Colon -- best known for his game-tying RBI single in the 12th inning of the American League Wild Card game with the Royals in 2014 -- slashed .249/.312/.310 with one homer, 28 RBI, six stolen bases and a 65/31 K/BB ratio across 418 plate appearances over his six-year big league career. 

Colon agreed to a deal back in February with the recently-renamed Kansas City Monarchs of the independent American Association, but he'll now get another shot in MLB-affiliated ball. The soon-to-be 32-year-old infielder is a career .249/.312/.310 hitter in parts of six seasons (161 total games) at baseball's highest level.

Colon was selected fourth overall by the Royals in the 2010 MLB Draft and then won a World Series ring with the organization in 2015, so this will be a homecoming of sorts for the 31-year-old infielder, even though he'll now be playing independent ball. He went 3-for-23 (.130) in limited action with the Reds last season.

Colon got designated for assignment by the Reds last week and passed through waivers unclaimed. The 31-year-old utility infielder was 3-for-23 (.130) through 11 games played this season with Cincinnati.