Cincinnati Reds links - Austin Romine signed, Braves extend Sean Murphy

The headline here does a very poor job of framing the most important juiciness of this Reposter, and for that I apologize. We’re going to talk a bit about Major League Baseball catchers here, yet the player listed first in this here title didn’t even get an MLB deal.

That would be Austin Romine, who you may remember from such informercials as The 2022 Cincinnati Reds Try to Win One Baseball Game a Week. As one of the litany of backup catchers who replaced Tyler Stephenson in very limited capacity after his injuries last year, Romine posted a .437 OPS in 99 PA, but did so with a solid reputation as a receiver behind the plate. That rep was good enough for the Reds to ink him again on a minor…