Early in April I had a chance to speak with Cincinnati Reds prospect Kien Vu. The outfielder was entering his first full season of professional baseball after being the 9th round pick in 2025. Among the questions I asked Vu was how he saw himself as a player. His answer was longer than this next quote, but one of the things he said was, “when I’m up to bat, I’m just trying to get on base and win games. For me, that’s all I can control right now.”
When he said that he probably didn’t envision the current run he’s on. Vu went 1-3 with two walks, a run scored, and an RBI last night for the Dayton Dragons. His walk in the 1st inning extended his on-base streak to an even 30 games. That ranks as the 5th longest active streak in minor league baseball. It’s tied for the longest streak in the Midwest League this season with former Reds prospect Mike Sirota, who was promoted this week to Double-A and got on base in his lone game there so far and has a 31-game on-base streak going.
The streak began for Kien Vu back on April 15th when the Dragons were in Michigan taking on the Great Lakes Loons. He went hitless that day, but he drew two walks. Two days later he came off of the bench as a pinch runner in the first game of a doubleheader and would remain in the game and get one at-bat. He doubled in that opportunity to make it two games in a row and he’s been keeping the streak alive ever since.
Vu has been on base 51 times in those 30 games. He’s had hits in 24 of the 30 games. He’s walked 20 times during the streak. In an interesting streak on it’s own, he has had a hit in 13 of his 15 games in May, but every single game in which he has had a hit during the month he has had exactly one hit. In the 15 games covering the streak in April he had five multi-hit games.
The season got out to a bit of a slow start for Kien Vu, but he’s raised his line through 38 games to .245/.366/.434. He’s added in five doubles, two triples, six home runs, and he’s stolen 10 bases in 13 tries. You can see all of his stats here.