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    Cincinnati Reds Minor League Game Review: March 29, 2025

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    Second game of the year for the Louisville Bats and they picked up their second win of the year. Saturday afternoon’s contest featured a whole lot of defensive action from the Bats as they gave up just four hits on the day.

    Through Friday the 11th I will be including the Top 25 Prospect Rundown here on the site and game notes, but after that if you would like to get that each and every day, you can get it emailed to you every morning during the season by signing up at Patreon and helping support the site.

    The Louisville Bats won 4-1. Box Score

    Game Notes

    Luis Mey announced his presence with authority in his Triple-A debut. He threw 10 pitches. Nine of them were 100+ MPH. The other pitch was an 88 MPH slider. He threw seven strikes and made quick work of Memphis hitters in the top of the 7th inning.

    Will Benson is 5-9 to begin the season.

    Drew Parrish struck out the second batter of the game. Louisville’s pitching staff didn’t record another strikeout until Alan Busenitz struck out the first batter of the 9th inning. He would also strike out the final batter of the game to give the Bats three strikeouts on the day. They needed just 113 pitches to get through the game.

    In a fun little twist in this game, both teams were wearing “Redbirds” jerseys. Louisville used to be the Redbirds from 1982 through 1998.

    Top Pitch Velocity: Luis Mey – 102.5 MPH (pop up)

    Top Exit Velocity: Edwin Rios – 108.0 MPH (fly out)

    Furthest Hit Baseball: Edwin Rios – 330 feet (fly out)

    Top 25 Prospects Rundown

    With just Cincinnati and Louisville playing the rundown is going to be a bit empty with information for the next few days until other teams begin to play.

    3/30 Game Preview

    Team RecordTime (ET)Probable Box ScoreListen Watch
    Louisville2-01:05pmWilkersonHereHereHere
    Chattanooga0-0FridayTBAHereHereHere
    Dayton0-0FridayTBAHereHereHere
    Daytona0-0FridayTBAHereHereHere
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    2. Kind of comical. One of the non-strikes Mey threw was a high pitch that Higgins got a glove on but bent the top of the catchers mit pocket back as it flew just over the umpire’s right shoulder. The umpire looked over his shoulder at the backstop and looked like what the heck was that. I heard it tick the glove but didn’t see it.

      1. Reminded me of the throw Elly made last year where Candelario barely got his glove up to catch it.

        That one slider was impressive.

    3. Nice to see the Bats come out hot. Still a bit more veteran roster filler than you’d like to see on your AAA club, but some legit guys there even if not all prospects. If guys like Marte, Hinds, and Benson can smooth out the rough spots in their game and become more complete players, it’d be a big win for the Reds depth over the next 3-5 years.

      Nice to see Mey filling up the zone and trusting his plus stuff to get guys out. You don’t have to nibble at the edges so much as you just have to not leave the ball middle middle when you are throwing that hard.

      Can’t wait until we have 4 teams a night with updates and then up to 7 with the complex and Dominican team. The Reds are a little short on high end prospects but this is the deepest our system has felt to me in a long time.

      1. I was leaning the same way about the “veteran” aspect, but it’s the pitching and the 3 important hitters coming out strong. SO different from the past few years (decades) watching AAAA lineups and 30+ year old journeymen pitchers. This team has plenty of useful talent for the Reds if they perform, and if needed.

      2. I think we’ll see some movement in the roster before long. Marte, and Benson hopefully will earn their way back onto the Reds roster. They certainly are starting off strong, so fingers crossed.

        AA is also full of our top young prospects. 1, 2, 3, or more may find their way up to AAA before midseason.

        Anyways that’s what AAA is for. It’s a hodgepodge of prospects, AAAA journeymen, rehabbing vets, and formerly top prospects getting some work in.

    4. I’m a bit curious about Parrish. He had a nice 24, and is now 27 years old. If he’s going to make a contribution to a MLB club, it’s likely this year or never.

    5. Wonder who decided on the Bats promotion for yesterday. The Bats wore their throwback Louisville Redbirds jerseys on a day they were playing the Memphis Red Birds. So Red Birds versus Red Birds.

    6. Great to see Benson responding well to being sent down…just like two years ago. Should have happened last year. Hopefully we get a repeat performance from two years ago. Still loads of potential there.

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