With the regular catchers going paternity leave, the Cincinnati Reds decided to call up Chad Wallach. On August 25 rookie catcher Stuart Turner went on the paternity leave list. Almost as soon as Turner was back, starting catcher Tucker Barnhart went on the paternity leave list.
In response to this and the injury of Devin Mesoraco, the Reds had to put a catcher on their forty man roster from the minor leagues. They could have gone with Joe Hudson, who they saw in spring training. Instead, the Reds called up Chad Wallach, the other guy who came over for Mat Latos from the Miami Marlins when the Reds acquired Anthony DeSclafani.