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Reds Designate Austin Wynns For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | July 2, 2024 at 2:10pm CDT

The Reds announced that catcher Tyler Stephenson has been reinstated from the family medical emergency list, with fellow backstop Austin Wynns designated for assignment in a corresponding move.

Wynns was selected to the roster on Friday as Stephenson went on the paternity list. Stints on the paternity list come with a maximum of three days but Stephenson stayed away from the club a little longer, getting transferred to the family medical emergency list yesterday. Now that Stephenson has returned to the club, he’ll take over sharing catching duties with Luke Maile and nudge Wynns off the roster.

The 33-year-old Wynns has been bouncing on and off the Cincinnati roster all year. In December, he signed a major league split deal that pays him $900K while in the majors and $300K in the minors. The Reds designated him for assignment in January and passed him through waivers. Since Wynns has more than three years of service time but less than five, he can reject an outright assignment but would have to forfeit his remaining salary to do so.

Since he is out of options and has that unique contract status, a similar series of transactions has played out a few times during the season already. He was selected to the roster on June 21 while Stephenson was hurt but then was designated for assignment a few days later, accepting an outright. He got his roster spot back a few days after that and has now been bumped off again.

The circumstances effectively allow the Reds to treat Wynns like an optionable player but without him taking up a 40-man spot when he’s down in the minors. Any club could claim him off waivers but doing so would mean taking on that money and keeping him on the active roster, at least temporarily. Since he’s already been passed through waivers twice this year and accepted an outright assignment both times, it would appear likely to happen yet again in the coming days. Wynns has hit just .229/.276/.331 in his career but is generally considered a solid defender.

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11 Comments

  1. Paleobros

    11 months ago

    That’s a Wynns-Winn photo. Nice job MLBTR.

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  2. JRamHOF

    11 months ago

    The Orioles are stacking Wynns

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  3. cguy

    11 months ago

    I wonder how many GMs have DFAed a player who has a 1.800 OPS for your team?

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  4. keysox

    11 months ago

    Jeb Hoyer on line 1.

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    • keysox

      11 months ago

      He would fit in nice to the Cubs lineup with a .229 batting average.

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      Reply
  5. Datashark

    11 months ago

    They let go a guy batting .600 with 1.200 SLG – That surely will help land another gig – that one game he made it count

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  6. This one belongs to the Reds

    11 months ago

    In five at bats.

    Stat boys…gotta love em.

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    • Datashark

      11 months ago

      He can tell his grandkids one year I batted .600 and the Reds let me go

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  7. This one belongs to the Reds

    11 months ago

    More importantly…congrats to the new dad, Tyler Stephenson.

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    • Datashark

      11 months ago

      Tyler can tell his child at the time you were born the Reds wanted me back really bad so they released a player that was batting .600 and had 1.800 OPS

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  8. letitbelowenstein

    11 months ago

    Wynns: I batted .600 and slugged 1.200. What more do you want?

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