A look at how the future of the Reds are doing in 2025.
We’re just past the halfway point in the season and, while the focus has been on the Reds’ and their push to make the postseason, it’s time we check on the minor leagues and see how things have been going for the future of the Reds.
[Prospect Rankings via MLB Pipeline]
- Chase Burns, RHP, Cincinnati Reds – The Reds’ 2024 first round pick is still technically a prospect, though he won’t be for long as he’s been with the big club for the better part of a month now. After sitting out the rest of 2024 after the draft, he came into 2025 and absolutely dominated the minor leagues. He made 13 starts across 3 levels and put up a 1.77 ERA, striking out 89 batters in only 66 innings of work before earning his call up. He’s had a few hiccups at the major league level, but he’s only going to get better and better with more experience.
- Sal Stewart, 2B/3B, Louisville Bats – The Reds drafted Sal Stewart with their compensation pick in 2022 and he’s done nothing but hit the ball ever since. He’s had his best season of his career so far in 2025, as he hit .306/.377/.473 to help lead the Chattanooga Lookouts to a first half division title. He’s a player who can do it all at the plate, shown by his 10 home runs and 19 doubles in the first half to go along with 13 stolen bases. That was enough to earn him a call-up to Louisville after the All-Star Break. He’s currently only hitting .208/.208/.333 in Louisville at the moment, but he’s another who will only get better as he adjusts to AAA pitching.
- Rhett Lowder, RHP, Cincinnati Reds – Still technically a prospect who wouldn’t be if injuries hadn’t derailed his 2025 season so far.
- Cam Collier, 1B/3B, Chattanooga Lookouts – After starting the season on the injured list with a thumb injury, Cam Collier is having the best season of his career. After terrorizing the poor pitchers in the ACL for 10 games, he came up to Dayton and hit .293/.370/.415 over 11 games. He’s spent the rest of the season in Double-A Chattanooga, where he’s hit .270/.407/.340 across 29 games. His plate discipline has improved quite a bit this year, as he has 20 walks against 34 strikeouts in Chattanooga. One thing that hasn’t returned in 2025 is his power. He’s only hit 2 home runs on the year compared to the 20 he hit last season.
- Alfredo Duno, C, Daytona Tortugas – After injuries derailed his 2023 and 2024 seasons, Alfredo Duno has finally been able to show what he can do when he’s healthy. Spending his second season in Low-A Daytona, Duno has hit .263/.409/.438 with 8 home runs and 20 doubles. Though he is striking out quite a bit (he already has 74 on the season) he is showing some good patience at the plate for a 19 year old, as he’s walked 64 times so far in 2025.
- Chase Petty, RHP, Louisville Bats – Chase Petty hasn’t had things come quite as easy as we’d hoped over the last two years. In his first full season with Triple-A Louisville, we’re getting a little more of what we saw in 2024 when he was in Double-A. He’s thrown 67.1 innings across 15 starts this year and put up a 4.14 ERA. Though he’s still striking out batters at a high rate (9.1 K/9 in 2025), the walks are getting him again as he’s walked 31 batters so far this year (4.1 BB/9). He has shown flashes of what we saw in his great 2023 season, as he earned International League pitcher of the week honors back in May with a 6-inning no-hit performance. That was enough to earn him a brief call-up for the Reds, though we won’t talk about those outings.
- Tyson Lewis, SS, ACL Reds – The Reds’ 2024 2nd round pick is showing why the Reds took him early and convinced him to come play for them instead of going to the University of Arkansas out of high school. In his first minor league season, he’s hitting .340/.396/.532 with 8 doubles, 5 triples, 6 home runs, and 19 stolen bases. His strikeouts numbers are high, as he’s been rung up 51 times against only 15 walks in his 64 games this year but otherwise he looks great for his first professional season.
- Edwin Arroyo, SS, Chattanooga Lookouts – After shoulder surgery put him out in 2024, Edwin Arroyo is still looking for his power in his recovery from that surgery. In his second stint with Double-A Chattanooga, he’s hitting .275/.335/.361 with 17 doubles and only 2 home runs in 2025. The good news is that he’s still hitting for average, so hopefully his strength at the plate keeps coming back and we start seeing more of those extra-base hits that he had before his injury.
- Sammy Stafura, SS, Daytona Tortugas – The Reds 2nd round pick in 2023 is in his second stint in Low-A Daytona, He’s hitting .263/.393/.416 this season with 17 doubles, 9 triples, and 4 home runs. His plate discipline is improving this year, as he’s walked almost as many times in 2025 (59) as he did in 2024 (64) in 8 fewer games.
- Hector Rodriguez, OF, Louisville Bats – He hit .298/.357/.481 with 15 doubles, 3 triples, and 12 home runs in the first half for Double-A Chattanooga. That earned him a call-up to Louisville after the All-Star Break, where he’s 8 for 20 with 2 doubles, 6 walks, and 3 stolen bases in 6 games for the Bats.