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
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Romine signed with the 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
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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
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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 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
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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: Day off Friday
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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: Still not starting
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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: Takes seat Wednesday
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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
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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
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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.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Slugs third homer
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Romine went 2-for-4 with a solo home run Wednesday against the Pirates.
Romine took Tyler Beede yard in the fifth inning for this third home run of the season. All three of his long balls have come since Aug. 22, though Romine has still hit just .171 in that span with four RBI and three runs scored. For the campaign, Romine has an abysmal .188/.212/.313 line across 100 plate appearances.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Sitting Monday
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Romine is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Pirates.
Romine will take a seat for the series opener after he caught three of the Reds' last four games, going 3-for-9 during that stretch. Though Romine is batting just .179 since joining Cincinnati at the beginning of August, he may have the upper hand on playing time behind the dish over Chuckie Robinson, who is catching Monday's contest.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Looks like No. 2 backstop
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Romine is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Cardinals, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
Romine is on the bench for the third time in four games and appears to have fallen behind the recently promoted Chuckie Robinson on the depth chart. The development doesn't come as a major surprise, as Romine has turned in a .486 OPS in 12 games since joining the Reds as a trade-deadline pickup from St. Louis.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Riding pine Saturday
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Romine isn't starting Saturday against the Nationals.
Romine will be on the bench for a second consecutive matchup after he went just 1-for-11 with a solo home run and seven strikeouts over his last four games. Chuckie Robinson is starting behind the plate and batting ninth.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Out of Friday's lineup
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Romine is not in the lineup for Friday's game at Washington.
Romine started three of the past four games and will take a seat after going 1-for-11 with a solo home run and seven strikeouts. Chuckie Robinson will work behind the plate and bat ninth Friday.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Takes seat Wednesday
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Romine is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Phillies.
With Tyler Stephenson (collarbone) and Aramis Garcia (finger) stuck on the injured list and with Michael Papierski getting optioned to Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday, Romine looks to be the Reds' No. 1 backstop at the moment. However, after going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Tuesday's 7-6 loss, Romine will give way to Chuckie Robinson behind the dish Wednesday.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Looks like primary catcher
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Romine will start at catcher and bat ninth in Tuesday's game against the Phillies.
With the Reds demoting Michael Papierski to Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday, Romine could get a look as Cincinnati's primary backstop. Since being acquired from the Cardinals earlier this month, Romine has batted .250 with a home run, two doubles and five RBI over eight games.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Activated by Cincy
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The Reds activated Romine on Thursday.
Cincinnati acquired Romine in a deadline deal Tuesday with the Cardinals, but the team waited two days before properly clearing room for him on the 40-man roster and 26-man active roster. Fellow backstop Mark Kolozsvary was optioned to Triple-A Louisville to clear room for Romine, who could be deployed in a timeshare with Michael Papierski behind the dish for Cincinnati.
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Reds' Austin Romine: Heading to Cincy
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Romine was traded from the Cardinals to the Reds on Tuesday in exchange for cash considerations.
Romine signed with St. Louis in June after beginning the season with the Angels, and he'll now be moving on to the Reds. The 33-year-old has a .428 OPS in 37 plate appearances this year and should provide organization depth behind the plate for Cincinnati.
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Cardinals' Austin Romine: Removed from roster
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Romine was designated for assignment Monday, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Romine spent the last month with St. Louis, but he was removed from the roster with fellow catcher Yadier Molina (knee) set to be activated Tuesday.
