The theme across Major League Baseball throughout the 2018 off-season has been the lack of free agent signings across the league. The Cincinnati Reds have been no different, as they have only made a couple of signings in order to shore up the bullpen, which was the team’s biggest deficit over the last two seasons. They signed Jared Hughes to a two-year deal back in December and then yesterday they inked 32-year-old reliever David Hernandez to a two-year, $5 million deal. Hernandez has spent time with the Orioles, Phillies, Angels, and most recently, the Diamondbacks.
While it isn’t exactly shocking that the Reds made another signing to strengthen a unit that put up a 4.