The gross spend of the Cincinnati Reds in free agency at the big league level this winter has constituted, in total, the addition of pitcher Edgar Garcia on a league-minimum deal and the split-contract doled out to Kyle Farmer merely hours after he was technically non-tendered. That’s it. That’s the joke dot meme.
Former Cincinnati Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig is a candidate to join the New York Yankees, the Kansas City Royals or the Miami Marlins, according to a report Saturday via Twitter from MLB analyst and former Reds general manager Jim Bowden. MLB.com's Mark Feinsand reported earlier this month that Puig was drawing interest from multiple Major League Baseball teams, including the Yankees, the Marlins, the Boston Red Sox, the Houston Astros and the Baltimore Orioles.
The purge of the Cincinnati Reds roster at the outset of the offseason trimmed their 40-man roster in a thorough fashion, and there was always a wonder how they’d end up using those roster spots as the season neared. As it turns out, they’re using that flexibility to pluck fringe roster players off other clubs, clubs who are dipping into the free agent market despite fully 40-man allotments.
W | L | Pct | GB | |
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34 | 26 | .567 | 0.0 | |
30 | 28 | .517 | 3.0 | |
31 | 29 | .517 | 3.0 | |
29 | 31 | .483 | 5.0 | |
19 | 41 | .317 | 15.0 |