Aristides Aquino hit .240 with a .754 OPS against AA pitching in 2018, his exploits with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos warranting him a 1-game call-up to the Cincinnati Reds and, eventually, a DFA off the 40-man roster. It’s a story as old as time, really - former top prospect flashes tools galore in the lower minors, gets protected from the Rule 5 Draft with a spot on the 40-man, gets a cup of coffee, and eventually gets squeezed off for his own replacement a year or two later when the upper minors confuse them.
That’s where the likes of Kyle Waldrop, or Ryan LaMarre have etched their names in the annals of obscure former Reds-dom.