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Rays Acquire Cody Reed

By Connor Byrne | August 28, 2020 at 7:49pm CDT

The Rays have acquired left-hander Cody Reed from the Reds for righty Riley O’Brien, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic tweets. To make room for Reed, Tampa Bay placed newly acquired outfielder Brett Phillips on the COVID-19 injured list as he goes through intake protocols, the team announced. Meanwhile, O’Brien is now a member of the Reds’ 60-man player pool, per Rosecrans.

The Reds designated Reed for assignment earlier this week after he started 2020 with 9 1/3 innings of 10-hit, six-earned run ball with 10 strikeouts and eight walks. But the 27-year-old was effective for Cincinnati in 2018-19, and the AL East-leading Rays are in a position where they need to acquire pitching help in the wake of several injuries – including to notable bullpen arms in Nick Anderson, Jose Alvarado, Jalen Beeks, Oliver Drake, Andrew Kittredge, Colin Poche and Chaz Roe.

In the event Reed turns things around in a Rays uniform, he could be a multiyear piece for the club, as he’s not due to reach free agency until after 2024. However, Reed doesn’t have any minor league options remaining, so he’ll have to stick on the Rays’ MLB roster or be subjected to the waiver wire.

The Reds are getting a promising farmhand in O’Brien, a 25-year-old who made his Double-A debut in 2019 and registered a 3.93 ERA/3.49 FIP with 9.44 K/9, 3.8 BB/9 and a 45.7 percent groundball rate in 68 2/3 innings. Prior to the trade, O’Brien ranked as a top 25 Rays prospect at MLB.com (No. 20), Baseball America (24) and FanGraphs (24). MLB.com, the most bullish of those outlets, writes that O’Brien has the potential to amount to a mid-rotation starter or “a late-inning force,” depending on whether he’s able to improve his control.

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Comments

  1. Briffle

    2 years ago

    Rays next great reliever

    Reply
    • BrandonGregory74

      2 years ago

      If he can get his secondary pitches under control you may be right

      Reply
  2. mgomrjsurf

    2 years ago

    Know this isn’t the Pitcher Trade we waiting for Rays to make but at least a Trade like maybe Bauer could of been in it to and second one today and we had 2 yesterday.

    Reply
  3. bobtillman

    2 years ago

    Well, Yarborough just left tonite’s game with an issue….here we go….2020, the year of attrition….

    Reply
    • Lovinmlb

      2 years ago

      If anybody has the depth it’s the rays.

      Reply
    • StPeteStingRays

      2 years ago

      Groin tightness and NOT an arm injury. Thank goodness

      Reply
  4. Simple Simon

    2 years ago

    Just wondering, who benefits from the Players opting not to play?
    Who loses?
    Is there any fan benefit in game postponement?

    Reply
    • StPeteStingRays

      2 years ago

      No fan benefit. Just virtue signaling by millionaires

      Reply
      • lautrec

        2 years ago

        Yep. I really started not missing baseball when covid was the thing, and now with the virtue signaling I’m about to finally just cleanse myself of it altogether. It’s just goofy now.

        Reply
      • pinstripes17

        2 years ago

        human rights isn’t virtue signaling you bigots

        Reply
      • earmbrister

        2 years ago

        St Pete and Lau – you are signaling your lack of virtue. The majority of Americans are fed up with blacks being gunned down by law enforcement with little or no provocation, and with little or no consequence. Black athletes, like those on the Milwaukee Bucks, are saying ENOUGH. They’re not going to just “shut up and dribble”. This has reached crisis proportions, and it says a lot that we might lose professional sports not to Covid but to racial injustice. Real and significant change is long overdue.

        …With Liberty and Justice For All.

        Reply
  5. Judge_Smails45

    2 years ago

    Reds seem to get a pretty good prospect in return. Might contribute this year

    Reply
  6. DarkSide830

    2 years ago

    O’Brien seems like a solid sleeper prospect

    Reply
  7. craigmiller13

    2 years ago

    Really liked Cody Reed in Cincy. Hope he gets it together and has a great career in Tampa.

    Reply
  8. fannclub6

    2 years ago

    Further proof there is not nearly enough talent to fill out 30 major league rosters. Let alone pitching talent

    Reply
  9. hiflew

    2 years ago

    Getting a top 30 prospect from a team in exchange for a guy you just DFA’d is pretty good. Nice move for the Reds, at least in currency terms.

    Reply
  10. angt222

    2 years ago

    Love how the Rays are constantly looking to catch that lightening in a bottle. Successful examples include, Carlos Peña, Rafael Soriano & Fernando Rodney.

    Reply
    • Briffle

      2 years ago

      I agree with you that Tampa has done a great job of finding talent out of scraps, but Soriano had some great seasons with Atlanta before he went to Tampa.

      Reply
  11. tonyinsingapore

    2 years ago

    Reds fan here – warning: Reed creates jams, he doesn’t get your team out of them. The type of reliever that will immediately go 2-0 or 3-0 on his first batter. The Reds couldn’t trust Reed in any type of leverage situation and he basically ran out of chances. Good luck !

    Reply
    • kc38

      2 years ago

      You don’t think the rays have had their fair share of pitchers with that description? If I was a pitcher who was struggling I would be dying to go to Tampa. Their track record or fixing these types of players is unbelievable and their scouting department has to be the best in baseball. I’ve never trusted a front office as much as this one for any team

      Reply
  12. Peart of the game

    2 years ago

    Reed is a AAAA starting pitcher who should do well in Tampa Bay

    Reply
  13. CLKR

    2 years ago

    If the Rays can turn Drake and Roe into above league average relievers they can fix Reed.

    Reply
  14. dtdt

    2 years ago

    Did anyone else notice that Riley O’Brien was not on the Rays’ 60-man pool prior to yesterday? They simply added him yesterday prior to immediately trading him. That’s why I think that these 60-man adds are a red herring when you’re talking about trade bait. Teams simply want to get the player reps.

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