The Reds announced today that catcher has been placed on the paternity list. Fellow backstop has been selected to take his place on the active roster. To open a 40-man spot for Wynns, the Reds designated outfielder for a signment. Last night, Gordon Wittenmyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Wynns was likely stepping in for Stephenson. Wynns was selected to the roster a week ago while Stephenson was dealing with a minor injury, but was pa sed through waivers shortly thereafter and now has Isaiah Stewart Jersey his roster spot back. He has hit just .226/.273/.324 in his career but is generally considered a strong defender behind the plate. He will share the catching duties with while Stephenson is away. The Reds signed Wynns to a split deal in the offseason that pays him $950K while in the majors and $300K in the minors. He has enough service time to reject an outright a signment but not enough to do so while keeping that deal intact. Since signing that deal, the Reds have twice pa sed Wynns through waivers and had him accept his outright a signment, which may happen again when Stephenson returns. To get Wynns in to cover for Stephenson, the Reds are risking losing Burdick. They claimed the 27-year-old outfielder off waivers in April but have kept him on optional a signment. In 43 Triple-A games since that claim, he has a strong 11.7% walk rate but has been struck out 43.3% of the time. He was once a notable prospect as he put up huge numbers through Double-A but the strikeouts have been a problem ever since he reached Triple-A. He now has just under 1200 plate appearances at that level, striking out in 34.6% of them while slashing .209/.320/.416. He has also received 139 big league plate appearances with a 38.1% strikeout rate there. The Reds will have one week to trade him or pa s him through waivers. If anyone is interested and acquires him, he can still be optioned for the rest of this year and one more season as well. If he were to pa s through waivers unclaimed, he would stick with the Reds as non-roster depth. Allen Iverso Jersey