The Cincinnati Reds are bringing again left-handed reliever Reiver Sanmartin for the 2025 season on a minor league deal. The lefty final pitched within the massive leagues with the Reds in 2023 when he bought out to a troublesome begin, posting a 7.07 ERA in 14 video games between April and Might earlier than he wound up on the injured record. At first he was identified with a stress response in his elbow, however two months later he would endure Tommy John surgical procedure. He would turn into a free agent following the 2023 season, however he re-signed the subsequent day to proceed his rehab with the Reds.
Sanmartin would miss a full 12 months earlier than returning to the mound in July of 2024 within the minor leagues the place he made some rehab appearances in Arizona earlier than becoming a member of Dayton briefly to proceed his rehab course of there. Within the ultimate week of July he joined Triple-A Louisville and spent the subsequent two months there till the season got here to an finish.
He had some struggles with the Bats out of their bullpen, however it was largely simply that he’d have one poor, multi-run outing each few weeks and it ballooned his ERA to 7.36 in his 18.1 innings the place he walked seven and struck out 18 of the 90 hitters he confronted.
You’ll be able to see the profession stats for Reiver Sanmartin right here.
Mike Napoli joins the Reds
Rob Bradford of WEEI is reporting that Mike Napoli has joined the Cincinnati Reds. What isn’t being reported at the moment is what his function might be. Napoli has been with the Chicago Cubs over the previous 5 years in varied roles, and was their first base coach final season. He was not retained following the 2024 season.
With the Reds having already introduced their 2025 teaching employees will probably be fascinating to see if Napoli is being added to it, or if he’ll be part of the membership in another front-office like function.
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