Cincinnati Reds minor league players

Julian Aguiar (born June 4, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Aguiar attended Millikan High School in Long Beach, California and played college baseball at Cypress College.[1] He made his professional debut with the Arizona Complex League Reds.

Aguiar started 2022 with the Daytona Tortugas before being promoted to the Dayton Dragons. He started 2023 with Dayton and was promoted to the Chattanooga Lookouts during the season.[2]

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Edwin Zaed Arroyo (born August 25, 2003) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Arroyo attended Arecibo Baseball Academy in Arecibo, Puerto Rico before coming to the United States to attend Central Pointe Christian Academy in Kissimmee, Florida, for his senior season.[3] He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[4]

Arroyo made his professional debut in 2021 with the Arizona Complex League Mariners. He started 2022 with the Modesto Nuts.[5]

On July 29, 2022, the Mariners traded Arroyo, Noelvi Marte, Andrew Moore and Levi Stoudt to the Reds for pitcher Luis Castillo.[6] He won the 2023 Midwest League Top MLB Prospect Award with the Dayton Dragons.[7]

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Bryce Reid Bonnin (born October 11, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Bonnin attended Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, where he played baseball.[8] Although he was considered a top prospect for the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, he was not selected until the 26th round by the Chicago Cubs.[9][10] He did not sign and enrolled at the University of Arkansas to play college baseball. In 2018, his freshman year at Arkansas, he pitched 19 innings and went 1–0 with a 4.26 ERA. After the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Cotuit Kettleers.[11][12] He then transferred to Texas Tech University to become a starting pitcher.[13][14] For the 2019 season, he started 13 games and went 7–1 with a 4.08 ERA and 65 strikeouts over 64 innings.[15] He made four starts in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was then selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the third round with the 84th overall pick of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[16][17] He signed for $700,000.[18]

Bonnin made his professional debut in 2021 with the Daytona Tortugas, was promoted to the Dayton Dragons during the season, and also made one rehab start for the Arizona Complex League Reds. He missed time during the season due to injury. Over 11 starts for the season, Bonnin went 4–2 with a 2.87 ERA and 71 strikeouts over 47 innings.[19] He opened the 2022 season on the injured list.[20] He was activated in late April and assigned back to Dayton.[21] He was placed back on the injured list in early June and missed the remainder of the season. Over 25 innings pitched for the year, he went 1–1 with a 2.52 ERA, 28 strikeouts, and 12 walks.[22]

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Michael Byrne
Cincinnati Reds
Pitcher
Born: (1997-04-16) April 16, 1997 Orlando, Florida
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Michael Byrne (born April 16, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Byrne attended Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida. He played for the school's baseball team as a starting pitcher. Byrne enrolled at the University of Florida to play college baseball for the Florida Gators.[23] He became their closer in 2017, his sophomore year.[24][25][26] After the 2017 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[27] In 2018, Byrne won the Stopper of the Year Award.[28]

The Cincinnati Reds selected Byrne in the 14th round, with the 409th overall selection, of the 2018 MLB draft.[29] Byrne signed with the Reds, and began his professional career with the Daytona Tortugas of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.[30] In 21+2⁄3 innings relief innings, he went 1–1 with a 1.25 ERA.[31] He returned to Daytona in 2019, going 7–3 with a 4.27 ERA over 37 games (six starts).[32] Byrne did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[33] He was assigned to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts to begin the 2021 season.

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Tyler Callihan
Callihan with the Dayton Dragons in 2022
Cincinnati Reds
Second baseman
Born: (2000-06-22) June 22, 2000 Jacksonville, Florida
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Medals Men's baseball Representing  United States COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championship 2018 Panama Team

Tyler Callihan (born June 22, 2000) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Callihan attended Providence School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he began starting on their varsity baseball team as an eighth grader.[34] In 2018, as a junior, he hit .440 with 11 home runs.[35] As a senior in 2019, he batted .456 with 12 home runs alongside pitching to a 1.08 ERA over 26 innings.[36] He was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the third round with the 85th overall selection of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.[37][38] He signed for $1.5 million, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of South Carolina.[39]

Callihan made his professional debut with the Greeneville Reds and was promoted to the Billings Mustangs at the season's end.[40][41] Over 57 games between the two teams, he batted .263 with six home runs, 33 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases.[42] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.[43] He opened the 2021 season with the Daytona Tortugas.[44] After 23 games in which he hit .299 with two home runs, he suffered a right elbow injury and missed the remainder of the season.[45] After missing the beginning of the 2022 season while recovering from injury, he returned in mid-May with the Tortugas and hit a home run in his first at-bat.[46] In late June, he was promoted to the Dayton Dragons.[47] Over 88 games between the two teams, Callihan batted .250 with seven home runs, 33 RBIs, 19 doubles, and 15 stolen bases.[48] Callihan played the 2023 season with both Dayton and the Chattanooga Lookouts, hitting .249 with nine home runs, 58 RBIs, and 29 stolen bases over 131 games.[49]

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Allan Alexesis Cerda (born November 24, 1999) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Cerda signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international free agent in July 2017.[50] The Reds added him to their 40-man roster after the 2021 season.[51] He was non-tendered on November 18, 2022, then re-signed a minor league deal a couple days later.

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Blake William Dunn (born September 5, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Dunn played college baseball at Western Michigan for four seasons. He was named first team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) as a sophomore after hitting .374 with five home runs, nine doubles, two triples, and 30 stolen bases.[52] In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[53] Dunn batted .288 with four doubles, two home runs, and 11 stolen bases in 15 games during his junior season before it was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[54] Dunn batted .305 as a senior.[55]

Dunn was selected in the 15th round of the 2021 MLB draft by the Cincinnati Reds.[56] After signing with the team he was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Reds before being promoted to the Daytona Tortugas of Low-A Southeast. Dunn hit .286 over 11 total minor league games.[57] He returned to Daytona in 2021, but missed most of the season due to a shoulder injury and finished the season with a .290 batting average in 33 games olayed.[58] Dunn was assigned to the High-A Dayton Dragons to begin the 2023 season.[59] He was promoted to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts after hitting .276 with eight home runs and 19 stolen bases over 47 games played.[60]

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Rece Xola Hinds (born September 5, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Hinds was born and grew up in Niceville, Florida, and initially attended Niceville High School. He was invited to play in the Under Armour All-America Game after both his sophomore and junior seasons. As a junior, Hinds hit .494 with 12 home runs and was also invited to the Perfect Game All-American Classic.[61] Following his junior season, he transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Hinds batted .361 with 33 runs, 17 RBIs, 14 stolen bases in his only season at IMG.[62]

Hinds was selected in the 2nd round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds.[63] After signing with the team he was assigned to the Greeneville Reds of the Class A-Short Season Appalachian League, where went 0–8 with two walks in 10 plate appearances.[64] Hinds did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic,[65] but was added to the Reds' alternate training site roster shortly after the beginning of the 2020 Major League Baseball season.[66] Hinds was named the best overall athlete in the Reds' minor league system going into the 2021 season.[67] He spent the 2021 season with the Daytona Tortugas of the Low-A Southeast, slashing .251/.319/.515 with ten home runs, 27 RBIs, and six stolen bases over 43 games.[68] He missed time during the season due to a torn meniscus.[69]

On March 5, 2022, the Reds announced that Hinds would be switching his position from third base to the outfield. Reds farm director Shawn Pender added "We made a decision to get him (Hinds) on the field healthier."[70]

He played in the 2022 Arizona Fall League, where he batted .234/.280/.403, and led the league in strikeouts (33; in 77 at bats).[71]

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Alexander Thomas McGarry (born May 11, 1998) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

McGarry grew up in Vancouver, Washington, and attended Columbia River High School.[72]

McGarry began his college baseball career at Tacoma Community College. He batted .336 with 10 doubles, two home runs, and 43 RBIs as a freshman.[73] He transferred to Oregon State after his freshman year and redshirted his first season with the team. As a redshirt sophomore McGarry batted .293 with five doubles, eight home runs, and 29 RBIs and was named first team All-Pac-12 Conference.[74] He was batting .288 before the 2020 season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.[75]

McGarry was signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an undrafted free agent on June 26, 2020.[76] He was assigned to the Low-A Daytona Tortugas at the beginning of the season before being promoted to the High-A Dayton Dragons.[77] McGarry started the 2022 season with Dayton, where he batted .286 with 11 home runs and 37 RBIs in 41 games before being promoted to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts.[78]

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Nick Quintana
Cincinnati Reds
Third baseman / Second baseman
Born: (1997-10-13) October 13, 1997 Las Vegas, Nevada
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Medals Men's baseball Representing  United States U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 Osaka Team

Nicholas Ryan Quintana (born October 13, 1997) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Quintana attended the University of Arizona following a high school career at Arbor View High School in Las Vegas. He was named to the First Team All-Pac-12 for the first time as a sophomore after hitting .313 with fourteen home runs and 55 RBIs over the season. He would repeat the achievement as a junior in 2019 improving upon the prior year's numbers leaping to a .342 batting average, fifteen home runs, and 77 RBIs while improving his OBP from .413 to .462. He was named Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American, as well a NCBWA Third Team All-American.[79] In 2017 and 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[80][81]

Quintana was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft with the 47th overall pick. This was his second time being selected in the draft, having previously been selected in the eleventh round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox. After signing with the Tigers, he would immediately join the Single-A West Michigan Whitecaps.[82] Despite starting in West Michigan, after a slow start hitting just .158 with a .228 OBP while striking out 51 times in 41 games, he would take a step down to the short season Single-A Connecticut Tigers in early-August.[83] Over 25 games with Connecticut, he batted .256. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[84] In 2021, he played with the Single-A Lakeland Flying Tigers, slashing .196/.329/.346 with nine home runs and 46 RBIs over 82 games.

On November 3, 2021, the Tigers traded Quintana to the Reds for Tucker Barnhart.[85]

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Christian Roa
Roa with the Dayton Dragons in 2022
Cincinnati Reds
Pitcher
Born: (1999-04-02) April 2, 1999 Houston, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Christian Michael Roa (born April 2, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Roa attended Memorial High School in Houston, Texas.[86][87] He played both baseball and football.[88] Undrafted in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Texas A&M University where he played college baseball for the Aggies.

In 2018, Roa's freshman season, he pitched in 14 games (with one start), pitching to a 4.30 ERA with 12 strikeouts over 14+2⁄3 innings.[89] That summer, he played in the Northwoods League for the La Crosse Loggers.[90] As a sophomore in 2019, he appeared in 17 games (making ten starts), going 3–2 with a 3.56 ERA and 46 strikeouts over 48 innings.[91][92] On March 19, 2019, he was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week after throwing seven scoreless innings against the second ranked Vanderbilt Commodores.[93] In 2020, Roa returned to the Aggies starting rotation. He started four games, pitching to a 2–1 record and a 5.85 ERA over twenty innings before the season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[94]

Roa was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round with the 48th overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[95][96][97] He signed with the Reds for $1.5 million.[98][99] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic.[100] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Daytona Tortugas of the Low-A Southeast.[101] He was placed on the injured list in May with a right elbow flexor mass strain, and did not return to play until mid-July.[69] In early August, he was promoted to the Dayton Dragons of the High-A Central.[102] Over 15 games (13 starts) between the two clubs, Roa went 4–3 with a 3.53 ERA and 67 strikeouts over 58+2⁄3 innings.[103] He opened the 2022 season on the injured list, but was activated in early May and assigned to Dayton.[20] In late August, he was promoted to the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Double-A Southern League.[104] Over twenty starts between both teams, Roa went 6–3 with a 3.56 ERA and 102 strikeouts over ninety innings.[105] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season.[106]

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