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    Reds MiLB Notebook: Spring Breakout and a re-signing

    Doug Gray 6

    The Spring Breakout games are back this spring. After playing in two of the games a year ago in the concept’s debut, the Cincinnati Reds will only be playing one this year. And it’s going to be the last spring breakout game on the schedule. On Sunday March 16th the Cincinnati Reds prospects will hit the road to take on the Milwaukee Brewers prospects in a 7:40pm ET matchup.

    Cincinnati played in the first ever spring breakout game last year against the Texas Rangers. Cam Collier, who showed off plenty of power once the season began, crushed a home run in the game to give everyone a preview of what was to come later in 2024.

    All of the spring breakout games were able to be watched by fans last year. While the games are still two months out, there was no mention in the news release/announcement today about whether or not fans will be able to watch broadcasts of the games this year. The team rosters for the games were not public until March 7th of last year and that is likely going to be a similar case this year. Organizations will have a better idea of the health and status of everyone by then and have their pitching schedules lined up and know who should and shouldn’t be available for the game the following week.

    Rosters are made up of 20-25 players who are among the organizations best prospects. You can go back and look at 2024’s roster here if you’d like to see how that turned out.

    Reds re-sign two players

    Cincinnati is bringing back two players who were in the minor leagues and major leagues for them in the 2024 season. The Reds signed Levi Jordan and Austin Wynns to minor league deals.

    Jordan made his big league debut with Cincinnati in June and wound up playing in seven games, going 1-10 with a double and an RBI. The rest of his year was spent in Triple-A with the Bats where he played in 95 games and hit .307/.382/.489 while playing second base, third base, center field, left field, and right field. Wynns played in 31 games with Louisville and hit .250/.307/.404. He also spent seven games with Cincinnati, going 7-19 (.368) before landing on the injured list at the end of July and missing the remainder of the season.

    Doug Gray
    Doug Gray is the owner and operator of this website and has been running it since 2006 in one variation or another.

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    2. I think this years spring breakout roster is going to heavily feature what will be the AA Chattanooga Lookouts squad plus a few other guys in A ball with promise. Here is what I expect, not what I would do or where I would have certain guys.

      C: Alfredo Duno
      1B: John Michael Faile
      2B: Sal Stewart
      SS: Edwin Arroyo
      3B: Cam Collier
      LF: Hector Rodriguez
      CF: Ethan O’Donnell
      RF: Yerlin Confidan
      DH: Ariel Almonte

      Pitchers: Chase Burns, Chase Petty, Connor Phillips, Luke Holman, Jose Acuna, Adam Serwinowski

      1. Sal Stewart got some recognition today as the 7th rated 2B in the minors, and I thought for a second there may be more hope for him there than I thought. But then I read up on his 2025 scouting reports and it seems it’s more of a deployment strategy (getting he and Collier on the field at the same time while working them to keep them as athletic as possible).

        6’1″ and 215 at age 21 could easily;y be 6’1″ and 225 before too long. If he can stick at 3B, it might be best, as Collier seems more destined to land a 1B. Limited range at 2B, on a team trying to improve its defense, with a new manager prioritizing that, doesn’t seem to have long term legs.

        1. These are all good points. The accompanying scouting report is quite good, and I agree Stewart will ultimately best fit defensively at third base. It would be nice to see some additional power in games, but he’s developed nicely thus far.

        2. Sal may be my breakout candidate the more I think of it. He’s a very advanced hitter and entering AA. As reported, he’s a baseball rat, and I suspect he’ll also be on a mission to make up for lost time. Because of his strengths in approach, he might be one guy who I am not opposed to having learn at the ML level, such as how to get to his (HR) power more. Like CES (in 2023), it may his defense that slows such a possibility. Or not.

        3. For what it’s worth, I thought Sal looked better at 2B than the more hyped (as a defender) Victor Acosta did. Good reads, good feet, clean throws.

        4. You’ve mentioned that often, Duke, which is encouraging re: his athleticism if nothing else. I think Dayton really missed him in the playoffs last season. That Guardians affiliate defeating them had three very good hitters though. I’d love to see Stewart break out and put pressure on Marte and CES. Don’t look back, somebody might be gaining.

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