Reports on Thursday revealed that the Cincinnati Reds plan to select the contract of Zach Maxwell ahead of Friday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Maxwell, affectionately known as Big Sugar, will be making his Major League debut with the Reds after an impressive run of late with the Louisville Bats.
Maxwell had an outstanding showing in spring training, and many Reds fans assumed he would've received a call-up to the big leagues much earlier than this. An up-and-down season in the minors, however, kept the Reds' front office from pulling the trigger, as Maxwell battled control and command issues in the early-going.