The Cincinnati Reds know what they would have been getting if they had signed former Red Ryan Hanigan, an elite framer of pitchers and someone who can get on base consistently. That is about all Hanigan is at this point in his career. He had an injury plagued 2016, which is the only reason that he ended up signing a minor league deal.
In a surprise move before the 2014 the Reds traded Hanigan to the Tampa Bay Rays. This the same off-season that the Reds jettisoned manager Dusty Baker and pitcher Bronson Arroyo. Devin Mesoraco was an All-Star catcher that year and the position has been a mess ever since.