A few minutes after the 4 p.m. Trade Deadline on Wednesday, Scooter Gennett went into manager David Bell's office and learned he was traded to the San Francisco Giants.
The Reds will receive a player to be named later in the trade, according to president of baseball operations Dick Williams. The Reds made the trade, Williams said, to create more playing time for players who are under team control in 2020: Jose Peraza, Josh VanMeter and Derek Dietrich.
Gennett missed nearly three months of the season with a severe groin strain he suffered in spring training. He was batting .