The Reds have acquired right-handed reliever Justin Grimm from the Dodgers, according to Doug Gray of RedsMinorLeagues.com. The Dodgers received cash considerations in return, per Andersen Pickard of SB Nation.
Grimm never pitched in the majors for the Dodgers, who signed him to a minor league contract in late March. To this point, the 30-year-old has spent the season with Triple-A Oklahoma City and pitched to a bloated 5.66 ERA despite 12.2 K/9 against 3.3 BB/9 over 41 1/3 innings.
At his best, Grimm was a solid piece of the Cubs’ bullpen from 2013-16, during which he posted a 3.29 ERA/3.17 FIP with 10.48 K/9, 3.94 BB/9 and a 45.2 percent groundball rate in 180 1/3 innings. That came after Grimm struggled in 2012 with the Rangers, though, and he fell off in 2017 with the Cubs before enduring a rough 2018 divided between the Royals and Mariners. Adding up all of Grimm’s major league work, he has notched a 4.98 ERA/4.07 FIP with 9.13 K/9, 3.89 BB/9 and a grounder percentage of 43.8 in 356 frames.
Could of gotten like Hernandez or Hughes back because Dodgers buyers and Reds might sellers.
Grimm isn’t a prospect more than just depth/insurance.
Or a situational RH who wasn’t very good got what was somewhat expected seeing as he was probably going to opt out anyways.
Reds must be desperate To increase their chances for a high draft pick if they got Justin GRIMM. ( he was one of the mistakes that Dayton Moore made last season)
He’s a depth piece, nothing more. Grimm will probably be a starter in AAA. The Yanks just traded for a AAA depth guy, without their fans being outraged.
Terrible pitcher….writes great scary stories tho……(with his brother)….
Okay, I’ll laugh at that. Justin case.
It was good. Kudos.
That IS funny
He’s nothing more than a warm body. David Bell has destroyed the Reds bullpen.
True, he is just a depth piece.
Bell is a curious guy who makes a ton of changes in his lineup and inside the game but has he overused the BP?
I thought their innings were down compared to other teams?
Reds starters have thrown the 4th most innings in NL, so all of the crap of overusing the pen is ill informed. Their pen has been hurt by injuries to the LH and inconsistency by the RH so getting a depth piece is harmless
They have overused the pin, the Reds starters usually only last 5-6 innings! Bell got a shorter hook then Sparky Anderson did!!!
Again, there are 9 (or NINE, or 10-1, or 8+1) teams in the NL alone who have used their bullpen more. And every single team uses their pen more than Sparky. Game has evolved but Bell let’s his starters throw more than most
YES!!!