Redleg Nation · Mar 30, 2021
Reds return Kyle Holder to the New York Yankees
The Cincinnati Reds have returned infielder Kyle Holder to the New York Yankees. Confused? That’s ok, this is not a directly correlated move. Cincinnati acquired Holder back at the end of January from the Philadelphia Phillies in a deal for cash. The Reds were looking at potential shortstops, and the Phillies no longer had a spot on their potential roster for a shortstop after re-signing Didi Gregorius. Philadelphia had acquired Holder in the Rule 5 draft from the Yankees back in December. Cincinnati’s acquiring him meant that they would still need to apply the same Rule 5 draft rules to Holder in 2021. If he wasn’t going to be on the 26-man roster he had to be returned to the Yankees.