{"id":667288,"date":"2026-05-13T19:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/667288\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:13:11","slug":"reds-sign-chris-paddack-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/667288\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds Sign Chris Paddack – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

1:29pm: The Reds announced that they have signed Paddack to a big league deal and that he will start Saturday\u2019s game. Lowder\u2019s IL placement was the corresponding active roster move. Catcher P.J. Higgins<\/a> was designated for assignment to open a 40-man spot. You can read more about Higgins here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

11:57am: The Reds and veteran righty Chris Paddack<\/a> are in agreement on a contract, reports<\/a> Charlie Goldsmith of FOX 19. The Boras Corporation client was released by the Marlins earlier this week after being designated for assignment.<\/p>\n

Paddack, 30, signed a one-year, $4MM contract with Miami over the winter but had a short leash after an ugly start to his season. He made just seven appearances (six starts) and was tagged for a 7.63 ERA in 30 2\/3 frames. Paddack struggled to work deep into games, completing five frames only once. He struck out a below-average 18.5% of his opponents but notched a characteristically sharp 6.8% walk rate.<\/p>\n

Paddack was once a well-regarded prospect who had an outstanding rookie campaign in 2019. He pitched 140 2\/3 innings of 3.33 ERA ball for the 2019 Padres \u2014 a performance that would make him a Rookie of the Year finalist, if not winner, in just about any other season. He was up against Pete Alonso<\/a>\u2018s 53 homers, Michael Soroka<\/a>\u2018s 174 2\/3 innings of 2.68 ERA ball, and the debut campaigns of Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/a> and Bryan Reynolds<\/a>, however, so he wasn\u2019t even on the Rookie of the Year radar despite that stellar debut.<\/p>\n

That debut now feels like a distant memory, as Paddack has been set back by injuries at multiple points and has never recaptured his 2019 form. Paddack missed time with a UCL sprain in 2021 and underwent Tommy John surgery in 2022. His 2024 season was shortened by a forearm strain. All in all, he\u2019s pitched 471 2\/3 innings since that rookie showing and logged a 5.23 ERA. Paddack has good command but hasn\u2019t missed many bats since his rookie season and is far too homer-prone (a daunting trait for any pitcher calling Great American Ball Park his home).<\/p>\n

Cincinnati\u2019s rotation is quite banged up at the moment, however. Hunter Greene<\/a> underwent elbow surgery back in March and is out until midseason. Brandon Williamson<\/a> was recently placed on the 60-day injured list due to shoulder troubles. Rhett Lowder<\/a> was just placed on the 15-day IL yesterday due to a shoulder issue of his own. There\u2019s no indication yet that Brady Singer<\/a> will require an IL stint, but the right-hander took a comebacker off his right foot in yesterday\u2019s game. He stayed in the contest but struggled thereafter, allowing three runs over the next inning-plus before being lifted in the fourth.<\/p>\n

The Reds\u2019 in-house depth options have been struggling down in Triple-A. Chase Petty<\/a>, Jose Franco<\/a> and Julian Aguiar<\/a> have all been hit hard, to varying levels. Paddack will add another option for the back of the rotation and do so in affordable fashion. Cincinnati will only owe him the prorated league minimum for any time spent on the big league roster. The Marlins are on the hook for the remainder of this year\u2019s $4MM salary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1:29pm: The Reds announced that they have signed Paddack to a big league deal and that he will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,13990,462,82],"class_list":["post-667288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chris-paddack","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}