The Cincinnati Reds have signed former Chicago Cubs player PJ Higgins to a minor league deal.
He’ll look for a spot on the Reds’ bench in 2024. He can catch, but has also logged major league time at each infield position.
Per MLBTradeRumors
The Reds announced Monday that they’ve signed catcher/infielder P.J. Higgins to a minor league contract. The Bledsoe Agency client will receive an invitation to big league camp in spring training.
Higgins, 30, logged Major League time with the Cubs in 2021-22, batting a combined .210/.291/.348 with six home runs, 11 doubles and a triple in 254 trips to the plate. Modest as that production may be, Higgins has spent parts of four seasons at the Triple-A level and clobbered opposing pitchers at that level, posting a .318/.401/.499 slash in 672 overall plate appearances.
This could be a great opportunity for Higgins, with the Reds being one of the most exciting teams in all of baseball right now. While they missed the playoffs on the final weekend of the season in 2023, they are armed with some of the best young talent in the sport. Elly De La Cruz, Matt McLain, Andrew Abbott, Spencer Steer and Christian Encarnacion-Strand make up the nucleus of the squad, and each of those players just debuted in 2023.
Given the possibility of a Milwaukee Brewers-slide in 2024, the Reds will be a trendy pick to do damage in the National League Central.
