The Reds have announced a few roster moves, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic was among those to report. They have two new additions to their 60-man player pool in right-hander Hunter Greene and catcher Mark Kolozsvary. The club also selected the contract of reliever Nate Jones, who will make its season-opening roster, and optioned infielder Alex Blandino.
Greene may be the most notable name in the group, as he went second overall in the 2017 draft and then signed with the Reds for a record-setting $7.23MM bonus. Unfortunately, though, Greene’s coming off a major injury. He underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2019, thereby preventing him from pitching at all last season and building on his 2018 effort. While the hard-throwing Greene only pitched to a 4.48 ERA across 68 1/3 innings in Single-A ball that year, he did notch a 3.29 FIP with 11.72 K/9 and 3.03 BB/9.
Kolozsvary, 24, was also part of the Reds’ 2017 draft class. The former seventh-rounder has topped out so far in High-A ball, where he put up an unconventional line of .188/.341/.321 with six home runs in 291 plate appearances last season.
Kolozsvary was a head-scratching addition until someone pointed out that he was Greene’s catcher in Dayton. I’d almost guarantee he was only added to work with Greene at the alternative site (Prasco Park) and that he will never actually even get close to seeing the MLB field.
Maybe they should cut him and make him a coach if he’s so valuable to Greene’s progression.
unconventional
Kolozsvary definitely showed a penchant for getting hit by pitches last year.
Sounds like he can step in where Derek Dietrich left off
Do you mean the HBP, batting .188 or both? Lol…
Yep, Dietrich 2.0 with a little less offense but more value in the field.