The Diamondbacks announced they’ve released veteran outfielder Josh Reddick. He had been designated for assignment last week.
A release was the anticipated outcome once Arizona bumped Reddick from the 40-man roster. The 34-year-old has more than enough big league service to reject an outright assignment, and the rebuilding Diamondbacks are long past focusing on the 2021 season. Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic wrote last week that Reddick’s designation was part of a broader organizational plan to give some more run to younger players as the front office looks for more information about who could comprise their core in future years.
Upon clearing release waivers, Reddick will be free to sign elsewhere. He’ll presumably be looking at minor league offers, as he settled for a minors pact over the offseason before being selected to Arizona’s big league club in late May. He struggled to the worst offensive showing of his career — .258/.285/.371 over 158 plate appearances — in the desert.
Nevertheless, Reddick figures to find decent interest from other clubs willing to offer him a Triple-A opportunity. The left-handed hitter has generally been a productive player over the course of his career, and he posted league average offensive numbers between 2018-20. If Reddick signs elsewhere on or before August 31, he’d be eligible for a new team’s postseason roster.
.258 is the new 300
Not when the other two numbers are sub 300 and sub 400 respectively
I don’t know. Leonidas and the 258 Spartans just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Angels should pick him up
Dont really need any more outfield help at this point…
I am sure the Angels have already put a call in. They love the bargain basement players.
Always seem to put together competitive at-bats against the Giants this year.
JJ Redick was signed after Josh was released
Sounds like a guy who’s going to “stick” around.
Bang bang!!
i don’t think he struggled to hit .258
No, but he did struggle to slug .371 and have an OPS of .656. Both are the worst of his career and the OPS is way below average for a starter. Frankly the Diamondbacks are doing him a favor instead of just benching him.
he didn’t struggle to slug .371 or have an ops of .656
it might have been a struggle to match his career marks, but not the .258/.371/.656
If he didn’t struggle, why was his OPS 100 points lower than his career numbers?
y’all are struggling to understand. he didn’t struggle to have that stats he has. he struggled to match his career stats.
Yep, his last HR was against the Giants.
Alex Dickerson or Reddick?
Corey Dickerson
Corey Patterson
Corey Harrison
Dodgers.. jk, kinda.
Friedman already took a chance on Reddick & it failed miserably
That’s it. The DBacks season is officially over.
You are at least 8 weeks late
Only 8? Dbacks season ended in April.
They were competitive until may and led the standings in April
He is a massive upgrade for Seattle’s LFs. I’ll take that batting line just as it is. He’d bat 6th for the Ms .
The M’s don’t want him or they would have gone after him in the offseason after he left the Lastros
I like him over Jake Bauer’s everyday
A .755 OPS vs right handlers paints his season in a little better light, considering that he’s been little more than a platoon hitter for the majority of his career….. Welcome back to Oakland Josh.
Appears he had the wrong handlers…
Idk. That was a bad joke.
Carry on
When the Diamondback’s initially DFA’D Reddick,
I thought they were just……………………………………………………….
JOSH-ing !!
The A’s may have a spot.
They might want to take him back after their CF was suspended 80 games for P E D usage
@sideburns, you are correct. Oakland makes all the sense in the world for Reddick with their starting RF getting suspended. He can still play good OF defense with a good arm. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him playing for Oakland by Aug 20th at the latest. The price is certainly right for the stingy A’s.
On a side note, ESPN is working on a documentary on his career called “The Chronicles of Reddick”.
Surprised they didn’t trade him even for a PTBNL at deadline if this was the plan
Yankees should pick him up. Definitely a upgrade over J. Davis especially if they are not calling Greg Allen back up.
Somebody has to want him for them to get an offer of a PTBNL.
Look at the NLC+ALC teams. You’re telling me no one could have used a late inning defensive replacement? I don’t buy that
Chicago has Billy Hamilton, Milwaukee has a good outfield and the rest of the teams are looking non competitive.
Oakland A’s makes the most sense
A’s will sign him to minor league deal
Pension earned. 10.050 years service time
Would make sense AZ held him long enough pre DFA to get over 10 years time. Nice gesture
Josh….Pirates on line 2. You have the chance to be the #2 outfielder. C’mon… pick up!
Isn’t totally wrong. Polanco won’t be here after this year, might as well start auditioning replacements to hold down the fort next year until Cruz makes it up (he will probably be an OF). I think our second OF will be Gamel so we’d only have one spot to fill. My early money would be on Alford though.
Toast
The Astros have no bench. Perhaps an option.
NPB or KBO option at this point
He’s going to become Matt Stairs 2.0
How? Josh Reddick is a good defensive OF. Matt Stairs was a DH.
He got released from a bad team because he was terrible.
A return to Oakland to platoon with Piscotty?
Josh Reddick Has been on a steady decline for the last three years or so. I agree with some of you to say he would be a good platoon for a non-playoff team. Likely though, it’s time to wrap it up.
The Cubs should pick him up. .258 is way better than Heyward and Happ
Maybe he should go to a team that is good at stealing signs. He did really good in 2017.
Kind of a weird idea, but I wouldn’t hate a Red Sox signing here. Reddick’s not what he used to be, but he’s a stable veteran presence with ties to Boston, and I’d sure rather roster him than Franchy (or Duran, who looks like he needs more work). Stranger resurgences have happened, and there’s basically no risk involved.
OAK.
I initially thought Oakland would be a decent destination on a minor’s contract and put him in Vegas for a while but I think the A’s are getting more from Seth Brown now then Reddick would give them and i see Brown better defensively at this point in Reddicks career. As a depth signing it would be ok but he is no upgrade over what they currently are putting out on the field
Could fit in TB platoon.LF handed hitting bench player,late def replacement.
i always love when you think a guy retired then you hear him with an awful team being released then you think ‘ wow! hes still playing?’
ATL sound pick him up right now.
His power is gone
Couldn’t be happier! Cheating POS,
The cubs should sign him,those numbers would be a improvement over some we have now.