He was one of five Reds prospects invited to the team's 2023 spring training camp.[10] Abbott began the year with Double-A Chattanooga,posting a 1.15 ERA across 3 starts before he promoted to the Triple-A Louisville Bats.[11] In 7 starts for Louisville,Abbott logged a 3–0 record and 3.05 ERA with 54 strikeouts in 38+1⁄3 innings of work.[12]
On June 4, 2023, the Reds announced that Abbott would be promoted to the major leagues for the first time to start against the Milwaukee Brewers the following day, after Hunter Greene had his start pushed back due to hip stiffness.[13] Abbott made his major league debut on June 5 and threw 6 shutout innings versus the Brewers, striking out 6 batters and allowing only 1 hit, making him the only left-hander in the Modern Era to pitch at least 6 scoreless innings with at least 6 strikeouts and no more than one hit allowed in an MLB debut, and the first Reds pitcher to do so since 1893.[14] On June 16, Abbott surrendered four hits over six scoreless innings against the Houston Astros to become first MLB pitcher to hurl three scoreless starts of at least five innings since 1893.[15] Abbott finished his rookie season with an 8–6 record and 3.87 ERA in 21 starts, striking out 120 batters in 109+1⁄3 innings.[16]
In the 2024 season, he was 10–10 with a 3.72 ERA in 130 innings, striking out 114 batters over 25 starts. His season ended prematurely after he was diagnosed with a left (pitching) shoulder strain, for which he was placed on the injured list on August 20th, and from which he did not return in 2024.[17]
Heading into the 2025 season, Abbott was expected to be in the Reds' pitching rotation again, but the same shoulder injury delayed his start to the season by 15 days.[18] He made his 2025 season debut on April 12, notching his first win of the season in a 5–2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.[19] On June 10, Abbott pitched a complete-game shutout in a 1–0 win over the Cleveland Guardians, allowing three hits while striking out 5 batters and walking one, having thrown 110 pitches. It was the first complete game of his major league career.[20]
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