The Reds introduced that they’ve chosen the contract of left-hander Brandon Leibrandt from Triple-A Louisville. Proper-hander Casey Kelly has been designated for task because the corresponding transfer.
Cincinnati’s pitching employees has been fairly banged up of late. Coming into August, they already had Graham Ashcraft, Brandon Williamson, Brent Suter, Ian Gibaut and Tejay Antone on the injured checklist. Because the month has began, Andrew Abbott, Hunter Greene, Nick Lodolo and Christian Roa have been added to the pile.
The membership has already made a couple of transactions to bolster the pitching employees in latest days, together with deciding on Kelly. The 34-year-old had been pitching for the LG Twins of the KBO however obtained launched when that membership signed Elieser Hernández. That ended an virtually six-year relationship, as Kelly had signed with the Twins going into 2019. He had a 3.25 ERA in that point, tossing just below 1,000 innings, however that ERA jumped to 4.51 this yr and the Twins let him go.
He landed a minor league take care of the Reds in early August and made two Triple-A begins, permitting 4 earned runs in eight innings. He obtained known as as much as the majors a couple of days in the past and logged 5 1/3 innings over two reduction appearances, permitting three earned runs in that point.
The Reds wanted six pitchers to get by means of final evening’s sport, together with Kelly, and have determined to get a recent arm into the combination. With the commerce deadline now handed, Kelly shall be positioned on waivers within the coming days. He has a earlier profession outright and would subsequently have the proper to elect free company if he passes by means of waivers unclaimed.
Taking his spot is the 31-year-old Leibrandt. He has a small quantity of main league expertise, having tossed 9 innings for the Marlins within the shortened 2020 season. Since then, he has bounced round to varied minor league and indy ball golf equipment.
He began 2024 with the Excessive Level Rockers of the unbiased Atlantic League, tossing 19 1/3 innings over 4 begins with a tiny ERA of 0.93. That obtained him a minor league take care of the Reds in Might and he has been with Louisville since then. He has logged 72 2/3 innings over 15 begins there with a 4.46 ERA, 20.3% strikeout charge, 6.1% stroll charge and 39% floor ball charge.
Given the membership’s aforementioned challenges with the pitching employees, they could name upon Leibrandt to soak up some innings sooner or later. He nonetheless has a full slate of choices and fewer than a yr of service time, so the membership will have the ability to retain him for a very long time. However since they’ve been rotating guys on and off the roster currently, it’s completely doable that it is going to be a brief stint for Leibrandt, prefer it was for Kelly.
