The Cincinnati Reds continued to trim down their 40-man roster on Monday evening as they outrighted infielder Jake Elmore and removed him from the 40-man. The Reds acquired Elmore on waivers from Oakland and sent to Louisville on August 2nd. Elmore got the call up for September with the Reds after hitting .279 with the Bats. He didn’t get much playing time, much like the rest of the call ups and had just 12 plate appearances. In his time in the organization Elmore struggled to hit for any sort of power as he had just two doubles in 116 plate appearances.
Stats
| Team | PA | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Louisville | 104 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | .279 | .379 | .302 |
| Cincinnati | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .182 | .250 | .182 |
The removal of Elmore from the 40-man roster now makes six players that are no longer on the roster that were there when the season ended. Ryan Ludwick, Jack Hannahan, Ramon Santiago, Neftali Soto and Trevor Bell all are no longer on the roster as well. Between free agency and the need to add players to the roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft, the Reds still have a little bit of work to do if they want to add anyone to the roster.