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Diamondbacks Designate Josh Reddick For Assignment

By Anthony Franco | August 5, 2021 at 1:10pm CDT

The Diamondbacks announced a series of roster moves this afternoon, most notably the designation of veteran outfielder Josh Reddick for assignment. Right-handers Taylor Clarke and Riley Smith and first baseman/outfielder Pavin Smith have all been reinstated from the injured list. Riley Smith and righty J.B. Bukauskas were optioned to Triple-A Reno. Meanwhile, reliever Ty Tice has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Reno.

Arizona signed Reddick to a minor league deal in April and selected him to the big league roster the following month. He’s seen a good bit of action in right field in Phoenix since then but struggled to a .258/.285/.371 line over 158 plate appearances. That was trending as the worst offensive output of Reddick’s typically strong career, as well as a downturn from the roughly league average hitting he managed with the Astros between 2018-20.

Reddick has more than enough service time to reject a minor league assignment while retaining what remains of his $750K salary. Assuming he clears waivers, he’ll almost certainly hit free agency — either via release or rejection of an outright assignment. The move clears an outfield spot for the league-worst Diamondbacks to continue to look at younger players — Pavin Smith among them — while freeing Reddick to explore opportunities elsewhere. It wouldn’t be surprising to see the 34-year-old hook on with a new organization via minor league pact over the coming days to serve as lefty-hitting outfield depth.

Clarke has been out since mid-June with a teres major strain. Before the injury, the 28-year-old was one of the more reliable relievers in a shaky Arizona bullpen. Clarke has worked 33 2/3 innings across 30 appearances this season, pitching to a 3.74 ERA with a slightly below-average 22.5% strikeout rate but a strong 6.3% walk percentage. Pavin and Riley Smith missed a few days as close contacts after Noé Ramirez and Stuart Fairchild tested positive for COVID-19 last Friday.

The D-Backs added Tice off waivers from the Braves a little more than two weeks ago. After succeeding in passing him through waivers themselves, they’ll keep him in the organization as non-roster bullpen depth. The 25-year-old hasn’t appeared in the majors for the D-Backs, instead making four appearances with Reno, but he did see brief MLB time with the Blue Jays and Braves earlier in the year. Tice has tossed eight innings of four-run ball in the big leagues but has a 10.67 ERA with thirteen walks and eleven strikeouts across 14 1/3 Triple-A frames.

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45 Comments

  1. User 3617846742

    4 years ago

    Wow, Reddick is only 60 points higher than Gardner, and he can play defense better than Gardner too..

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    • karldanger

      4 years ago

      Nah gardy still one of the best on the grass

      Reply
      • AngelsAdvocate

        4 years ago

        Hahaha!

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    • Allknowingone

      4 years ago

      First thing I thought of- he is a lefty hitter and would be an improvement over the bats on the bench as well. The Yankees really should grab him- upgrade over Gardner, Frazier, Andujar- the guy from Toronto they signed and kept over Allen. The big issue is he is a member of the 2017 Astros- that might create too many issues.

      Reply
  2. tstats

    4 years ago

    As dodger stadium loves to chant, “CHEATER CHEATER” 🙂

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    • MilwaukeeStrong

      4 years ago

      wonder what they’ll chant for Bauer

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      Reply
      • burkules

        4 years ago

        Beater

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        Reply
      • RazorRamonie

        4 years ago

        Choker

        2
        Reply
      • jjd002

        4 years ago

        He’ll be fine. They don’t boo Mookie.

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        • DarkSide830

          4 years ago

          TF did Mookie do?

          Reply
        • amk1920

          4 years ago

          It was JD Martinez and that video room guy. Do your research.

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          Reply
      • tstats

        4 years ago

        Thief

        Reply
  3. birdsfan415

    4 years ago

    Ty tice 🙁

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    • Monkey’s Uncle

      4 years ago

      I was surprised that he made it through waivers, but I also hadn’t seen his AAA numbers for this year yet. Very small sample size, but yikes. Still, if someone ever gives Tice a sustained chance in the majors he might stick around.

      Reply
  4. martevious

    4 years ago

    Batting .258 is hardly struggling.

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    • A Seal

      4 years ago

      Look at obp.

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    • Monkey’s Uncle

      4 years ago

      In today’s game you’d better be either hitting for power or getting on base, or both. Reddick isn’t doing either. He’s also 34 and on a last place team, who at this point would rather get a look at the younger guys.

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      • jdwakefield

        4 years ago

        the white Sox will take him.

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    • amk1920

      4 years ago

      His OPS+ is 24 points below league average. This isn’t the 1960s anymore.

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      Reply
  5. aTouchOfSarcasm

    4 years ago

    Reddick did a bang up job in Houston, really did a number on garbage pitches, he cleaned up out there, took some might Hefty swings….created a buzz, wire to wire.

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    • steven st croix

      4 years ago

      Stop trying so hard. This is lame

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      • aTouchOfSarcasm

        4 years ago

        Feel free to have your opinion, and I will too….(Oh, BTW…I didn’t have to try that hard, the Astros make it pretty easy.) Enjoy your day.

        Reply
    • elmedius

      4 years ago

      Witty and I liked the comment… but his power years were in Oakland.

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      Reply
  6. mafiabass

    4 years ago

    Come home, Josh!

    I was at the game in Baltimore where you hit your 1st home run, 8/1/09!

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    Reply
  7. bigdaddyhacks

    4 years ago

    No trash cans in AZ. Huh who knew?

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  8. Curly Was The Smart Stooge

    4 years ago

    With all his post season experience, someone is bound to pick him up.

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    • jaybest

      4 years ago

      he is terrible in postseason…..

      Reply
      • tstats

        4 years ago

        Who truly isn’t

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  9. Ham Fighter

    4 years ago

    He’ll def get picked up by a contender so good move for him getting off that God awful team in Arizona

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  10. DarkSide830

    4 years ago

    Phillies should swap him in for Odubel

    Reply
  11. Jordan 5

    4 years ago

    Should retire and go into waste management.

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    Reply
  12. nacb55

    4 years ago

    This has Giants written all over it.

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    • Gumby82

      4 years ago

      Hopefully he goes to the A’s and replaces Mitch Moreland

      Reply
    • giantsphan12

      4 years ago

      @Gumby, no it doesn’t! We just got Bryant, we don’t need Reddick. We are about to have roster crunch problems with the injured vets coming back….so, we have no use for JR. I wish him well tho!

      Reply
  13. Cap & Crunch

    4 years ago

    I hear the Astros a looking for a new drummer ?

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      4 years ago

      So, the Astros are getting the band back together?!

      Reply
  14. Gumby82

    4 years ago

    A’s should pick him (or anyone) up and DFA Moreland

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    • jaag111

      4 years ago

      Reddick has a line of .258/.285/.371, OPS+ 77
      Moreland has a line of .228/.287/.386, OPS+ 88

      You would be replacing trash with trash. Is there no DH out there that the A’s could have picked up that would be better than Moreland?

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      • Allknowingone

        4 years ago

        Yes- Luke Voight but the Yankees were not trading him to a team like the A’s where it could come back to bite them down the stretch or in the playoffs. Schwarber would have fit but the Redsox gave a better package. Donaldson would have been a great fit except they couldn’t take on the money. The other poster was right- the options they have are replacing trash with trash.

        Reply
  15. BigFred

    4 years ago

    “Reddick’s typically strong career”. What? When?

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    • tstats

      4 years ago

      24 WAR, 104 OPS+

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  16. opranger

    4 years ago

    Couldn’t be happier!

    Reply
  17. Kewldood69

    4 years ago

    Hey Texans – your boy is a cheater. Get used to it.

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    Reply
  18. ham77

    4 years ago

    You can’t make it here, you can’t make it anywhere.

    Reply
  19. jklemper

    4 years ago

    Reddick’s never gonna dance again. Guilty feet have got no rhythm.

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