Covington Catholic High School grad Luke Maile has signed a one-year contract as the backup catcher for the Cincinnati Reds.
Returning to the Cincinnati area after spending last season with the Cleveland Guardians, Maile, 31, originally signed with Tampa Bay Rays out of the University of Kentucky during the 2012 first-year player draft.
While attending Covington Catholic, Maile played basketball, golf, and baseball, and was named “Kentucky’s Gatorade Player of the Year” after his senior baseball season. At UK, he was named All-SEC second team in his junior year.
Maile has made 307 career appearances in the major leagues, playing for the Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers and the Guardians.
