Reds and INF Santiago Espinal avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $2.4 million contract.

Santiago Espinal went 0-for-3 against the Cubs on Friday and is 4-for-40 with no extra-base hits or RBI in his last 12 games.

Santiago Espinal went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in a 3-1 win over the Mets on Sunday.

Santiago Espinal went 2-for-4 with a run scored, two RBI and a stolen base against the Astros on Monday.