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[Twitter]: The #Reds today returned from a rehab assignment, reinstated from the 10-day injured list and designated for assignment OF Wil Myers.

  • June 20, 2023


[Twitter]: The #Reds today returned from a rehab assignment, reinstated from the 10-day injured list and designated for assignment OF Wil Myers.

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  6. Glad the guy got his 10 years of service time, but at the same time glad Krall & Co. recognized it wasn’t working out instead of trying to force him back into the mix because of sunk costs.

    Wish him the best, but glad he’s not gonna take playing time from the young guns.

  8. I had a feeling they’d eat the contract, especially after how Shogo and Moose were handled

  12. So the Reds traded a couple of 22-year-olds in high-A, and paid some millions of bucks, for a guy they might be able to trade for someone like Will Benson right about now, and Will Benson himself.

    I’ll take it. Mr. Myers, we salute your service and wish you well in your future endeavors.

  17. Always liked the guy but he just didn’t work out and now there’s no point in making room for him

  18. Holy shit. I actually thought they’d platoon him and hope to salvage some trade value over the next month. They ain’t fucking around.

  20. Wow, I can’t believe they did it. I think he could turn it around, and they probably considered that and still being able to flip him. Shows that they are very committed to the true grassroots rebuild.

  21. He had that 3 dong game, and came up with the Americas team thing, so we’ll always have that

  24. They actually did it!

    I was excited about Wil when he signed. I liked him on the Padres. Unfortunate that it didn’t work out for him here, but this seems like the right decision for the team.

  25. From mlbtraderumors.com:

    “The Reds will now have a week to trade Myers, pass him through outright waivers, or release him. Myers is still owed $3.34MM of this year’s $6MM salary, plus the full $1.5MM buyout on next year’s mutual option. Given that $4.84MM left on his contract, there’s no chance another team would claim him at this point. In the likely event that the Reds can’t find a trade partner — which would surely require them either paying down the bulk, if not the entirety of the contract, or taking another bad contract back in return — Myers will pass through waivers unclaimed.

    Myers has enough service time to reject an outright assignment without forfeiting the remainder of his salary, so the likeliest outcome is that he’ll become a free agent. Any new team that signs him would only be responsible for paying Myers the prorated league minimum for any time spent on the MLB roster. That sum would be subtracted from what Cincinnati owes him, but either way the Reds will be on the hook for the vast majority of his contract.”

  27. Just let him go ahead and walk across the field and throw on a purple jersey tonight to save him the trouble.

  30. Reds least valuable seasons in the last 10 years for players with at least 100 PA

    WAR / OPS+ Player (Season)

    1. -1.6 / 10 Jose Barrero (2022)
    2. -1.3 / 65 Nick Senzel (2022)
    3. -1.2 / 68 Skip Schumaker (2014)
    4. -1.2 / 60 José Peraza (2019)
    5. -1 / 41 Shogo Akiyama (2021)
    6. -1 / 74 Mike Moustakas (2022)
    7. -1 / 76 Skip Schumaker (2015)
    8. -1 / 68 Tyler Holt (2016)
    9. -0.9 / 68 Mike Moustakas (2021)
    10. -0.9 / 71 Ryan Ludwick (2013)
    11. -0.8 / 82 Jay Bruce (2014)
    12. -0.8 / 39 Aramis Garcia (2022)
    13. **-0.8 / 44 Wil Myers (2023)**

  32. He was worse than I expected and that’s with me having almost zero level of expectation he would even be a below average player.

    Sayonara amigo.

  33. They said

    “We ended his rehab assignment

    We reinstated him from the IL

    Then we cut his ass”

  35. Wil, we’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is we’re reinstating you from the IL…

  36. I’ve been waiting for this day for so long. No more anxiety over him showing up in the lineup.

  40. Finally, we can all sleep soundly knowing Wil Myers won’t haunt our dreams anymore.

  41. Between lighting tens of millions on fire between Myers, Minor, Moose, et al I hope the Reds have learned a lesson.

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