The 2025 Major League Baseball season just ended and teams around the league are already making moves for next season, including the Cincinnati Reds.The Reds announced Tuesday that they signed relief pitcher Keegan Thompson to a one-year contract. Terms of the deal were not announced by the club.Thompson, 29, spent four seasons with the Chicago Cubs since debuting in MLB in 2021.A former third round pick out of Auburn, Thompson initially served as a starter during his first two seasons with the Cubs, starting 23 games with a 3.64 ERA across 2021-22.Thompson moved to the bullpen late in the 2022 season and has pitched as a relief pitcher since then, recording a 3.66 ERA in 43 games.Thompson was solid across 30.1 innings in 2024, his last season in the Majors before spending all of 2025 in the Cubs’ minor league system.Thompson pitched in 33 games for the Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate in 2025, started five of them, and had a 4.50 ERA with 83 strikeouts.If Thompson makes the Reds’ roster out of spring training in 2026, the right-hander would likely fit as a long-relief arm capable of throwing multiple innings out of the bullpen.Reds closer Emilio Pagan is slated to become a free agent this offseason, while relievers Scott Barlow and Brent Suter have club options.

CINCINNATI —

The 2025 Major League Baseball season just ended and teams around the league are already making moves for next season, including the Cincinnati Reds.

The Reds announced Tuesday that they signed relief pitcher Keegan Thompson to a one-year contract. Terms of the deal were not announced by the club.

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Thompson, 29, spent four seasons with the Chicago Cubs since debuting in MLB in 2021.

A former third round pick out of Auburn, Thompson initially served as a starter during his first two seasons with the Cubs, starting 23 games with a 3.64 ERA across 2021-22.

Thompson moved to the bullpen late in the 2022 season and has pitched as a relief pitcher since then, recording a 3.66 ERA in 43 games.

Thompson was solid across 30.1 innings in 2024, his last season in the Majors before spending all of 2025 in the Cubs’ minor league system.

Thompson pitched in 33 games for the Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate in 2025, started five of them, and had a 4.50 ERA with 83 strikeouts.

If Thompson makes the Reds’ roster out of spring training in 2026, the right-hander would likely fit as a long-relief arm capable of throwing multiple innings out of the bullpen.

Reds closer Emilio Pagan is slated to become a free agent this offseason, while relievers Scott Barlow and Brent Suter have club options.