The Cincinnati Reds sent Chad Wallach, Brandon Dixon, and Zach Vincej to the Arizona Fall League to work on offense, but didn’t bother to protect them in the Rule 5 Draft. That means that any team eligible to participate in the draft can select them. If the player stays on the forty man roster of that team, the player becomes permanent property of the drafting team.
It is rare that superstars pass from one team to another this way. Usually it is a relief pitcher or bench player. The Reds’ exposed players are exactly that.
Wallach and Dixon have earned the label as utility men.