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PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
CASTRO, Jose - SS Age: 22; Ht: 5-11; Wt: 172; B: S; T: R; BORN: 11/5/86, Caguas, Puerto Rico. SIGNED BY: Joe Salermo. RESIDES: Caguas, Puerto Rico.
OBTAINED: Acquired from New York (NL) along with OF Sean Henry in exchange for 1B/OF Jeff Conine on 8/20/07. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, batted a combined
.238 with 1 HR and 22 RBI with Double-A Chattanooga and Class-A Sarasota...while with Sarasota had a 14-game hitting streak from 6/12-6/29 (.298, 17-57)...
following the season played for Caguas in the Puerto Rican League...in 2007, batted a combined .312 with 2 HR and 26 RBI in 90 games with Class-A St. Lucie
and Double-A Chattanooga...had a 10-game hitting streak from 5/3-5/12 (17-41, .415)...batted .471 in June (33-70, 18g)...on 8/20 was traded along with OF Sean
Henry to the Reds in exchange for 1B/OF Jeff Conine...was named to the Florida State League All-Star team and to the FSL Post-Season All-Star team...in 2006,
batted .219 in 118 games with Class-A Hagerstown...in 2005, in his first professional season appeared in 8 games with Rookie Kingsport. PERSONAL: Attended
Miami-Dade Community College.
Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E
2005 Kingsport-R .286 8 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1
2006 Hagerstown-A .219 118 434 38 95 12 1 0 38 21 0 20 21 52 6 4 29
2007 St. Lucie-A .318 77 308 47 98 12 1 2 25 13 1 11 11 21 7 10 17
Chattanooga-AA .278 13 54 5 15 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 8 1 0 1
2008 Chattanooga-AA .235 24 68 6 16 4 1 0 7 4 0 1 4 4 0 1 5
Sarasota-A .238 91 357 31 85 12 3 1 15 4 0 8 9 31 2 3 20
Minor League Totals - 4 yrs .253 331 1235 128 313 42 7 3 87 43 1 43 49 117 16 19 73
CASTRO, Oscar - RHP Age: 20; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 165; B: R; T: R; BORN: 3/29/89, Culican, MX. SIGNED BY: Osvaldo Alvaraz. RESIDES: Culican, Sinola, MX.
OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 12/5/05. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went 4-2 with a 4.14 ERA in 13 starts with Rookie Billings...ranked eighth in
ERA in the Pioneer League...his best outing of the season came on 8/22 when he pitched 6.0 shutout innings to earn the 5-0 win vs. Helena (6h, 2bb, 8k)...in 2007,
appeared in 2 games with the Rookie DSL Reds...in 2006, in his first professional season led the Rookie VSL Reds in wins (6) and innings pitched (61.2) and shared
the staff lead with 12 starts...ranked among VSL leaders in ERA (2.04, 3rd) and wins (6, T3rd)...didn’t allow an earned run in 8 of his 14 appearances.
Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
2006 VSL Reds-R 6-2 2.04 14 12 0 0 0 61.2 48 20 14 1 15 30 3 1
2007 DSL Reds-R 1-0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 4.2 6 2 2 0 4 3 2 0
2008 Billings-R 4-2 4.14 13 13 0 0 0 67.1 69 34 31 2 18 52 3 2
Minor League Totals - 3 yrs 11-4 3.16 29 25 0 0 0 133.2 123 56 47 3 37 85 8 3
CEBALLOS, Rafael - RHP Age: 20; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 190; B: R; T: R; BORN: 3/17/89, San Juan de Los Morros, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: San
Juan de Los Morros, Venezuela. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 10/31/06. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went 3-1 with a 7.63 ERA and 1 save in
13 relief appearances with the Rookie GCL Reds...allowed 8er in 1.1ip on 6/25 vs GCL Red Sox...without that appearance, ERA drops to 3.21 (14ip, 5er)...in 2007, in
his first professional season went 1-1 with a 0.41 ERA in 12 appearances with the Rookie DSL Reds...allowed just 1 earned run over 22.0 innings.
Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
2007 DSL Reds-R 1-1 0.41 12 0 0 0 2 22.0 12 2 1 0 14 12 2 0
2008 GCL Reds-R 3-1 7.63 13 0 0 0 1 15.1 23 15 13 3 8 7 1 0
Minor League Totals - 2 yrs 4-2 3.38 25 0 0 0 3 37.1 35 17 14 3 22 19 3 0
CECH, Petr - C Age: 21; Ht: 5-10; Wt: 185; B: L; T: R; BORN: 10/13/87, Ostrava, Czech Republic. SIGNED BY: Scott Nethery. RESIDES: Ostrava-Zabreh,
Czech Republic. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 7/2/06.
Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E
2007 GCL Reds-R .308 12 26 3 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 0
2008 GCL Reds-R .235 14 34 7 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 3
Minor League Totals - 2 yrs .267 26 60 10 16 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 10 1 1 3
CHACOA, Miguel - INF Age: 20; Ht: 5-11; Wt: 165; B: S; T: R; BORN: 11/29/88, Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Cuidad Bolivar,
Venezuela. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 10/31/06. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, batted .321 with 27 RBI and 13 stolen bases in 52 games with
the Rookie DSL-Reds...ranked 8th in the Dominican League in batting average...batted .406 in July (22g, 28-69)...batted .392 with runners in scoring position (20-51,
27 RBI)...in 2007, in his first professional season batted .349 with 13 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 25 games with the Rookie VSL-Reds...batted .360 with runners in
scoring position (9-25, 13 RBI)...enjoyed a 15-game hitting streak from 5/20-6/12 (21-54, .389, 14r, 13rbi)...drove in 4 runs on 5/20 vs. VSL Phillies.
Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E
2007 VSL Reds-R .349 25 83 20 29 3 0 1 13 1 0 1 13 14 12 3 3
2008 DSL Reds-R .321 52 165 30 53 6 1 0 27 5 0 3 28 13 13 8 17
Minor League Totals - 2 yrs .331 77 248 50 82 9 1 1 40 6 0 4 41 27 25 11 20
CHIQUIN, Orlando - RHP Age: 18; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 175; B: R; T: R; BORN: 4/24/90, Ocumare Del Tuy, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Richard Jimenez. RESIDES: Ocumare
Del Tuy, Venezuela. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 8/12/08. CAREER NOTES: 2009 will be his first professional season.
CHIU, Tzu-Kai - LHP Age: 21; Ht: 6-1; Wt: 216; B: L; T: L; BORN: 9/14/87, Taichung, Taiwan. SIGNED BY: Jim Stoeckel. RESIDES: Taichung, Taiwan. OB-
TAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 2/9/07.
Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
2007 GCL Reds-R 3-4 3.42 12 11 0 0 0 52.2 49 23 20 3 8 47 3 2
2008 GCL Reds-R 0-0 2.25 2 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 1 1 2 2 0 0
Minor League Totals - 2 yrs 3-4 3.34 14 12 0 0 0 56.2 54 25 21 4 10 49 3 2
CLINE, Tyler - RHP Age: 18; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 220; B: R; T: R; BORN: 6/24/90, Atlanta, GA. SIGNED BY: Steve Kring. RESIDES: Cartersville, GA. OBTAINED:
Selected in the fourth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. PERSONAL: Graduated from Cass High School (Cartersville, GA).
Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
2008 GCL Reds-R 0-3 9.72 5 5 0 0 0 8.1 11 9 9 1 7 10 4 0
CODDINGTON, Kevin - C Age: 21; Ht: 6-4; Wt: 205; B: R; T: R; BORN: 7/21/87, Long Beach, CA. SIGNED BY: Rick Sellers. RESIDES: West Linn, OR.
OBTAINED: Selected in the 44th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. PERSONAL: Graduated from West Linn High School where he lettered three years as a
quarterback on the football team...played baseball collegiately at Chemekata Community College (Salem, OR) and the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E
2008 GCL Reds-R .275 31 102 11 28 6 0 0 7 1 0 4 10 19 0 0 5
Billings-R .300 3 10 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minor League Totals - 1 yr .277 34 112 14 31 7 0 0 7 1 0 4 10 19 0 0 0
COLMENARES, Cesar - OF Age: 18; Ht: 6-1; Wt: 160; B: R; T: R; BORN: 6/28/90, Municipio Libertador, Aragua, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES:
Municipio Libertador, Aragua, Venezuela. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 10/31/06.
Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E
2007 VSL Reds-R .188 52 160 13 30 1 0 0 13 2 3 0 14 40 1 2 5
2008 DSL Reds-R .181 36 94 12 17 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 10 16 3 0 2
Minor League Totals - 2 yrs .185 88 254 25 47 2 0 0 16 3 4 1 24 56 4 2 7
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