Apparently the innings limit on him isn't so solid. From today's Enquirer:
HOMER UPDATE: Homer Bailey has thrown 137 2/3 innings this season, and that's about as many as the Reds had planned for him.
But there are no plans to shut him down.
"He's going to pitch through the playoffs," Krivsky said.
Any chance he'll be up with the Reds in the September?
"I don't know," Krivsky said. "I'm not ready to say yes or no."
But it's probably a long shot.
Jason Standridge and Gary Majewski, currently in the DL, should be healthy and pitching by Sept. 1. Krivsky said Grant Balfour, on the DL all season, could possibly pitch in September as well.