The Reds have sent outright to Triple-A Louisville, according to his on MLB.com. The team selected his contract last Monday, and the catcher made his MLB debut two days later. He was optioned back to Triple-A on Friday and, evidently, removed from the 40-man roster at some point between then and today. There was no prior indication he had been designated for a signment. Yang does not have the right to reject an outright a signment, so he will remain with Louisville. Now 26, Yang joined the Reds organization at 21 when the club selected him in the seventh round of the 2019 draft. The UC Santa Barbara alum quickly made a strong impre sion, batting .290 with an 11.0% walk rate and a 135 wRC+ acro s 51 games of Rookie ball during his first profe sional season. He was not a highly-regarded prospect acro s the industry, but ranked him among his top 30 Reds prospects in 2020. That same year, included Yang among the others of note below his top 20 Reds prospects, describing him as a solid catch-and-throw guy who rarely struck out in college. Following the canceled minor league season in 2020 Amir Garrett Jersey , Yang began to rise up the ranks in the Reds organization. He played for the High-A Dayton Dragons in 2021, and since then, he has bounced back and forth between the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts and Triple-A Louisville Bats. According to , Yang developed a reputation in the system as a catcher who builds great relationships with his pitchers. However, he failed to make much of an impre sion with the bat at any of those three levels, producing a .613 OPS and 76 wRC+ acro s 192 minor league games from 2021-24. Nonethele s, Yang earned his first call to the show last week as a roster replacement for veteran backstop , who suffered a teres major tear in his right shoulder. Wynns himself was only on the MLB roster as a replacement for , who landed on the IL earlier in July with a herniated disc in his back. Thus, the Reds optioned Yang back to Triple-A when they reinstated Maile on Friday. Presumably, they decided they did not need to carry four catchers on the 40-man roster, so they must have designated Yang for a signment shortly thereafter. Yang made it into one game during his brief stint with the Reds, pinch-hitting for in the ninth inning of a blowout lo s to the Cubs on July 31. He struck out swinging against Cubs righty . Caden Dana Jersey