The Cincinnati Reds have designated Jeimer Candelario for assignment just one year after signing him to a three-year, $45 million contract.
\"We felt this gives us our best chance to win games to keep the guys we had here versus activating him,\" Nick Krall, the Reds\' president of baseball operations, said Monday, according to The Athletic. Krall called it a \"sunk cost because you can\'t bring a player that\'s not going to help his team win.\"
Candelario had started 12 games at third base, seven at first base and three at designated hitter before landing on the 10-day injured list in late April with a lower back injury. He had struggled at the plate before his injury, hitting just. 113 with two home runs and 13 RBIs in 22 games.
Via ESPN