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Reds Sign Josh Osich, Matt Ball To Minor League Deals

By Connor Byrne | December 21, 2020 at 5:07pm CDT

The Reds have signed left-hander Josh Osich and righty Matt Ball to minor league contracts with invitations to major league spring training, Bobby Nightengale of the Cincinnati Enquirer relays.

The 32-year-old Osich divided last season between the Red Sox and Cubs, the latter of whom acquired him at the Aug. 31 trade deadline. Osich combined for 18 1/3 innings of 6.38 ERA/5.97 FIP pitching between the teams, and the 92.4 mph average he posted on his fastball fell well short of his lifetime mean of 95. On the bright side, Osich did log 11.78 K/9 against 2.45 BB/9 and record a 54.5 percent groundball rate. The Cubs designated Osich for assignment after their season ended.

Ball, 25, hasn’t reached the majors since the White Sox used an 11th-round pick on him in 2013. Also a former member of the Rangers and Angels organizations, Ball has registered a 5.24 ERA with 8.6 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 over 391 2/3 minor league innings.

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  1. douger007

    4 weeks ago

    Now that Iglesias trade finally makes sense.

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  2. Mrtwotone

    4 weeks ago

    Ostrich Balls are delicious

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    • douger007

      4 weeks ago

      Funny. My dad used to raise ostriches. Mean suckers.

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      • astick

        4 weeks ago

        Yeah that’s ok I’ll see what you think the next time is going to come up with a good idea and then it’s going back

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    • Cey Hey

      4 weeks ago

      The Ostrich should be the official bird of the Cincinnati Reds. Head buried in the sand, no plan whatsoever. I bet they’d take a do-over on that Jeter Downs/Josiah Gray trade.

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    • bobtillman

      4 weeks ago

      Do you kill the ostrich first in order to taste their balls?

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      • DHS79

        4 weeks ago

        No Bob, you try to bite them while still attached to the bird. When the kicks you, it may knock some sense into you .

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        • bobtillman

          4 weeks ago

          ROFL….I hear that with soy sauce, they taste like chicken…..

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        • DHS79

          4 weeks ago

          Now if all ostriches that live around me would please pull their heads out of the sand and not act like they live in Karenville, then life could get back to the new normal…….better yet I wish they would keep their heads in the sand…..literally. Lol

          Every eyeballs each other like they are a convicted murder, sex offender, …. he MAY HAVE COVID

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  3. DarkSide830

    4 weeks ago

    Ball seems like a solid depth option. nice indy numbers last year.

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    • Jacob Cook

      4 weeks ago

      Forgot to mention the Indy team he played for.

      Sugar Land Lightning Sloths.

      (RIP ‘Skeeters’)

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      • DarkSide830

        4 weeks ago

        they are Houston’s AAA affiliate. the Lightning Sloths were one of three temporary teams that played alongside the Skeeters in a makeshift league held entirely at Sugar Land’s Constellation Energy Field.

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    • lolzmets

      4 weeks ago

      Why not go ahead and capitalize the second sentence?

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      • DarkSide830

        4 weeks ago

        because i dont care

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      • Sopro Found

        4 weeks ago

        This is a place where ppl casually discuss baseball deals..and rumors..and your contribution is critiquing another man’s grammar..? I’m fairly new here, but I imagine the community is extremely grateful for your presence..‍♂️

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  4. DocBB

    4 weeks ago

    Meh…

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    • lolzmets

      4 weeks ago

      Use real words.

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      • Cap & Crunch

        4 weeks ago

        like lolz?

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  5. VonPurpleHayes

    4 weeks ago

    Osh Gosh! Josh Osich.

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  6. connfyoozed

    4 weeks ago

    Well, I have to say that the Reds are on the Ball with these moves.

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  7. homeunderdog

    4 weeks ago

    take it from a giants fan, osich is awful!

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  8. LetGoOfMyLeg

    4 weeks ago

    The Cubs offered a player to be named later in their trade of this guy from the RedSox. Was that trade ever completed?

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    • bobtillman

      4 weeks ago

      Elvis Peacock

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  9. vtadave

    4 weeks ago

    Hope Lavar’s kid makes it back to the big leagues.

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  10. Indianfan

    4 weeks ago

    Is it true that the other four Indians starting pitchers are going to be playing left, center, right and second base on the days they aren’t starting?

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    • DHS79

      4 weeks ago

      The Cleveland Team Fan ??

      Do we know the new team name yet? Cleveland news dropping any idea? Are they running a contest?

      Spiders?
      Rockers?

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  11. BruntlettSupastar

    4 weeks ago

    Their manager is now talking to the agents for Frank Emu and Johnny Bat.

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  12. DHS79

    4 weeks ago

    Osich, Hembree, Moreland, Workman, and Pillar all became free agents after their trade dead line moves…

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  13. titanic struggle

    4 weeks ago

    Scrap heapin…

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    • DHS79

      4 weeks ago

      Scrap heap brought a nice return…

      Potts, Rosario, Seabold, Pivetta, Jacob Wallace, and Cubs player-to-be-named

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      • JoeBrady

        4 weeks ago

        Bloom definitely earned his salary. Outside of not trading JBJ, I am not sure what else could be done.

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        • DHS79

          4 weeks ago

          Joe – agreed! It will be interesting to see how Bloom fills out the rotation and bullpen now that he is not mandated at getting under the CBT.

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        • JoeBrady

          4 weeks ago

          I threw out something in the Castillo thread, but probably too late.

          I’d bet that Downs for Castillo & all $52M of Moose’s salary gets Cincy’s attention. I don’t think it would be smart of them, but $52M is a lot of money for anyone that doesn’t have $52M.

          Everyone can offer up a better prospect, but other teams would need to be willing to shell out the $52M, AND have a slot for Moose. We can put him at 2nd without cringing too much.

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  14. Wolf Chan

    4 weeks ago

    Osich as a giant was so good for like 2/3 of a season when he came up….. that is all I can say.

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    • JoeBrady

      4 weeks ago

      I always liked him, and was happy that the RS picked him up. And happy that they traded him.

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