The Reds have selected the contract of right-hander , per a club announcement. Right-hander was designated for a Darius Miller Jersey signment to make room for Kelly on the clubs 40-man and active rosters. Kelly, 34, was a first-round pick in the 2008 draft and a consensus top-100 prospect early in his pro career with the Red Sox. Kelly was packaged with in the deal that brought to Boston from San Diego, and Kellys pedigree as a top pitching prospect helped him to reach the majors during just his second year in the Padres organization. That big league debut left much to be desired, as Kelly pitched to a lackluster 6.21 ERA in 29 innings of work acro s six starts with the Padres during the 2012 season. Tommy John surgery wiped out Kellys entire 2013 season, and he wouldnt make it back to the majors until 2015 when he surrendered 13 runs (10 earned) in just 11 1/3 innings of work acro s three appearances. That ended Kellys Padres tenure, and while he briefly found a role with the Braves as a multi-inning reliever during the 2016 season, he wouldnt find succe s in the majors until 2018, six years after his big league debut. In San Francisco, Kelly did quite well while swinging between the rotation and bullpen, but even that succe s was short-lived as his 3.04 ERA spanned just seven appearances and 23 2/3 innings of work. Kellys brief stint with the Giants evidently earned him some attention overseas, however, as after parting ways with the Giants he went on to pitch in parts of six seasons for the Korea Baseball Organizations LG Twins. In Korea, Kelly was a rotation stalwart who made between 27 and 30 starts each year from 2019 to 2023 while never posting an ERA higher than 3.83. Kelly reportedly received some stateside interest this past offseason but chose to remain overseas, though his sixth season in the KBO did not go particularly well as he struggled to a 4.51 ERA in 19 starts before being cut loose last month. That led him back to affiliated ball, where he signed a with the Reds and was a signed to Triple-A Louisville. Kelly was managed by his father, Pat Kelly, while pitching for Louisville and performed decently in two starts, with a 4.50 ERA despite a strikeout rate of just 5.6%. Recent injuries to and have now opened the door for Kelly to make his first big league appearance since 2018, and the journeyman figures to provide Cincinnati with multi-inning relief depth out of the bullpen while the club utilizes a patchwork rotation featuring Julian Aguilar and alongside and . Making way for Kelly on the 40-man and active rosters is Busenitz, who departs the club after making just one appearance in the majors this year. In a disastrous relief outing for the Reds yesterday, the right-hander surrendered four runs (three of which were earned) on four hits while failing to strike out a batter in his single inning of work. Busenitz also pitched for the Reds last year and did quite well in a limited role with a 2.57 ERA and 2.26 FIP acro s seven frames. Busenitzs time with the Reds was his first taste of big league action in nearly half a decade, as he spent four seasons pitching for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japans Nippon Profe sional Baseball from 2019 to 2022. The majority of Busenitzs limited big league experience came prior to his time overseas, when he pitched to a middling 4.58 ERA in 51 appearances acro s the 2017 and 18 seasons in Minnesota. Josh Hart Jersey