Reds reliever Silvino Bracho went unclaimed on outright waivers over the weekend, according to the transaction log at MLB.com. The right-hander had been designated for assignment when the club promoted relief prospect Eduardo Salazar.
Bracho signed a minor league deal with Cincinnati over the winter. He spent a couple weeks in the majors after the Reds selected his contract in mid-May. He’d pitched reasonably well for Triple-A Louisville prior to the promotion, allowing only five runs in 14 1/3 innings. Bracho struck out 15 of 57 batters faced while issuing only four walks. Those solid Triple-A results didn’t translate to big league success in his brief look in Cincinnati. He walked five against four punchouts while allowing three runs in 5 1/3 innings.
The 30-year-old Bracho has now appeared in parts of seven major league campaigns. He spent the bulk of his career with the Diamondbacks but has bounced around since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2019. He was briefly on the MLB rosters with the Red Sox and Braves last season but only appeared in three games for Atlanta. As he has thus far in 2023, Bracho had a strong Triple-A showing last year. He worked to a 2.67 ERA with a lofty 30.4% strikeout rate and excellent 4.3% walk percentage across 57 1/3 frames.
Bracho has gone unclaimed on waivers multiple times in his career. That gives him the right to elect minor league free agency and explore other opportunities if he doesn’t want to accept the assignment back to Louisville.
Where will Bracho go now?
The “Sopranos” ain’t an option anymore.
Thanks, Silvino.
Now, beat it.
Not a surprise.
Note to Nick Krall: if you actually signed some competent bullpen help in the offseason, you know, not count on the same four guys and wear them out by June, you wouldn’t have to keep shuffling these guys off the street who stink in and out.
These guys are four games out of the division lead due to pure grit and hustle despite losing a lot of one run games. Imagine what they could have been with a couple veteran starters and a fully competent bullpen.
You don’t choose when to compete, the opportunity chooses your time to shine.
They lost 100 damn games last year. Just signing some crappy vet relievers like Boxburger or Kimbrel or whoever you wanted would’ve made no difference in contending this year when they should be playing prospects and seeing what they have.
Hey, Ray, have you actually SEEN the Reds play this year or are you just assuming and being contrary?
if the Reds could just get one solid proven starting pitcher….if thats all the budget allows……a run at this division is right in front of them. also….we love him, but Votto should not play 1st again. just DH. its getting exciting for a change . lets enjoy the moment and stay positive
Acquiring starting pitching midseason probably costs more than dollars. Most teams at the trade deadline won’t be looking to unload quality starters just to shed payroll. And the Reds aren’t really at a point yet where they should be using their prospect surplus.
The most they should probably offer for short-term pitching help is try to swap a few shorter-term position players like Nick Senzel, Kevin Newman and Luke Maile.
Why Senzel? He’s cheap. He’s the best third baseman defensively we’ve had since Rolen. And he is now comfortable hitting. Leave him alone. They ruined him, putting him in the outfield.
Senzel because he’s getting more expensive and only controlled 2 more seasons, because the Reds will need somewhere to play Steer (plus De La Cruz and eventually others) with Encarnacion-Strand at 1B, and because Senzel’s remaining team control and ability to play both CF and 3B could probably net a better return than any other tradable player Cincinnati has.
you can sell high on senzel now though
Armaments, they missed their chance in the off-season. You know, when most people put together teams. Meanwhile they wasted the third year of India and Stephensob, the second of their young starting trio, Diaz and Friedl and the first of Steer.
They might get some bullpen guys for the guys you mentioned, to help out the guys getting burned out now.
they wasted the 3rd year players? thats ridiculous. I expected more from you, dude. this is the process. takes patience. relax! clock isn’t exactly ticking here. chill
And he’s a Knoxvillian!
Leave him alone.
Dude, you realize small market teams have a short eindow before they have to start trafing off guys in year five to get any value, right? This team has shown they only give a couple long term deals for any money. So yes. The clock is ticking for this bunch to play together and win anything. Remember what happened with the 2010-2012 bunch.
fair point….sooner than later, the young players get priced out.
Please do not make trades to get rid of anyone. Just bring up EDLC, CES and Abbot. Get Marte to AAA. Newman is about the only one without a future. We have a roster full of versatile players who are hustling and competing, playing an exciting brand of baseball. I haven’t been excited about the direction of this team years but now they have my attention.
Quite inspiring.
Worried about recent showing of Ashcraft but at least he’s healthy.
Octavian. If you bring them up, someone has to sit. Who is that? I’m not sitting McLean or India or Steer.
I thought they should have brought Abbott up instead of Williamson, but Williamson has been better than in spring when it appeared he was a ways away.
Easy, Trade Newman and Benson to Louisville. Bell has shown he can shuffle the lineup to get the matchups he wants. Most of the roster is versatile to get everyone time in the field, at DH and a day off to keep legs fresh. It’s never a bad thing to have too much talent.
If you bring up those kids, they have to play everyday for them to develop. That’s the thing, especially with the team going so well right now.
What I expect is that they come up in July after the all star break. I have a feeling Myers, Newman and maybe even Weaver to be sent on their way for whatever they can get. EDLC plays third like when he and McLain was in Louisville together and CES become pretty much a full time DH because Steer is so good defensively at first. I figure they either sell high on Senzel or he becomes the super utility guy like Zobrist on the Cubs several years ago.
If they keep Weaver, I sit Lively down and tell him he is staying in the big leagues even though Abbott coming up brcause he’s one of our guys. Spot starts, second game of doubleheaders, the guy that gives them four or five innings when the young guys have a bad day, which happens with young pitchers.