Zach Mccambley Joins Reds in Trade for Rece Hinds
The Reds traded outfielder Rece Hinds to the Marlins and got Zach McCambley back, a 27-year-old minor league right-hander with a reliever profile and Triple-A strikeout ability. The move gives Cincinnati another non-40-man pitching option as it reshapes the back end of the roster.
Reds add McCambley
Cincinnati picked up McCambley in exchange for Hinds a few days after designating Hinds for assignment. The return is a pitcher who has worked out of the bullpen, throws a mid-90s four-seamer, and leans on a high-80s cutter and mid-80s slider.
McCambley has spent time in the Marlins organization and was selected by the Phillies in the Rule 5 draft in November before being returned to Miami at the end of spring training. He is not on the 40-man roster, which leaves the Reds some room to manage him as depth rather than forcing an immediate major league move.
Zach McCambley’s Triple-A line
Across 67 1/3 Triple-A innings between last year and this year, McCambley posted a 2.94 earned run average, an 11.6% walk rate and a 30.3% strikeout rate. Those numbers point to a reliever who missed bats at a useful clip while still issuing too many free passes for a cleaner profile.
That combination is the trade’s friction point. Cincinnati did not add a finished bullpen piece; it added a pitcher with swing-and-miss traits and some control risk, the kind of arm a club can stash, test, and use later if it needs a fresh option.
Rece Hinds to Miami
Miami opened a 40-man roster spot by transferring left-handed pitcher Robby Snelling to the 60-day injured list, then optioned Hinds to Triple-A Jacksonville after the deal. Hinds had shown power in Triple-A, but his major league strikeout concerns kept him from locking down a longer stay in Cincinnati.
For the Reds, the immediate change is simple: Hinds is gone, and McCambley is in. If Cincinnati wants a deeper look at the right-hander later, it already has a low-cost path to bring him into the bullpen mix without tying up a 40-man spot first.
