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Austin Romine: Released by Cincinnati
Austin Romine was released Saturday by the Reds, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports.Romine was a non-roster invitee that signed with the Reds in December. The veteran backstop went 3-for-15 in Cactus League play with one home run. He's now free to join another organization, and could see interest from a club looking for depth at catcher.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Joins Reds on minors deal
Austin Romine signed with the Cincinnati Reds as a non-roster invitee Tuesday.Romine appeared in his 11th big-league season last year, spending time with the Angels, Cardinals and Reds. He didn't make much of an impression with any of his three clubs, hitting a combined .155/.187/.248 in 51 games. He fits best as organizational depth at this point in his career.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Heads to bench
Austin Romine will sit Tuesday against the Cubs.Romine has had a slight edge in playing time over Tuesday's catcher Chuckie Robinson down the stretch, but he hasn't done nearly enough at the plate to have meaningful fantasy value even in very deep formats. In 36 games as a Red this season, he's hit .143/.170/.264.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Reclaims playing time
Austin Romine will start at catcher and bat ninth in Monday's game against the Cubs.Romine will make his third start in four games, despite going 0-for-6 over the weekend to bring his season-long batting average down to .156. The other catcher on the Cincinnati Reds' active roster, Chuckie Robinson, is slashing .107/.107/.196 over 56 plate appearances on the season, which likely explains why Romine is getting the larger share of playing time between the two despite his own lowly production.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Losing work to Robinson
Austin Romine is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Pirates.Romine is on the bench for the third time in four games and may have been overtaken on the depth chart at catcher by Chuckie Robinson. Both backstops could soon lose out on opportunities, as Aramis Garcia (finger) started up a rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville over the weekend and could be activated from the 60-day injured list in the coming days.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Still not starting
Austin Romine isn't in the lineup Saturday against the Brewers.Romine will be on the bench for a second consecutive game after he went 0-for-2 with two strikeouts Thursday. Chuckie Robinson is starting behind the plate and batting ninth.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Day off Friday
Austin Romine isn't starting Friday against Milwaukee.Romine has alternated starts behind the plate recently with Chuckie Robinson and will get a breather Friday after going 0-for-9 with five strikeouts over his last three games. Robinson will take over at catcher and bat ninth.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Takes seat Wednesday
Austin Romine isn't starting Wednesday against Boston.Romine is on the bench for the third time in the last five matchups after he went 0-for-7 with three strikeouts over his last two games. Chuckie Robinson will take over behind the dish and bat ninth.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Out of Sunday's lineup
Austin Romine is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cardinals.Romine is 3-for-13 with a solo home run, two additional runs and six strikeouts in his past four games and will head to the bench Sunday. Chuckie Robinson will start behind the plate in the series finale versus St. Louis.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Takes seat for matinee
Austin Romine isn't starting the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Cardinals, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.Romine went 3-for-9 with a solo home run, three runs, a walk and four strikeouts over the last three games. Chuckie Robinson is starting behind the plate and batting ninth during Saturday's matinee.