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PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Louisville - AAA
TRIPLE-A ALL-STAR GAME: C Ryan Hanigan, RHP
Jon Adkins
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE POST-SEASON ALL-
STAR TEAM: C Ryan Hanigan
IL MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Rick Sweet
Chattanooga - AA
SOUTHERN LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME: LHP Ben
Jukich, 3B Eric Eymann, RHP Robert Manuel, OF
Shaun Cumberland, RHP Sam Lecure
POST-SEASON ALL-STAR TEAM: None
Sarasota - A
FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME: IF Juan
Francisco, IF Chris Valaika, OF Drew Stubbs, OF
Chris Heisey, RHP Ramon Geronimo, RHP Jordan
Smith
POST-SEASON ALL-STAR TEAM: IF Juan Francisco,
OF Chris Heisey
Dayton - A
MIDWEST LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME: 3B Brandon
Waring, OF Denis Phipps, RHP Jeff Jeffords, LHP
Joe Krebs, RHP Luis Montano
POST-SEASON ALL-STAR TEAM: 3B Brandon Waring,
SS Zack Cozart
Billings - R
PIONEER LEAGUE POST-SEASON ALL-STAR TEAM:
RHP Leonardo Astorga
PL MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Julio Garcia
CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE
2008 Minor League All-Star Selections
2008 Reds Minor League Players of the Month
Month Player Pitcher
April Chris Valaika Jordan Smith
May Eric Eymann Ben Jukich
June Drew T. Anderson Sam Lecure
July Chris Dickerson Matt Klinker
August Juan Francisco Enerio Del Rosario
Minor League Team Recaps
Louisville Bats - AAA
Reds’ 2008 Minor League Awards
Player of the Year ..........Chris Valaika, SS
Pitcher of the Year Daryl Thompson, RHP
Hitter of the Year ........ Juan Francisco, 3B
Baseball America’s
2008 Minor League All-Star Team
Name Position
Todd Frazier.........................................SS
Zack Cozart .........................................SS
Baseball America’s
2008 Best Tools Survey
Name, League Tool
Jay Bruce, IL .................. Batting Prospect
Ryan Hanigan, IL ........ Defensive Catcher
Juan Francisco, FSL .............Power Hitter
Defensive 3B
Chris Heisey, FSL .................. Baserunner
Ramon Geronimo, FSL ............ Changeup
Brandon Waring, MWL ....... Defensive 3B
Zack Cozart, MWL ..............Defensive SS
Baseball America’s 2009
Top 10 Reds Prospects
Rank Position
1. Yonder Alonso ................................. C
2. Todd Frazier ....................................IF
3. Drew Stubbs ..................................OF
4. Chris Valaika ...................................IF
5. Yorman Rodriguez .........................OF
6. Kyle Lotzkar................................ RHP
7. Neftali Soto ......................................IF
8. Juan Francisco ................................IF
9. Juan Duran ....................................OF
10. Devin Mesoraco .............................. C
At 88-56 the Bats set a franchise record for wins in a season and clinched their fourth International League West
Division title. It marked the club’s third consecutive winning season.
Louisville’s 88 regular season wins ranked T2nd in all of the minor leagues (August 88-50, Myrtle Beach 89-51).
The ‘08 Bats became the first team in franchise history to win 40 games both at home (44-28) and on the road (44-28).
Louisville’s season ended when they fell in the first round of the IL playoffs to eventual champion Durham.
Rick Sweet was named International League Manager of the Year and passed former Louisville skipper Dave
Miley (296-245) as the club’s all-time winningest manager (303-272). Sweet and C Ryan Hanigan were named to the
post-season IL All-Star team. On July 16, Louisville’s Slugger Field hosted the Triple-A All-Star Game, with Hanigan
and RHP Jon Adkins representing the Bats.
1B Kevin Barker and Adkins shared the 2008 Mary E. Barney Award as the team’s co-Most Valuable Players.
Barker led the Bats with 21 HR, 77 RBI and 73 runs, while Adkins led the league with 30 saves.
LHP Adam Pettyjohn paced the team with 15 victories, tying the club’s all-time single-season mark. For the ninth
straight season, Louisville led the International League in attendance. The Bats averaged 9,152 fans per game at
Slugger Field (631,457).