The Reds have decided to give Aroldis Chapman a few days off to rest his pitching shoulder.

Chapman struggled with his velocity and command in an appearance against the Pirates on Monday night. He averaged a season-low 94.4 miles per hour on his fastball.

"We're lucky we got him to this point," Dusty Baker said. "When you throw 100 mph, you're bound to tweak something sooner or later. He's at a plateau he's never reached before. This is another step in learning how to be a closer."

Chapman set a club record when he didn't allow an earned run in his first 24 appearances of the season.

He said that he's felt no pain in the shoulder.

"It is a little fatigued," Chapman said through a translator. "I started feeling it a couple of games back. I just wasn't myself. It's nothing major. There's nothing wrong. I just feel weak.

"I think in five days or a week I should be ready."