The Cleveland Guardians have had plenty of players who had blink-and-you’ll-miss players in recent years.
None of them personify that theme more than reliever Darren McCaughan, who appeared in two games for Cleveland in 2024 and allowed six earned runs across two appearances at the end of June.
He ended up seeing a decent bit of action for the Marlins across the remainder of that season before briefly appearing in the bigs with the Twins last season.
On Wednesday he finally figured out where he’s going to be this spring, as the Reds announced that they’d signed McCaughan to a minor league deal for 2026 with an invitation to big league spring training.