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Reds Prospect Homers Twice, Making Strong Case for Promotion to Cincinnati

Cincinnati Reds On SI·Greg Kuffner·23 days ago
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While the Reds' offense has been abysmal, their Triple-A affiliate, the Louisville Bats have been knocking the cover off the ball. Cincinnati's No. 8 prospect, Edwin Arroyo, continued his torrid start to the season with Louisville by hitting two home runs on Friday night, one from each side of the plate. Arroyo is now hitting .331 with an OPS of .972. With Matt McLain and Ke'Bryan Hayes struggling. The 22-year-old is making his case to be called up to Cincinnati. He's played second base, shortstop, and third base for the Bats. "The Reds view the fact that Arroyo played 120 games at Double-A in 2025 as a win coming off that injury, then he added some more productive at-bats playing winter ball in Puerto Rico," MLB Pipeline wrote . "He’s a switch-hitter who can make a ton of contact from both sides of the plate. It looked like added strength was contributing to more power, which didn’t reappear in 2025, perhaps because of the injury.…

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