Cincinnati Reds minor league players
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
Michael De León
Michael De León is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Cincinnati Reds organization.De León was signed by the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in July 2013. He made his professional debut the next season with the Hickory Crawdads, and also spent time with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and Frisco RoughRiders; in 93 total games between the three teams he batted.248 with two home runs and 32 RBIs. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League, where he became the youngest player in the history of the league. He spent 2015 with Hickory, where he batted.222 with one home run and 29 RBIs, and 2016 with the High Desert Mavericks where he slashed.267/.308/.385 with nine home runs and 54 RBIs in 128 games. In 2017, De León played for Frisco and compiled a.223 batting average with two home runs and 35 RBIs in 112 games. De León returned to the RoughRiders for the 2018 season and hit.262/.295/.328/.623 with 4 home runs and 49 RBI in 135 games. De León was assigned back to Frisco of the Double-A Texas League for the 2019 season, hitting.260/.304/.314/.618 with 3 home runs and 40 RBI.
On December 12, 2019, De León was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the minor league phase of the 2019 Rule 5 draft.
Stuart Fairchild
Stuart Alexander Fairchild is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds organization.Fairchild attended Seattle Preparatory School. The Seattle Times named him to their All-Area Team in 2014. He enrolled at Wake Forest University and played college baseball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 2017, his junior year, he slashed.360/.439/.636 with 17 home runs and 67 RBIs in 63 games. After the season, the Cincinnati Reds selected Fairchild in the second round of the 2017 MLB draft, and signed him for a $1,802,800 signing bonus. He was assigned to the Billings Mustangs where he posted a.304 batting average with three home runs, 23 RBIs, and 12 stolen bases in 56 games.
Fairchild spent 2018 with both the Dayton Dragons and the Daytona Tortugas, slashing a combined.264/.344/.407 with nine home runs, 57 RBIs, and 23 stolen bases in 130 games between both clubs. He returned to Daytona to open 2019, and was promoted to the Chattanooga Lookouts during the season. Over 109 games between both teams, he batted.264/.352/.441 with 12 home runs and 54 RBIs.
Jameson Hannah
Jameson Chandler Hannah is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Cincinnati Reds organizationHannah attended Flower Mound High School, in Flower Mound, Texas. He attended Dallas Baptist University and played college baseball for the Patriots. In 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Hannah was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Hannah played for the Vermont Lake Monsters in 2018, hitting.279/.347/.384/.731 with one home run and ten RBI over 23 games. He opened the 2019 season with the Stockton Ports and slashed.283/.334/.381/.715 with two home runs and 31 RBI in 92 games.
On July 31, 2019, Hannah was traded by the Athletics to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Tanner Roark. He was assigned to the Daytona Tortugas, but played in only 18 games due to injury.
José García
José Israel García is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop in the Cincinnati Reds organization.García played for the Cuban national baseball team in the 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup and in the Cuban National Series for the Industriales. He signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international free agent in June 2017.
García made his professional debut in 2018 with the Dayton Dragons. He played 2019 with the Daytona Tortugas and after the season played in the Arizona Fall League. The Reds invited him to their Spring Training in 2020.
Ryan Hendrix
Ryan Matthew Hendrix is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.Hendrix attended Cypress Woods High School in Cypress, Texas. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 17th round of the 2013 MLB draft, but did not sign and attended Texas A&M University. Hendrix played for the 2015 USA Collegiate National Team. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round, with the 138th overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft, and signed with them.
Hendrix split his professional debut season of 2016 between the Billings Mustangs and the Dayton Dragons, going a combined 3–1 with a 3.57 ERA and 36 strikeouts over innings. He split the 2017 season between Dayton and the Daytona Tortugas, going a combined 5–5 with a 2.90 ERA and 88 strikeouts over 62 innings. He spent the 2018 season with Daytona, going 4–4 with a 1.76 ERA and 79 strikeouts over 51 innings. He split the 2019 season between the Arizona League Reds and the Chattanooga Lookouts, going a combined 4–0 with a 1.85 ERA and 31 strikeouts over innings.
Hendrix was added to the Reds 40–man roster after the 2019 season.
Packy Naughton
Naughton attended Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2014. He underwent Tommy John surgery his junior year. He was not drafted out of high school in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft and thus enrolled at Virginia Tech University where he played college baseball.
In 2015, Naughton's freshman year at Virginia Tech, he pitched 44 innings, going 2-1 with a 4.91 ERA and 35 strikeouts. As a sophomore in 2016, he appeared in 15 games in which he compiled a 3-7 record and a 6.75 ERA. That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Harwich Mariners and was named an All-Star. In 2017, as a junior at Virginia Tech, he pitched in 17 games in which he went 2-6 with a 6.24 ERA, striking out 63 batters in innings. After his junior year, he was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.
Naughton signed with the Reds and made his professional debut with the Billings Mustangs. In 14 games, he went 3-3 with a 3.15 ERA, striking out 63 batters in sixty innings and earning Pioneer League All-Star honors. In 2018, he played with the Dayton Dragons, pitching to a 5-10 record and 4.03 ERA over 28 starts. He began 2019 with the Daytona Tortugas, with whom he was named a Florida State League All-Star, before being promoted to the Chattanooga Lookouts in May, finishing the season there. Over 28 starts between the two clubs, Naughton pitched to an 11-12 record with a 3.32 ERA, striking out 131 over 157 innings.
Alfredo Rodríguez
Alfredo Rodríguez is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop in the Cincinnati Reds organization.Rodríguez began his professional career in the Cuban National Series for Isla de la Juventud. He was the 2014-15 Rookie of the Year, and won the National Series gold glove award equivalent. Rodríguez defected from Cuba, and signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international free agent on July 4, 2016. He received a $7 million dollar signing bonus.
Rodríguez played for the DSL Reds in 2016, hitting.234/.314/.299/.613 with 0 home runs, 8 RBI, and 9 stolen bases. He spent the 2017 season with the Daytona Tortugas, hitting.253/.294/.294/.588 with 2 home runs and 36 RBI. He split the 2018 season between the Arizona League Reds, Daytona, and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, hitting a combined.210/.273/.312/.585 with 2 home runs and 15 RBI. He played for the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League following the 2018 season. Rodríguez split the 2019 season between the Chattanooga Lookouts and Louisville Bats, hitting a combined.267/.314/.327/.641 with 1 home run and 34 RBI.
Tony Santillan
Antonio C. Santillan is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.Santillan attended Seguin High School in Seguin, Texas. He committed to play college baseball at Texas Tech University. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.
After signing, Santillan made his professional debut with the Arizona League Reds and spent all of his first professional season there, pitching to an 0-2 record and 5.03 ERA in innings pitched. He pitched 2016 with both the Billings Mustangs and Dayton Dragons, compiling a combined 3-3 record, 5.19 ERA, and 1.43 WHIP in 15 games started between both teams, and spent 2017 back with Dayton, posting a 9-8 record and 3.38 ERA in 25 games. He started 2018 with the Daytona Tortugas and was promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos during the season. In 26 combined starts between the two clubs, he was 10-7 with a 3.08 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP. He spent 2019 with the Chattanooga Lookouts, going 2-8 with a 4.84 ERA over 21 starts, striking out 92 over innings.
Santillan was added to the Reds 40–man roster after the 2019 season.
Wyatt Strahan
Wyatt James Strahan is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.Strahan was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 27th round of the 2011 MLB draft out of Villa Park High School. As a senior at Villa Park, he compiled a 1.48 ERA. He chose to attend the University of Southern California rather than sign with Arizona. In 2014, his junior year at USC, he went 6-5 with a 3.28 ERA in 16 games. Strahan was then drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the third round of the 2014 MLB draft.
Strahan signed and made his professional debut that year with the Billings Mustangs where he posted a 2.76 ERA in 14 starts. In 2015, he pitched for the Dayton Dragons where he posted a 9-10 record and 2.79 ERA in 28 games started. He began 2016 with the Daytona Tortugas, and after four starts, was placed on the disabled list. He then underwent Tommy John surgery, thus ending his 2016 season. Strahan began 2017 on the disabled list and made his season debut in June for Daytona, where he spent the whole season. In 14 starts, he went 2-6 with a 3.84 ERA and 1.17 WHIP. In 2018, he played for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, going 7-12 with a 6.38 ERA in 27 games. He spent 2019 with the Chattanooga Lookouts, pitching to an 0-3 record with a 7.74 ERA over innings.