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Reds Designate Casey Legumina For Assignment

By Darragh McDonald | January 30, 2025 at 5:55pm CDT

The Reds announced that right-hander Casey Legumina has been designated for assignment. That’s the corresponding move to open a roster spot for outfielder Austin Hays, whose one-year deal is now official.

Legumina, 28 in June, has had a limited role with the Reds over the past two seasons. He logged a combined 22 innings over the 2023 and 2024 campaigns, allowing 17 earned runs. His 16.7% strikeout rate and 10.2% walk rate were both subpar marks but he did get ground balls on 56.4% of balls in play. As one would expect, his minor league work in that same timeframe has been better. He tossed 91 frames on the farm over the past two years with a 3.76 ERA. His 25.1% strikeout rate and 8% walk rate were both quite strong.

Despite the solid minor league numbers, the lack of results in the big leagues has seemingly cost Legumina his roster spot. The Reds will have one week of DFA limbo to figure out his fate, whether that’s a trade or something on the waiver wire. The waiver process takes 48 hours, so any trade talks would need to come together in the next five days.

Legumina still has one option year and less than a full season of service time. If a club is intrigued by his minor league results and acquires him somehow, he could give them some cheap depth with roster flexibility.

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  1. mike127

    9 months ago

    Feel bad for the guy—sandwiched between two stories with almost 200 comments each.

    Hope Casey finds a new home quickly.

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    • Degaz

      9 months ago

      Sorry but Dude sucked…he was only kept around because he was part of a trade and Krall didn’t want to admit he. was wrong

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  2. Dbird777

    9 months ago

    Power arm, so someone will take a chance. And probably do better than the Reds did with him

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    • Joe It All

      9 months ago

      Maybe but finding spots on your 40 man roster while still trying to acquire needs in the off-season makes it just as likely that he clears waivers and accepts a minor league assignment with Cincinnati.

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    • Degaz

      9 months ago

      doubt it..

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  3. Sigma17

    9 months ago

    Had some really bad luck when he was just rounding into form and he was hit in the ankle by a comebacker.

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  4. Baseball’s Topics on Baseball Today

    9 months ago

    I’ve always considered myself anti-Legumina.

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    • Degaz

      9 months ago

      Any ones with common sense should be..

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  5. tom brunanskys black sock

    9 months ago

    Nuts!

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      9 months ago

      I was thinking ‘Beans!’, but I get what you’re saying.

      Reply
  6. cguy

    9 months ago

    Casey- we hardly knew ya.

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  7. b00giem@n

    9 months ago

    Overdue, we (reds) tend to hold on too long to guys even when it’s clear we shouldn’t. Hopefully a couple more coming.

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  8. wrich

    9 months ago

    Good riddance

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