagues he’s only played in the corner outfield spots, but he has played center in the minor leagues – including this year with Triple-A Louisville. With the Bats this year he’s played 31 games and has hit .268/.397/.567 with 20 walks and 21 strikeouts.

Capel got out to a hot start, posting a 1.274 OPS in the first two weeks of the season. He’s cooled off a bit since, hitting .246/.351/.426 in his last 19 games with 11 walks and 17 strikeouts. The 26-year-old left-handed hitter has crushed righties in the minors this season, hitting .279/.405/.632. He’s held his own against lefties, hitting .241/.378/.414 with six walks and eight strikeouts.

TJ Friedl will be making his season debut whenever he gets into a game. He’s coming back from a broken wrist suffered in the middle of spring training. In his four games on rehab he hit .250/.333/.438 with two walks and three strikeouts. Three of his four hits were doubles.

Nick Martini is heading to join Triple-A Louisville. Bubba Thompson, though, is heading to Double-A Chattanooga.

As for Ian Gibaut, nothing really changes much for him at this point. He’s been on the injured list all season (he attempted two different rehab stints and was called back from both of them) and the move to the 60-day injured list simply opens up a roster spot. Update: Charlie Goldsmith of the Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that Gibaut will undergo surgery on Thursday, but the extent of it won’t be known just yet.