Reds prospect Nick Senzel was sent to AAA on Friday and was cut from Cincinnati's Major League roster in the final round of spring training cuts, according MLB.com's David Adler. But there has been speculation as to whether Friday's decision was in the best interest of the Reds' 2019 roster.
Senzel's agent Joel Wolfe called the Reds' decision, "a simply egregious case of service-time manipulation" on Friday when speaking with ESPN's Jeff Passan. The Reds will prevent Senzel from accruing another year of service time if he remains in the minor leagues through April, pushing his free agency from following the 2024 season to after 2025.