The 2025 Major League Baseball Draft came to a close on Tuesday evening. Day two of the draft was for rounds 4-20 and the Cincinnati Reds spent a whole lot of their picks on pitchers. In fact, on day two they selected 10 pitchers. That doesn’t include the two pitchers that they selected on the first day.
Here’s a quick look at how the entire draft played out for the Cincinnati Reds:
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | 9 | Steele Hall | SS | Hewitt-Trussville HS |
| 2 | 51 | Aaron Watson | RHP | Trinity Christian Academy |
| 3 | 83 | Mason Morris | RHP | Ole Miss |
| 4 | 114 | Mason Neville | OF | Oregon |
| 5 | 145 | Eli Pitts | OF | North Atlanta HS |
| 6 | 174 | Braden Osbolt | RHP | Kennesaw State |
| 7 | 204 | Justin Henschel | RHP | Florida Gulf Coast |
| 8 | 234 | Kyle McCoy | LHP | Maryland |
| 9 | 264 | Kien Vu | OF | Arizona State |
| 10 | 294 | Ty Doucette | 1B | Rutgers |
| 11 | 324 | Jake Brink | RHP | College of Charleston |
| 12 | 354 | Carson Latimer | RHP | Sacramento State |
| 13 | 384 | Brady Afthim | RHP | Connecticut |
| 14 | 414 | Bryce Archie | RHP | South Florida |
| 15 | 444 | Andrew Shaffner | RHP | NC State |
| 16 | 474 | Maison Martinez | RHP | Florida State |
| 17 | 504 | Dylan King | C | Central Florida |
| 18 | 534 | Ethan Moore | SS | Oak Park and River Forest HS |
| 19 | 564 | Myles Upchurch | RHP | St. Albans HS |
| 20 | 594 | Leamsi Montanez | C | Leadership Christian Academy |
If you want to read reports, see videos, check out the stats, and get more information on all of these guys – we’ve got you covered over at RedsMinorLeagues.com. What we’re going to look at from day two are a few of the more intriguing players for one reason or another from the final day of the draft.
The College Quarterback
In the 14th round the Reds took Bryce Archie. He originally attended Coastal Carolina as a quarterback in 2022. He then transferred to South Florida where he was on the football team as a backup quarterback in 2023 and the start of 2024 before taking over as the starter a few games into the 2024 season.
The 2024 season was also his first year that he played college baseball. He struggled that season on the mound as a reliever. In 2025 he turned things around and posted a 3.25 ERA in 44.1 innings. Archie has a fastball that’s been up to 96 MPH and he flashes a quality slider.
The Home Run Champ
Cincinnati began day two of the draft by taking Mason Neville. He led the country in home runs this past season with 26 of them for Oregon. There’s a ton of power in his game, but he’s struggled to make contact in his career – though he did improve his contact rate in 2025 (but it was still a well below-average rate). He hit just .290 thanks in part to his struggles putting the bat on the ball.
The .400 hitter
A few rounds into day two the Reds selected Kien Cu out of Arizona State. In 2024 there was something a bit strange going on in college baseball and everyone was hitting everything and the offensive environment was up nearly everywhere. Vu, though, was doing stuff very few guys were doing as he hit .413 on the season. This year he “only” hit .354 for Arizona State.
A Reds Connection
In the 17th round the Reds took catcher Dylan King out of Central Florida. He hit well in his first season as a starter, posting a .326/.442/.652 line. His dad Brad King played minor league baseball from 1996-2003. In the 2000 season he played for the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts in the Cincinnati farm system. He only played in 41 games that season and hit .250/.364/.352. Two years prior to that he played in Daytona when they were a Cubs affiliate.
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