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Héctor Rodríguez (outfielder)
Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Cincinnati Reds and short biographies on some of the top prospects in the organization: Players Jay Allen Jay Frederick Allen II (born November 22, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds organization. Listed at and , he bats and throws right-handed. Allen played high school baseball, football, and basketball at John Carroll Catholic High School in Fort Pierce, Florida. Allen committed to play college baseball for the Florida Gators. Allen was selected in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds as the final selection of the first round; he was the 30th player selected and the Reds' second selection of the first round, as the Reds had received a compensatory pick due to the Los Angeles Dodgers signing Trevor Bauer. Allen signed with the Reds on July 20, 2021, for a $2.4 million signing bonus. Allen made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Division. They were a charter member of the American Association (1882–1891), American Association in 1881 before joining the NL in 1890. The Reds played in the National League West, NL West division from 1969 to 1993, before joining the Central division in 1994. For several years in the 1970s, they were considered the most dominant team in baseball, most notably winning the 1975 World Series, 1975 and 1976 World Series; the team was colloquially known as the "Big Red Machine" during this time, and it included National Baseball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame members Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Tony Pérez, as well as the controversial Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader in Major League Baseball. Overall, the Reds have won five World Series champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-A
Single-A, formerly known as Class A and sometimes as Low-A, is the fourth-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States, below Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A, Double-A (baseball), Double-A, and High-A. There are 30 teams classified at the Single-A level, one for each team in Major League Baseball (MLB), organized into three leagues: the California League, Carolina League, and Florida State League. History Class A was originally the highest level of Minor League Baseball, beginning with the earliest classifications, established circa 1890. Teams within leagues at this level had their players' contracts protected and the players were subject to reserve clauses. When the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues – the formal name of Minor League Baseball – was founded in 1901, Class A remained the highest level, restricted to leagues with cities that had an aggregate population of over a million people. Entering the 1902 season, the only Class A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwest League Top MLB Prospect Award
The Midwest League Top MLB Prospect Award is an annual award given to the best rookie player in Minor League Baseball's Midwest League based on their regular-season performance as voted on by league managers. League broadcasters, Minor League Baseball executives, and members of the media have previously voted as well. Though the league was established in 1947, the award was not created until 1956 as the Prospect of the Year Award. After the cancellation of the 2020 season, the league was known as the in 2021 before reverting to the Midwest League name in 2022. The Top MLB Prospect Award began to be issued instead of the Prospect of the Year Award in 2021. Sixteen outfielders have won the Top MLB Prospect Award, the most of any position. Shortstops, with 14 winners, have won the most among infielders, followed by third basemen (4), first basemen (3), and second basemen (1). Thirteen pitchers and five catchers have also won the award. Twenty-four players who have won the Top M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Castillo (pitcher, Born 1992)
Luis Miguel Castillo (born December 12, 1992) is a People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017 with the Cincinnati Reds. Castillo is a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star. Professional career San Francisco Giants Castillo signed with the San Francisco Giants as an international free agent in December 2011. Castillo only pitched as a reliever in the Giants' farm system. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the DSL Giants, going 1–3 with a 3.31 ERA in innings pitched. In 2013, he returned there, going 0–1 with a 0.64 ERA in 27 appearances. In 2014, he came to the United States, pitching for the Augusta GreenJackets where he had a 2–2 record and 3.07 ERA in 48 appearances. Miami Marlins On December 20, 2014, Castillo and Kendry Flores were traded to the Miami Marlins for Casey McGehee. Castillo started 2015 with the Greensboro Grass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levi Stoudt
Levi Stoudt (born December 4, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, with whom he made his debut in 2023. Amateur career Stoudt attended Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, and played college baseball at Lehigh University. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Seattle Mariners Stoudt was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the third round, with the 97th overall selection, of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. Stoudt underwent Tommy John surgery after the Mariners drafted him. He made his professional debut two years later in 2021 with the Everett AquaSox and was promoted to the Arkansas Travelers during the season. Over 15 starts between the two teams, he went 7–3 with a 3.31 ERA and 86 strikeouts over innings. Cincinnati Reds On July 29, 2022, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noelvi Marte
Noelvi Marte (born October 16, 2001) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop and third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023. Career Seattle Mariners Marte signed with the Seattle Mariners as an international free agent on July 2, 2018. He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Mariners in 2019. In 65 games, he hit .309/.371/.511 with nine home runs and 54 runs batted in (RBI). Marte did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He split the 2021 season between the Modesto Nuts and the Everett AquaSox, slashing .273/.366/.459 with 17 home runs, 71 RBI, 28 doubles and 24 stolen bases. Cincinnati Reds On July 29, 2022, the Mariners traded Marte, Edwin Arroyo, Andrew Moore, and Levi Stoudt to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Luis Castillo. The Reds subsequently assigned Marte to the High–A Dayton Dragons. On November 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modesto Nuts
The Modesto Nuts are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. They are located in Modesto, California, and are named for the several types of nuts grown in the Central Valley. They play their home games at John Thurman Field, which opened in 1955. The Nuts adopted their current name in 2005 after the team's affiliation with the Oakland Athletics ended. Before then, the team was known as the Modesto Athletics (or A's) from 1975 to 2004. The club was also known as the Modesto Reds (1966–1974 and 1946–1961) and Modesto Colts (1962–1964). The Nuts were expected to leave Modesto following the 2024 season after the city and the Mariners were unable to come to terms on who would pay for ballpark improvements mandated by Major League Baseball. However, a deal was reached to keep the team in Modesto through at least the 2025 season. After the 2024 season, the Mariners sold the team to Diamond Baseball Holdings, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona Complex League Mariners
The Arizona Complex League Mariners are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, competing in the Arizona Complex League of Minor League Baseball. The team plays its home games at Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents. History The team first competed in the Arizona League (AZL) in 1988, as a cooperative between the Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox known as the Arizona League Red Sox/Mariners. In 1989, the team became an affiliate solely of the Mariners, and was renamed as such. The team has operated continuously in Arizona since then. Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the Arizona Complex League The Arizona Complex League (ACL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in and around Phoenix, Arizona, since 1988. Prior to 2021, it was known as the Arizona League (AZL). Along wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. The Mariners compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. The team joined the American League as an expansion team in 1977 Major League Baseball expansion, 1977, playing their home games in the Kingdome. Since July , the Mariners' home Baseball park, ballpark has been T-Mobile Park, located in the SoDo, Seattle, SoDo neighborhood of Seattle. The "Mariners" name originates from the prominence of seamanship, marine culture in the city of Seattle. They are List of baseball nicknames, nicknamed the M's, a title featured in their primary logo from 1987 to 1992. They adopted their current team colors – navy blue, northwest green (teal), and Silver (color), silver – before the 1993 season, after having been royal blue and Gold (color), gold since the team's inception; the original colors continue to be used in alternate unifor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a principal city of the Greater Orlando, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Census Bureau defines an urban area with Kissimmee as the principal city, which is separated from the Orlando urban area. The Kissimmee–St. Cloud, Florida, St. Cloud, Florida urban area had a 2020 population of 418,404, making it the List of United States urban areas, 100th largest in the United States. History The area was originally named Allendale, after Confederate Major J. H. Allen, who operated the first cargo steamboat along the Kissimmee River—the ''Mary Belle''. It was renamed Kissimmee when incorporated as a city in 1883. The modern town, the county seat of Osceola County, was founded before the Civil War by the Bass, Johnson and Overstreet families. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortstop
Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball positions, baseball or softball fielding position between second base, second and third base, which is considered to be among the Defensive spectrum, most demanding defensive positions. Historically, the position was assigned to defensive specialists who were typically poor at batting and were often placed at the bottom of the Batting order (baseball), batting order. Today, shortstops are often able to hit well and many are placed at the top of the lineup. In the Baseball positions, numbering system used by Baseball scorekeeping, scorers to record defensive plays, the shortstop is assigned the number 6. More hit balls go to the shortstop than to any other position, as there are more Right-handedness, right-handed hitters in baseball than Left-handedness, left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to Pull hitter, pull the ball slightly. Like a second baseman, a shortstop must be agile, for example when performing a Glossary of b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Arecibo (; ) is a Arecibo barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado, Puerto Rico, Utuado and Ciales, Puerto Rico, Ciales; east of Hatillo, Puerto Rico, Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, Barceloneta and Florida, Puerto Rico, Florida. It is about west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, the capital city. Arecibo is the largest municipality in Puerto Rico by area, and it is the core city of the Puerto Rico statistical areas, Arecibo Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the greater San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area, San Juan–Bayamón, PR Combined statistical area, Combined Statistical Area. It is spread over 18 ''barrios'' and Arecibo barrio-pueblo, Arecibo Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). Its population in 2020 was 87,754. The Arecibo Observatory, which housed the Arecibo telescope, the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
