Aquino signed a contract with the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan on Sunday, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports.

EDGE Analysis

Aquino was designated for assignment by the Reds in mid-November and has opted to continue his professional career overseas. He had a .197/.246/.363 slash line with 10 home runs in 80 games during 2022, though he was one of the best defensive right fielders in MLB and accumulated 1.9 dWAR despite the limited playing time.

Aquino was designated for assignment by the Reds on Tuesday.

EDGE Analysis

Aquino struggled to get anything going last season, slashing .197/.246/.363 over 276 plate appearances. If he goes unclaimed on waivers, he will return to Triple-A Louisville, where he had much more success from the plate (1.108 OPS), and attempt to win back his spot on the 40-man roster.

Aquino is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.

EDGE Analysis

Even with another outfielder in TJ Friedl (hamstring) moving to the injured list Tuesday, Aquino will end up finishing the campaign as a reserve outfielder. Mike Siani will be flanked in the outfield by Stuart Fairchild and Jake Fraley in the season finale while Aquino sits for the fifth time in seven games. Over his last 15 games, Aquino has hit .167 with a 34.5 percent strikeout rate.

Aquino isn't in the lineup Friday against the Cubs.

EDGE Analysis

Aquino has gone just 2-for-10 with a solo home run, two walks and three strikeouts over his last three games, and he'll remain on the bench for a second consecutive matchup. TJ Friedl will shift to right field while Jake Fraley starts in left.

Aquino is not in Wednesday's lineup against the Pirates.

EDGE Analysis

Aquino is hitting .083 with one home run and 14 strikeouts over his last 10 games. Jake Fraley will start in right field and hit cleanup.

Aquino went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Pirates on Monday.

EDGE Analysis

Aquino was the only Reds player with multiple hits in the contest, and his ninth-inning solo homer pushed him to 10 long balls for the second straight season. He's needed more plate appearances to reach that mark in 2022, and he's yet to replicate the success that saw him hit 19 homers over just 205 at-bats in his rookie 2019 campaign. Aquino has run hot and then cold this month -- he batted .327 over his first 14 games in September but is hitting a paltry .094 (3-for-32) in his past nine contests.

Aquino isn't in the lineup Thursday against the Brewers.

EDGE Analysis

Aquino is getting a day off after he went 0-for-19 with a walk and six strikeouts over the last five games. Jake Fraley will start in right field and bat cleanup.

Aquino will start in right field and bat sixth in Tuesday's game against the Red Sox.

EDGE Analysis

He'll pick up his 16th consecutive start Tuesday after slashing .268/.317/.589 with four home runs in his previous 15 contests. Though he had initially served as a short-side platoon player in the Cincinnati outfield upon being activated from the injured list Aug. 2, Aquino's recent power production might be enough to solidify himself as a near-everyday player the rest of the way.

Aquino went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a 3-2 win against St. Louis on Thursday.

EDGE Analysis

Aquino belted a solo homer in the sixth inning, providing what ended up being the decisive run in the victory. The long ball was his ninth of the campaign, moving him within one homer of last season's total. After batting a paltry .185 through the end of August, Aquino has turned things around considerably in September, slashing .311/.367/.756 with five home runs, five doubles and 10 RBI over 13 contests. Perhaps most promisingly, he's struck out just 22.4 percent of the time, a vast improvement over his 36.7 percent strikeout rate on the season.

Aquino went 3-for-4 with two home runs and three total RBI in Wednesday's 7-1 victory versus the Cubs.

EDGE Analysis

Aquino put the Reds on the board with a 438-foot solo shot in the third inning, and he capped the scoring in the contest with another solo homer in the ninth. In between, he drove in Cincinnati's sixth run with a sixth-inning single. Aquino is still batting just .199 on the season, but he's swung a hot bat of late, going 8-for-16 with three homers, seven RBI and four runs over his past five games.