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Reds Select Alan Busenitz

By Darragh McDonald | September 20, 2024 at 1:30pm CDT

The Reds announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander Alan Busenitz. Left-hander Brandon Leibrandt was optioned in a corresponding active roster move. The club already had a 40-man roster vacancy.

Cincinnati got stomped by Atlanta yesterday, eventually losing 15-3. Starter Julian Aguiar allowed seven of those runs, lasting four innings. After Yosver Zulueta came in and allowed one run in one frame, Leibrandt entered and covered the final four, allowing another seven runs. Leibrandt threw 80 pitches in that mop-up duty and was surely going to be unavailable for a few days, so the club will swap him out for a fresh arm.

Busenitz, 34, signed a minor league deal with the Reds in the offseason and this is the second time they have selected his contract. The first was August 23, a day in which the club deployed a bullpen game against the Pirates. He was one of seven pitchers to take the mound for the Reds that day, completing one inning but allowing four runs, three of them earned. He was designated for assignment the next day and later cleared waivers, getting outrighted back to Triple-A Louisville.

His results have naturally been much better at that level. He has a 4.07 earned run average for the Bats, often tossing multiple innings at a time, as he’s logged 66 1/3 frames in his 49 outings. His 21.6% strikeout rate, 7.9% walk rate and 44.5% ground ball rate are all pretty close to par.

The Reds are out of contention but Busenitz can give them another relief option as they look to trudge through the final days of the season. He is out of options, so it’s possible he could be back on the waiver wire if the club needs to adjust its pitching staff yet again. The Reds don’t have a starter announced for Sunday’s game, so another bullpen game or spot start could be upcoming.

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  1. RussianFemboy

    11 months ago

    Baseball isn’t a game, its a businetz

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  2. Bart Harley Jarvis

    11 months ago

    I feel like this guy is just hitting his stride.

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  3. Slider_withcheese

    11 months ago

    Something tells he his parents wanted him to be a lawyer.

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  4. This one belongs to the Reds

    11 months ago

    Expect a lot of these yo-yo moves by this bunch for the foreseeable future.

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  5. cguy

    11 months ago

    Bringing up Busenitz is telling Martinez that it’s time to throw a 9 inning shutout-or else!

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    • Armaments216

      11 months ago

      Bringing up Businetz is saying we need a guy we can DFA in a couple days when we hope to activate Hunter Greene.

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  6. outinleftfield

    11 months ago

    What a disappointing season for the Reds. Do they blow it up or actually spend some money on pitching so they at least have a shot at contending? Otherwise 2025 will probably be a repeat of 2024.

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