Patrick Kivlehan was an interesting player for the Cincinnati Reds in 2017. He played multiple positions with various offensive outcomes. Now the Reds are looking at him for 2018.
Kivlehan was exposed to waivers when the Reds tried to prepare their roster for the off-season. He was the only player that didn’t leave the organization. Zach Vincej is with the Seattle Mariners and Chad Wallach is back with the Miami Marlins, while Deck McGuire is a free agent. This happened a few weeks after the Chicago Cubs claimed Jake Buchanon.
Those are the players that the Reds lost protecting second baseman Shed Long and some others from the Rule 5 Draft.