The Cincinnati Reds traded catcher Tucker Barnhart to the Detroit Tigers for infield prospect Nick Quintana, the team announced Wednesday afternoon.
Selected by the Reds in the 10th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, Barnhart has played his entire eight-season MLB career with the Reds. A two-time Gold Glove winner who hit .248 with an OPS of .696 in 2,561 plate appearances, with 51 home runs and 261 RBIs, Barnhart has a $7.5 million option for 2022 that freep.com reported the Tigers picked up after trading for him.
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Barnhart shared catching duties in 2021 with Tyler Stephenson. Barnhart hit .247 with seven homers and 48 RBIs. Stephenson enjoyed a breakout season - hitting .286 with an OPS of .797, 10 homers and 45 RBIs.
Quintana, who turned 24 last month, was a second-round pick of the Tigers in the 2019 draft. In 2021, he hit .196 with nine homers for the Tigers' Low-A affiliate in Lakeland, Fla.
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