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Reds Release Austin Romine

By Mark Polishuk | March 18, 2023 at 3:23pm CDT

The Reds announced that catcher Austin Romine has been released from his minor league deal.  Romine inked his contract in December, re-signing with Cincinnati after initially being acquired from the Cardinals at last August’s trade deadline.

The release gives Romine a bit of extra time to try and land a new contract with another team, before another wave of players  — Spring Training roster cuts, and the March 25 opt-out deadline for Article XX(b) free agents — hit the market as Opening Day approaches.  Romine is one of those Article XX(b) players, and perhaps agreed to the early release since the Reds let him know in advance that he wouldn’t be breaking camp.

During a quiet offseason overall for the Reds, the team was relatively busy at the catcher position, signing Curt Casali and Luke Maile to guaranteed big league deals.  Cincinnati plans to use both veteran backstops and Tyler Stephenson at catcher, with Stephenson seeing the majority of his time as a first baseman or DH in order to help him stay healthy.  Between this trio and Chuckie Robinson (who also has some MLB experience) at Triple-A, there didn’t seem to be much room for Romine to make the roster.

A veteran of 11 MLB seasons, Romine has spent much of his career with the Yankees in a backup role, though Romine ended up getting a good chunk of playing time from 2017-19 as a defensive-minded fill-in for Gary Sanchez.  Romine hasn’t hit much over his 484 games and 1449 career plate appearances, but as an experienced and respected backstop, the 34-year-old will surely get some looks from teams in need of extra catching depth.

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  1. User 3595123227

    2 years ago

    Oh no.

    Reply
    • kiddhoff

      2 years ago

      Wow!

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      • Buuba ho tep

        2 years ago

        WOW

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    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      2 years ago

      Romaine lettuce alone

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      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        2 years ago

        Nothing says release like letting go of a head of ruffage…

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  2. Rsox

    2 years ago

    Yankee reunion?

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    • rhswanzey

      2 years ago

      Oakland

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    • Stan Not the Man

      2 years ago

      They have injuries and need a backup- unfortunately he ain’t it.

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    • Buzz Killington

      2 years ago

      No please.

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  3. This one belongs to the Reds

    2 years ago

    With three catchers ahead of him, not surprised.

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  4. ARC 2

    2 years ago

    Oakland is looking for a back up catcher.

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  5. Motor City Beach Bum

    2 years ago

    Retirement time. Yankees sign him for one more game against the Tigers and him and Miggy can go at it again then retire at the same time 😉

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  6. Cleon Jones

    2 years ago

    So much for the Reds winning the 2023 World Series.

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  7. Jacksson13

    2 years ago

    Austin met with his agent and told him, Lettuce review our options”.

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    • frontdeskmike

      2 years ago

      His career is on track to hit an iceberg.

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  8. cguy

    2 years ago

    The plan was for Romine to work with the Reds young pitchers. With Stephenson, Casali, & Maile at the ML level, it became about Williamson & Stoudt at Louisville. Williamson probably has earned that rotation job with Cincy, so little reason to keep Romine.

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  9. Buzz Killington

    2 years ago

    Him and his brother are both career minor leaguers in terms of talent that somehow got bench roles and actually made a decent amount of money.

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  10. SeanV

    2 years ago

    I wouldn’t mind seeing him in Oakland.

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  11. JoelP

    2 years ago

    He can back up Hedges in Pittsburgh and allow Rodriguez and Davis to get their minor league reps in this year.

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    • Armaments216

      2 years ago

      Can plant Hedges and Romine behind the plate and have a garden full of Austins.

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  12. Northeasternskier

    2 years ago

    His pitching career was over the second he gave up a homer to Brock Holt, allowing Holt to hit for the cycle, during the ALDS, against the Red Sox. (lol)

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  13. libertybell444

    2 years ago

    To the Phillies to stick up on catching depth in the minors since Stubbs is a bit dinged up from the WBC.

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