Searching the bargain bin for veteran arms to bolster the pitching staff has been a hallmark of Cincinnati Reds offseasons during the team’s rebuild. It’s how they landed Blake Wood, Alfredo Simon, Dan Straily, and Ross Ohlendorf last year, and both Kevin Gregg and Jason Marquis joined the Reds in similar fashion in 2015.
(Good lord, 2015 was awful. I digress.)
Cincinnati continued with that pattern on Tuesday, signing former Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals reliever Louis Coleman to a minor league deal, as the team announced on Twitter.