The Reds have signed right-hander Davis Daniel and southpaw Anthony Misiewicz to minor league deals, according to the transactions trackers on their respective MLB.com player pages.
Misiewicz, 31, is the more experienced of the two in the majors. An 18th-round pick by the Mariners back in 2015, Misiewicz was in the Seattle bullpen for the shortened 2020 season. The lefty turned in 21 solid appearances in that first season as a big leaguer, posting a 4.05 ERA with a 30.1% strikeout rate and a 3.04 FIP. That’s a solid start for a rookie, but over the next two years he was unable to turn those solid peripherals into better results. By the end of the 2022 campaign, Misiewicz had been shipped off to the Royals and posted a 4.52 ERA over the past two seasons despite a solid 3.88 FIP and a 22.4% strikeout rate.
In the years since 2022, Misiewicz has made only occasional MLB appearances. He bounced between the Diamondbacks, Tigers, Yankees, and Twins over the past three years, and in doing so compiled a 7.56 ERA across 16 2/3 innings of work with nearly as many walks (11) as strikeouts (14). Each of those years has been spent primarily in the minor leagues, however, and he’s fared much better there. While pitching at Triple-A St. Paul last season, Misiewicz posted a 3.82 ERA in 33 innings of work while punching out 23.8% of his opponents. There’s certainly reason to believe, given his past contributions in Seattle and more recent success at Triple-A, that Misiewicz could be a solid middle relief arm for the Reds this year. Sam Moll, Brock Burke, and Caleb Ferguson are all ahead of him on the depth chart when it comes to southpaws, but the season-long churn of a typical bullpen should still provide Misiewicz with opportunities to break into the majors with good enough performance.
As for Daniel, the Angels’ 7th-round pick back in 2019 made his debut with Anaheim back in 2023. Over his first two years in the majors, Daniel made nine appearances (six starts) and pitched to a 5.06 ERA with a 4.41 FIP in 42 2/3 innings of work. His 19.9% strikeout rate and 8.1% walk rate were nothing to write home about, but he did have the look of a potentially useful swing option during those seasons with the Halos. He was squeezed off the club’s roster last offseason and found himself traded to Atlanta, where he was leaned on for a couple of spot starts throughout 2025 amid a series of injuries to the team’s primary rotation options.
With the Braves, Daniel posted a 5.40 ERA and 5.04 FIP across ten innings. That’s mostly more of the same for the right-hander, and he figures to offer that same slightly below-average production as a non-roster depth option for the Reds headed into the 2026 campaign. Cincinnati has a deep rotation headlined by Hunter Greene and Andrew Abbott, but the idea of trading a pitcher has percolated throughout the team’s offseason. Brady Singer is the most frequently discussed name when it comes to trade candidates, and if the Reds did wind up moving Singer or another pitcher that would force the team to lean on youngsters like Rhett Lowder and Chase Petty in the rotation with little depth behind them. That’s where a player like Daniel could come in handy, helping to plug holes in the rotation as they come up throughout the year due to injuries.
