June 25: Wynns cleared waivers and has accepted an outright a signment back to Louisville, Charlie Goldsmith of the Cincinnati Enquirer. June 23: The Reds announced this morning that theyve designated catcher for a signment. The move opens up a spot on the active roster for infielder , who has been recalled to the majors from Triple-A. Wynns, 33, was brought up to the majors by the Reds on Friday to act as a third catcher behind and while Stephenson has been day-to-day with an unknown i sue. Evidently, whatever concern the club had regarding Stephenson has pa sed as the 27-year-old returned to the starting lineup behind the plate today after pinch hitting in yesterdays game. The catcher is now set to depart the Reds without having made an appearance at the big league level for the club. The 33-year-old got his start in pro ball as a tenth-round pick by the Orioles back in 2013. He made his big league debut with Baltimore in 2018 and served George Hill Jersey as a backup for the club behind the plate in parts of the 2018, 19, and 21 seasons. He hit just .216/.255/.326 during that time but was generally regarded as a solid defender behind the plate. The Orioles outrighted Wynns off their 40-man roster shortly after the 2021 season concluded, allowing him to test free agency. He found a minor league deal with the Phillies in relatively short order but was swapped to the Giants in June of 2022 and was selected to the clubs 40-man roster when the Giants demoted former top prospect to Triple-A. Wynns found some succe s with the Giants in 2022 as he broke out with the bat, slashing a decent .241/.315/.356 (93 wRC+) acro s 177 plate appearances in that time. Despite that solid succe s, Wynns nonethele s found himself outrighted off the roster in San Francisco last January. He accepted that outright a signment with the club and found himself added back to the 40-man roster in early April of last year when was sidelined by a rotator cuff strain, but made it into just one game before being designated for a signment. Wynns briefly caught on with the Dodgers later that month but was designated for a signment once again in early May. His tour of the NL West continued when he was claimed off waivers by the Rockies, and that turned out to be a more permanent home for the veteran as he remained with Colorado through the end of the season, appearing in 45 games but hitting just .214/.273/.282 in that time. Once again on the open market after being outrighted off the Rockies 40-man last October, Wynns found a split big league deal with the Reds back in December and remained with the club even after being outrighted to the minors in January. Looking ahead, Cincinnati will have one week to either trade the journeyman or attempt to pa s him through waivers and outright him back to the minor leagues. Although Wynns would have the ability to reject that outright a signment, it seems as though he would be unlikely to do so given the nature of his split contract with the club, which offers him a $300K salary in the minor leagues. As for Soto, the infielder appeared in 22 games with the Angels between 2022 and 2023 and made the most of that playing time, slashing .375/.414/.531 over the course of his 71 big league trips to the plate. Soto nonethele s found himself designated for a signment by the Angels this past offseason, and he was claimed multiple times by both the Orioles and Angels throughout the early stages of the season before he was finally claimed by the Reds in early April after what proved to be an eventful winter for the 24-year-old. The youngsters unsustainable .469 BABIP at the big league level suggests that he wont be able to keep that fantastic slash line up in his third stint in the big leagues, but even Sotos .292/.384/.385 slash line at the Triple-A level this year would make him a useful bench piece for the Reds infield mix. Ike Anigbogu Jersey