The signing of Louis Coleman by the Cincinnati Reds holds no secrets. Coleman has been good enough to pitch in the majors at least part of every year since 2011. He is also considered weak enough that the lowly Reds were able to sign him to a minor league deal.
That’s not meant as a knock on Coleman. The Kansas City Royals selected him in the fifth round of the draft and he pitched in mostly low leverage situations for them from 2011 through 2015. Last season he pitched higher leverage situations than he had previously for the Los Angeles Dodgers.