Kyle Farmer wasn’t even expected to make the 25-man roster out of spring training. Had Scooter Gennett not injured his groin, Farmer would have began the 2019 season in Triple-A Louisville. Who knows when we would have seen him in a Cincinnati Reds uniform. However, Farmer was given an opportunity and he didn’t waste it.
Virtually nobody had heard of Kyle Farmer when the Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers completed a blockbuster trade last December. The Reds gained Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp and Alex Wood along with Farmer.