CINCINNATI — Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama is the latest of the Reds’ offseason additions as the team makes a push toward contention in 2020, but he might not be their last.



“I don’t feel like we’re done,” said Dick Williams, the Reds’ president of baseball operations, on Wednesday after Akiyama was introduced at a press conference in front of more than 40 media members at Great American Ball Park. “There’s still time on the clock. We still have resources.”



Wednesday’s pomp and circumstance were the largest in terms of attention because Akiyama is the first Japanese-born player in team history, making the Reds the final Major League Baseball team to sign a player born in Japan. In attendance on Wednesday were 20 media members from 11 different Japanese outlets as well as local media members. Akiyama, a free agent who was not subject to posting fees from his Japanese team, the Seibu Lions, was the...