Reds Milb Notebook: What found out this spring?

Spring training is not quite over. Many smaller Leaguers are still in Arizona, but some of them are ready for the time being with their time in Goodyear. With the Big League Camp on Sunday in Goodyear you travel back to Ohio. On Tuesday you will be back on the field – this time in Dayton, to take over a team of Cincinnati Reds prospective prospective suits (which has not yet been announced). Louisville begins his season on Friday, March 28th. Players who will go to Louisville after the game on Tuesday will probably not go back to Arizona to fly back to Kentucky. The other three teams in full season will only start their season on April 4th.

After the Big League Club has been completed, this also means that outside the game on Tuesday in Dayton, unless you are still out there in Arizona and in the spring training facilities, we will not see or hear much of the Minor League players up to the beginning of the regular season next Friday and on Friday afterwards. I thought that would be a good time to think about some smaller league things.

At the beginning of spring, Cincinnati had over 60 players in the Big League Camp. As soon as the games started, they also appoint a whole range of smaller league players to take part in games for this day. Noelvi Marte was a member of the 40-man squad in the Big League Camp when spring training began. He fought early and went 3-20 (.150) with a double and a triple in 11 games.

The Reds granted him to the Minor League Camp on March 10. He never saw the rest of the spring in a big league game. Assuming that he remained healthy again in the Minor League camp, it seems quite strange.

Sal Stewart not only hit well when he had the opportunity to play in big league games, but play in numerous games, and collected a lot of playing time for a player who realistically never fought for work on the opening day. He met in 28 records in 13 games .292/.393/.500. Although Stewart only played in High-A for half a season last season, he had four walks with only five strikeouts this spring. He is known for his plate discipline, but even if it is a “first” spring training, this walking and striker rate was impressive against jugs, which almost had a lot more experience on higher levels than he.

Dominic Pitelli flashed a real pop. In 2024 he saw time with both Daytona (34 games) and Chattanooga (79 games). He met Daytona three times, but he only had a Homerun in Double-A with the viewpoints. Its isolated power (SLG – AVG) last season was 0.099. For the context, the average isolated power in the Major League baseball was 0.156 last season. But this spring he went 4-13 and all four of his hits were additional hits. He had two doubles and two Home Runs, while he met .308/.357/.923.

Blake Dunn had a good source. We do not yet know whether he will record the opening day or not, but he met in 24 games .340/.404/.574. Although this is impressive and noticed by itself, it was so often that he hit the ball hard, jumped out. This spring he had several balls over his 2024 highest output speed of 107.7 miles per hour.

Let’s talk about Ruben Ibarra. He only had six bats with the red this spring. He had four goals. His four fighted balls were all over 103 miles per hour.

On the hill only a guy stood up in a way that may not be expected. This type was Lenny Torres Jr. He spent 2024 in Double-A Akron in the Cleveland organization. And he also found good luck there and published an ERA of 2.26 in 51.2 Innerings in 51.2 Innerings with 63 strikes and 24 walks. The walks were a little higher than they would normally like to see, but it is a pretty big step forward in relation to his control of the rest of his career. This spring he went in 7.0 Innings two batteries, allowed a run (1.29 ERA) and had seven strikeouts.

It is certainly a small sample size, but Torres Jr. looked good when he was on the hill. His fast ball ran at 98.4 miles per hour and an average of 96 on his excursions. He also mixed a slider and a change. The Moll League Free Agent, which signs, turned some heads and should be in Triple-A and a call away when he starts the season well.