Tyler Stephenson

Reds Sign P.J. Higgins To Minor-League Deal

The Cincinnati Reds signed free-agent catcher/first baseman P.J. Higgins to a minor-league deal on Monday that includes an invitation to major-league camp. Higgins didn't see any action in the majors in 2023. He spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons with the Chicago Cubs and hit a combined .210/.291/.348 with six home runs, 11 doubles, a triple, 30 RBI and 24 runs scored in 254 plate appearances over 83 games played. The 30-year-old right-handed hitter spent 2023 with Triple-A Iowa (Cubs) and Triple-A Reno (Arizona Diamondbacks) and went 106-for-347 (.306) with 11 homers and 67 RBI in 90 games. Higgins will merely be providing organizational catching depth in 2024 for the Reds behind Tyler Stephenson and Luke Maile.

Nov 13 · Source via Cincinnati Reds P.J. Higgins Luke Maile Tyler Stephenson

Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2024

Matt Swartz has created a model to project salaries for arbitration eligible players, which we've been publishing at MLB Trade Rumors for 13 years. In the baseball industry, teams and agents determine arbitration salaries by identifying comparable players. To project the entire arbitration class in this way would take a massive amount of time and…

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Offseason Outlook: Cincinnati Reds

In conjunction with this post, Anthony Franco will hold a Reds-centric chat on 10-04-23 at 9:00 am CDT. Click here to leave a question in advance. The Reds made a surprising playoff push just one year removed from a 100-loss season. While they came up short in the final weekend, the influx of young talent…

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Tyler Stephenson Goes Deep In Blowout Win

Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson got in on the action in Friday's 19-2 demolition of the St. Louis Cardinals, going 1-for-5 with a home run, two RBI, two runs scored and a strikeout. The Reds hit three home runs in the fourth inning and six total on the night in an absolute beatdown in St. Louis. Stephenson does have a career-high 13 home runs on the year, but overall it's been a somewhat disappointing year for the Reds backstop. He's been splitting time of late behind the dish in Cincinnati with Luke Maile and is now hitting .245 on the year with a .701 OPS in a career-high 140 games played. The Reds remain alive for the final wild-card spot in the National League with two games left to play, but they are 1.5 games back of the Miami Marlins for the final spot.

Sep 30 · Source via Cincinnati Reds Luke Maile Tyler Stephenson

Tyler Stephenson Hitting The Bench Tuesday

Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson is not in the starting lineup Tuesday versus the Seattle Mariners and right-hander Bryce Miller. Stephenson started behind the plate in Monday's series opener and went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, one of which was of the RBI variety. That's now five hits, including the pair of doubles and a home run, along with a walk over Stephenson's last two games and eight trips to the plate. Despite the mini hot stretch, the 26-year-old's season has been on the disappointing side as he is hitting .254 with 11 home runs and a .722 OPS on the season, production that grades out 8% below the league average, as per his 92 wRC+. However, he could be a nice later-round target in fantasy drafts in 2024 considering his .278 average, 29 homers, and healthy .779 OPS across the first 314 games of his MLB career.

Sep 5 · Source via Cincinnati Reds Tyler Stephenson