"We've been active in the Rule 5 [Draft] in the past and had success," Reds general manager Dick Williams said, "but it's not something you do every year. It's very opportunistic. You have to have a combination of the roster spots available and some quality players you think have a chance of sticking. This year, we found two we felt good about at the Major League level -- guys that we'll bring into camp and will compete to make the team."
Cave, 23, is a left-handed-hitting outfielder from a Yankees system that was overloaded with lefty-hitting outfielders. In 132 games at Double-A and Triple-A during 2015, he batted .