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Reds Sign Brad Brach To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | May 6, 2021 at 9:18am CDT

While the Reds didn’t make a formal announcement, they inked veteran right-hander Brad Brach to a minor league contract earlier this week. Brach, a client of Big League Management, was listed as part of the Opening Day roster at Triple-A Louisville and pitched a scoreless frame of relief for the Bats last night (two strikeouts, one walk).

The 35-year-old righty spent Spring Training with the Royals and was selected to their MLB roster last month, but Kansas City designated him for assignment before he got into a game. Brach opted for free agency upon clearing waivers, which led to his new agreement with Cincinnati.

Though Brach struggled with the Mets through 12 1/3 frames last season, he brings to the Reds organization a lengthy track record of solid, late-inning relief work. He was an understated contributor to a pair of very good Orioles clubs in 2014-15 and gave the O’s a 2.99 ERA in parts of five seasons from ’14-’18. Brach notched a sub-4.00 ERA each year from 2012-18, striking out just north of a quarter of his opponents along the way. Walks were an issue at times (10.3 percent overall), but he logged a tidy 3.05 ERA through 449 innings and made an All-Star team during that seven-year peak.

It remains to be seen whether Brach can bounce back from a rough couple of seasons in 2019-20. His velocity dipped quite a bit last year, although he’d hardly be the only pitcher who suffered from a short build-up to the 60-game schedule in that regard. On a minor league deal for a Reds club that currently has setup man Michael Lorenzen on the 60-day IL due to shoulder concerns, Brach makes for a sensible roll of the dice.

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  1. hiflew

    4 years ago

    Lorenzen is not a setup man anymore. The Reds have converted him to a starter. At least that was the plan before the season.

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    • solaris602

      4 years ago

      That was my understanding as well. I haven’t seen or read anywhere that the plan had changed.

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  2. Lloyd Emerson

    4 years ago

    righyt on!

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  3. EasternLeagueVeteran

    4 years ago

    Where is Shane Greene these days? Discount the 2020 season, Brach actually had a nice 2019 with the Mets after starting poorly with Chicago.

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    • solaris602

      4 years ago

      Shocks me Greene hasn’t been signed with the epidemic of injuries this year taken into account. He must be holding fast to a figure nobody wants to touch…….yet

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  4. Monkey’s Uncle

    4 years ago

    Brach in the saddle again.

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  5. bgsupply_24

    4 years ago

    Great…lock up the toilet lids down in Sarasota, this dude has upper-deckered every toilet he’s ever sat on.

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  6. whyhayzee

    4 years ago

    Circus peanuts for everyone.

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  7. Cohn Joppolella

    4 years ago

    The Candy Man returns!!!

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  8. stricke3

    4 years ago

    The immediate future for Lorenzen as a starter is not for sure. Given the Reds bullpen instability, and starters level of success, it doesn’t seem that improbable that Lorenzen could relieve again when he is activated.

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    • joegriff

      4 years ago

      And with shoulder issues & half a season over they won’t want to waist the time building up innings nor is it smart to give a guy a new roll after shoulder issues.
      If & when he makes it back this year my monies on A bullpen roll

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      • solaris602

        4 years ago

        Makes more sense given his shoulder issues. You can ease him back by sending him out for just an inning for like 6 or 7 games before expanding that. Otherwise he’d probably be limited to 3 or 4 innings as a 5th day starter for several weeks

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