Abraham Gaitan named ACL Pitcher of the Week

The Cincinnati Reds have had multiple weeks this season where they had multiple players win the player or pitcher of the week award. But this past week was the first time that they had it happen in the same league as outfielder Arnaldo Lantigua and pitcher Abraham Gaitan swept the awards for the Arizona Complex League. You can read about Lantigua’s week here.

The first outing of the week came on the first day of the week for Abraham Gaitan. He took the mound in the 8th inning against the White Sox complex level club and he threw two hitless innings. He walked a batter and picked up a strikeout as he held onto the Reds lead and grabbed his first save since the first game he pitched on the season two months prior.

Four days later he got back on the mound and this time he entered the game in the 3rd inning against the Angels complex level team. He would give up a lone single in the 4th inning of the game, throwing 3.2 shutout innings on the night while striking out four batters. That night the Reds used five pitchers and the other four all allowed multiple earned runs in what turned out to be a blowout loss after the Angels team scored nine runs after Gaitan left the game.

When the week was over the reliever had thrown 5.2 shutout innings and allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out five of the 19 batters that he faced. You can see his season stats here.

Here’s the Cincinnati Reds players to win a Player of the Week Award in 2025: