Trevor Bauer wants to start every fourth day for the Cincinnati Reds during Major League Baseball's shortened 60-game season.

Reds pitching coach Derek Johnson said the team would consider Bauer's request.

"I've applied some friendly pressure to him, I guess is how you'd say it," Bauer said. "But basically letting him know that I want to pitch as much as possible as often as possible. You don't have to worry about wearing down over the course of a long season. We've got a two-month sprint and a month of playoffs."

Bauer is in line to be the No. 3 starter in Cincinnati's rotation behind Sonny Gray and Luis Castillo.