Jesús Reyes


Jesús Emmanuel Reyes is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Amateur career

Reyes enrolled at ASA College and joined their baseball team where he pitched during his freshman season. He quickly became one of ASA's best pitchers, so the team moved Reyes into their starting rotation after his first outing of the season. In addition to a fastball, Reyes learned to throw a changeup and a slider. He made 9 starts for the Avengers, pitching to a 3–3 win–loss record with a 4.32 earned run average.

Professional career

Minor leagues

He signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an undrafted free agent in August 2014.
He made his professional debut in 2015 with the Arizona League Reds and spent the whole season there, collecting a 5-4 record and 3.40 ERA in 13 games. In 2016, he played for the Dayton Dragons where he went 5-5 with a 2.40 ERA and 1.17 WHIP in 30 games, and in 2017, he played for both the Daytona Tortugas and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, pitching to a combined 8-9 record and 3.60 ERA in 25 total starts between the two teams.
The Reds added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.

Cincinnati Reds

On August 3, 2018, Reyes was called up to the Reds. On August 4, 2018, Reyes made his debut hitting Spencer Kieboom before throwing two scoreless innings. He opened the 2019 season with Louisville.