Reds Designate Christian Encarnacion-Strand For Assignment
Reds first baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand has been designated for project, the staff introduced. Catcher PJ Higgins is taking his spot on the 40-man roster. Higgins was recalled after catcher Jose Trevino went to the IL resulting from a thoracic backbone pressure. Encarnacion-Strand was the inheritor obvious at first base as Joey Votto‘s legendary profession wound…