The Reds no longer retain Pat White’s baseball rights.

Just curious about the Pat White situation. I know we drafted him and he went back to the Univ. of West Virginia to play football. Did we sign him to come back after he finishes out college like the Cubs did with Jeff Samardijza?
— Michael L., Dayton, Ohio

White, the speedy quarterback, was the 49th-round Draft pick in June. But he did not sign by the Aug. 15 deadline and the Reds lost the rights. It was a late, late-round gamble with very lowered realistic expectations he’d pass up football for baseball.

No truth to the rumor PW was upset by the fact Cincinnati didn’t have a lot of UWV WVU players the past few years. And that’s the first and last time White and Samardijza are mentioned in the same breath.