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228 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2006 Billings-R .354 60 206 48 73 17 2 8 40 2 1 4 36 36 3 0 1 2007 Sarasota-A .281 92 338 49 95 21 1 12 66 0 5 12 32 69 3 1 1 Chattanooga-AA .311 26 90 20 28 6 1 8 21 0 1 3 15 23 1 0 0 2008 Chattanooga-AA .277 98 336 64 93 21 2 21 60 1 2 7 42 84 1 0 2 Sarasota-A .250 5 20 3 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 Minor League Totals - 3 yrs .297 281 990 184 294 67 6 50 190 3 9 26 126 220 8 1 4 DRIESSEN, Nathan - LHP Age: 17; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 190; B: L; T: L; BORN: 6/28/91, Perth, Australia. SIGNED BY: Jim Stoeckel/Jason Baker. RESIDES: Dianella, Australia. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 1/10/08. CAREER NOTES: 2009 will be his first professional season. DURAN, Juan - OF Age: 17; Ht: 6-5; Wt: 190; B: R; T: R; BORN: 9/2/91, Santo Domingo, DR. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Santo Domingo, DR. OB- TAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 2/27/08. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, following the 2008 season was named by Baseball America as the ninth-best prospect in the Reds organization. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2008 DSL Reds-R .215 41 135 15 29 3 4 1 14 1 1 2 24 47 8 5 4 ESTEVEZ, Wilfrel - OF Age: 18; Ht: 6-0; Wt: 176; B: L; T: L; BORN: 8/11/90, Santiago, DR. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Santiago, DR. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 12/18/07. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2008 DSL Reds-R .210 51 167 11 35 7 2 0 21 2 5 4 8 40 0 1 2 EYMANN, Eric - INF Age: 24; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 191; B: R; T: R; BORN: 2/9/84, Omaha, NE. SIGNED BY: Mike Keenan. RESIDES: Omaha, NE. OBTAINED: Selected in the 19th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, batted .299 with 8 HR and 71 RBI in 125 games with Double-A Chattanooga...ranked second among Reds organizational leaders in batting average...was named Reds Minor League Player of the Month for May (30-91, .330, 27g)...selected as a Southern League All-Star...collected 8 RBI on 5/18 vs Mississippi (3-5, 3r)...in 2007, batted .246 with 8 HR and 53 RBI in 130 games with Class-A Sarasota...finished fifth in the Florida State League with 491 at-bats...belted a pair of home runs on 5/19 at Clearwater...enjoyed an 11-game hitting streak from 7/2-7/13 (17-46, .370)...in 2006, spent the season at Class-A Dayton where he batted .238 with 4 HR and 41 RBI in 119 games...was selected to play in the Midwest League All-Star Game where he walked in his only plate appearance...in 2005, spent all but 1 game of his first professional season with Rookie Billings where he batted .239 with 3 HR and 12 RBI in 34 games...played 1 game with the Rookie GCL Reds. PERSONAL: Graduated from Creighton Prep High School...attended Kansas State University. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2005 Billings-R .239 34 113 16 27 4 2 3 12 0 0 2 11 33 2 0 11 GCL Reds-R .333 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2006 Dayton-A .238 119 437 51 104 29 5 4 41 2 2 6 35 95 2 4 14 2007 Sarasota-A .246 130 491 61 121 28 4 8 53 4 5 4 23 103 3 3 17 2008 Chattanooga-AA .299 125 445 62 133 31 3 8 71 6 3 6 25 65 5 4 23 Minor League Totals - 3 yrs .259 409 1489 191 386 93 14 23 177 12 10 19 94 297 12 11 65 FAIREL, Matt - LHP Age: 21; Ht: 6-3; Wt: 210; B: L; T: L; BORN: 7/8/87, Orlando, FL. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Anzoategui, Venezuela. OBTAINED: Selected in the 35th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: 2009 will be his first professional season. PERSONAL: Graduated from Winter Haven High School where he threw a no-hitter...played collegiately at Florida State University...selected by SF in the 32nd round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign. FEINER, Kevyn - INF Age: 21; Ht: 5-11; Wt: 169; B: R; T: R; BORN: 6/11/87, Madison, WI. SIGNED BY: Tyler Wilt. RESIDES: Sun Prairie, WI. OBTAINED: Selected in the 18th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. PERSONAL: Graduated from Sun Prairie High School (Sun Prairie, WI)...big brother Korey signed with the Reds organization in January 2009. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2005 GCL Reds-R .250 25 96 15 24 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 12 2 0 6 Billings-R .100 3 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2006 Billings-R .353 8 17 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 GCL Reds-R .227 28 88 4 20 2 0 1 6 1 0 0 3 14 0 2 3 2007 GCL Reds-R .286 10 35 3 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 3 1 3 Billings-R .247 23 73 11 18 2 1 2 7 1 0 0 6 16 1 1 7 2008 Dayton-A .235 78 268 31 63 9 2 1 22 1 3 4 15 57 8 3 20 Minor League Totals - 4 yrs .242 175 587 72 142 18 3 4 46 4 3 6 31 112 14 7 42 FEINER, Korey - C Age: 27; Ht: 5-10; Wt: 210; B: R; T: R; BORN: 9/25/81, Madison, WI. SIGNED BY: Mark Wilson. RESIDES: Ft. Myers, FL. OBTAINED: Signed as a released player from Seattle on 1/9/09. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went to camp with Minnesota...was released by Min on 3/26...signed with the Seattle organization on 4/4...appeared with 4 of Seattle’s minor league teams before his release on 7/21...signed with Camden of the independent Atlantic League, where he finished the ‘08 season...signed with Cin on 1/9/09. PERSONAL: Graduated from Sun Prairie High School (Sun Prairie, WI)...played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh where he was All-WIAC and NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region in 2003 & 2004...brother Kevyn plays in the Reds organization (see above)... originally signed with the Twins as a non-drafted free agent on 6/9/04. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2004 GCL Twins-R .170 22 53 7 9 3 0 0 4 2 1 4 8 7 2 0 1 2005 Beloit-A .188 63 202 25 38 4 1 1 18 2 2 7 37 36 0 0 5 2006 Ft. Myers-A .219 81 237 33 52 7 0 1 21 2 3 6 41 49 0 0 3 2007 New Britain-AA .222 43 126 11 28 5 0 0 15 3 2 4 14 33 0 0 1 Rochester-AAA .119 17 42 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 15 0 0 3 Ft. Myers-A .222 9 27 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 1 2008 Wisconsin-A .143 18 49 6 7 1 0 2 5 0 1 3 9 15 0 0 1 Tacoma-AAA .000 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 High Desert-A .267 20 60 6 16 2 0 0 8 1 0 6 2 13 0 0 0 West Tenn-AA .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Camden-I .143 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 Minor League Totals - 5 yrs .200 281 816 95 163 24 1 5 75 10 9 32 119 189 2 0 15 FELIPE, Ayeudi - OF Age: 19; Ht: 6-1; Wt: 175; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 3/12/90, Mao, Valverde, DR. SIGNED BY: Luis Baez and Maximo Rombley. RESIDES: Santo Domingo, DR. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 2/5/07. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2007 DSL Reds-R .192 41 120 9 23 2 1 1 9 0 0 3 9 28 4 2 3 2008 DSL Reds-R .212 21 66 12 14 5 3 2 11 0 1 3 3 18 2 2 3 Minor League Totals - 2 yrs .199 62 186 21 37 7 4 3 20 0 1 6 12 46 6 4 6 FIGUERA, Jose - RHP Age: 19; Ht: 6-5; Wt: 175; B: S; T: R; BORN: 9/16/89, Sabana de Uchire, Anzoategui, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Anzoategui, Venezuela. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 7/2/06. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2007 VSL Reds-R 0-1 6.62 8 7 0 0 0 17.2 19 15 13 0 17 6 1 0 2008 DSL Reds-R (Injured - Did Not Pitch) CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE
FIGUEROA, Carlos - C Age: 19; Ht: 6-1; Wt: 175; B: S; T: R; BORN: 10/12/89, Municipio Joaquin Crespo, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: San Juan De Los Morros, 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 .176 28 68 5 12 3 0 0 8 0 3 2 10 20 0 0 1 2008 DSL Reds-R .222 20 54 8 12 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 9 10 0 0 5 Minor League Totals - 2 yrs .197 48 122 13 24 4 0 0 13 1 4 3 19 30 0 0 6 FLORES, Ponciano - C Age: 19; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 180; B: R; T: R; BORN: 4/6/90, Barquismeto, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Barquismeto, Venezuela. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 10/21/08. CAREER NOTES: 2009 will be his first professional season. FREEMAN, Justin - RHP Age: 22; Ht: 6-1; Wt: 170; B: R; T: R; BORN: 10/22/86, Macon, GA. SIGNED BY: Steve Kring. RESIDES: Macon, GA. OBTAINED: Selected in the 32nd round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. PERSONAL: Graduated from Mary Persons High School (Forsyth, GA)...played collegiately at Kennesaw State University. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2008 Billings-R 3-2 3.95 17 1 0 0 0 41.0 42 24 18 4 9 48 1 0 GAFFNEY, Scott - RHP Age: 23; Ht: 6-3; Wt: 190; B: R; T: R; BORN: 3/13/86, Mineola, NY. SIGNED BY: Jeff Brookens. RESIDES: Westbury, NY. OBTAINED: Selected in the 12th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. PERSONAL: Graduated from Kellenberg Memorial High School (Long Island, NY)...played collegiately at Penn State University where in addition to pitching out of the bullpen, was the Nittany Lions’ starting shortstop for three seasons. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2007 Billings-R 1-2 6.00 20 0 0 0 5 24.0 32 18 16 2 12 34 7 0 2008 Billings-R (Injured - Did Not Pitch) GARCIA, Enrique - RHP Age: 22; Ht: 6-4; Wt: 225; B: R; T: R; BORN: 3/13/86, Leonardtown, MD. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Mechanicsville, MD. OBTAINED: Selected in the 24th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. PERSONAL: Graduated from Chopticon High School (Morganza, MD)...played collegiately at Potomac State Junior College and the University of Miami...drafted in the 17th round by the White Sox in 2005...drafted in the 20th round by the Diamondbacks in 2006. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2008 Billings-R 3-1 5.72 9 4 0 0 0 28.1 35 21 18 5 16 20 3 0 GARDNER, Bryan - LHP Age: 22; Ht: 5-11; Wt: 190; B: L; T: L; BORN: 10/8/86, Detroit, MI. SIGNED BY: Lee Seras. RESIDES: Fairport, NY. OBTAINED: Selected in the 34th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. PERSONAL: Graduated from Fairport High School...played collegiately at Ithaca College. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2008 GCL Reds-R 0-1 4.50 18 0 0 0 1 22.0 22 12 11 2 11 25 2 0 Billings-R 0-1 81.00 2 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 6 6 0 3 1 1 0 Minor League Totals - 1 yr 0-2 6.75 20 0 0 0 1 22.2 27 18 17 2 14 26 3 0 GERONIMO, Ramon - RHP Age: 25; Ht: 6-0; Wt: 170; B: R; T: R; BORN: 10/8/83, Bajos de Haina, DR. SIGNED BY: Juan Peralta. RESIDES: San Cristobal, DR. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 11/27/04. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went a combined 1-2 with a 1.93 ERA and 13 saves in 53 appearances for Class-A Sarasota and Double-A Chattanooga...his 13 saves ranked T2nd among all Reds minor leaguers...was a Florida State League All-Star...his changeup was rated the best in the FSL by Baseball America...began the season with Sarasota and didn’t allow a run in any of his first 14 outings (16.2ip, 5h, 3bb, 22k)...overall with Sarasota, didn’t allow a run in 31 of his 36 appearances (0-0, 0.87era, 6r/4er, 41.1ip, 48k)...promoted to Chattanooga on 7/19...held opponents scoreless over his first 8 outings as a Lookout (13.1ip)...on 8/13g(g2) at Huntsville allowed 5 runs on 6 hits in 1.0 inning...it was the only time in 2008 that he allowed more than 2 runs in any outing and only the fourth time all year he allowed 2 or more runs...his overall ERA on the season without that 5-run appearance drops to 1.26 (64.1ip, 9er)...following the season pitched for Aguilas in the Dominican League...in 2007, went 7-3 with a 2.45 ERA and 12 saves in 49 appearances with Class-A Dayton...didn’t allow an earned run in any of his first 14 appearances to begin the season (17.1ip, 1r)...pitched 18.1 consecutive scoreless innings from 6/11-7/28...on 6/23 vs. West Michigan fired a season-high 4.0 shutout innings (2h, 1bb, 3k)...overall made 39 scoreless appearances...in 2006, went 0-1 with a 0.28 ERA and 27 saves in 29 appearances with the Rookie DSL Reds...allowed just 3 runs all season and didn’t allow an earned run until his final appearance on 8/21 vs the DSL Diamondbacks...struck out 4 batters in 1 inning on 6/21 at DSL Yankees...in 2005, in his first professional season pitched for the Rookie DSL Reds. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2005 DSL Reds-R 1-0 0.38 16 0 0 0 8 23.2 18 1 1 0 6 29 1 0 2006 DSL Reds-R 0-1 0.28 29 0 0 0 27 31.2 17 3 1 0 9 36 2 0 2007 Dayton-A 7-3 2.45 49 0 0 0 12 66.0 56 20 18 2 14 49 4 1 2008 Sarasota-A 0-0 0.87 36 0 0 0 11 41.1 22 6 4 0 11 48 2 0 Chattanooga-AA 1-2 3.75 17 0 0 0 2 24.0 21 12 10 1 11 27 0 1 Minor League Totals - 4 yrs 9-6 1.64 147 0 0 0 60 186.2 134 42 34 3 51 189 9 2 GERSON, Stalin - RHP Age: 20; Ht: 6-4; Wt: 175; B: R; T: R; BORN: 8/26/88, Monte Cristi, DR. SIGNED BY: Jhonathan Leyba. RESIDES: Monte Cristi, DR. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 7/2/07. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2008 DSL Reds-R 2-4 3.30 23 1 0 0 2 43.2 41 25 16 2 14 37 3 0 GIL, Jerry - RHP Age: 26; Ht: 6-3; Wt: 183; B: R; T: R; BORN: 10/14/82, San Pedro de Macoris, DR. SIGNED BY: Junior Noboa. RESIDES: Santo Domingo, DR. OBTAINED: Acquired from Arizona on 10/13/06 in exchange for RHP Abe Woody. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, in 47 apps at Class AAA Louisville and Class AA Chattanooga hit .167 (4hr, 24rbi, 5sb)...made his first career apps as a pitcher and in 10g at FSL and GCL Sarasota went 0-2, 5.50...from 4/15-4/28 was on Louisville’s disabled list with a strained left quadriceps muscle and from 6/29-8/25 was on FSL Sarasota’s disabled list with a sprained right ankle...from 5/17-5/26 was on Chattanooga’s suspended list...in 2007, missed all but the last 5 days of the season following “Tommy John” surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow (5/8/07, Dr. Timothy Kremchek)...was bothered by the injury during spring training and on 3/23 went on the 15-day disabled list...had surgery on 5/8...was transfered to the 60-day DL on 5/21, when the Reds claimed off waivers from the WSox IF Pedro Lopez...was reinstated from the DL on 9/26, following season-ending injuries to several other players...made his only appearance of the season as a pinch runner on 9/27 vs Hou...in spring training appeared in 17g (.176, 2 2b, 1 3b, 1hr, 4rbi)...on 12/12 was non-tendered but was re-signed to a minor league contract...in 2006, in 128g at Class AAA Tucson and Class AA Tennessee combined to hit .256 with 28 doubles, 27hr and 89rbi...at Tennessee led the Southern League in homers (26) and ranked among the league leaders in RBI (86, 2nd), extra-base hits (59, 2nd), total bases (237, 2nd), slugging (.531, 2nd), runs scored (71, 4th) and triples (6, 5th)...homered once every 17.15 plate apps, best ratio in the Southern League... overall appeared in 100g in the OF, 16g at SS, 11g at 2B and 4g at 3B...prior to 2006 predominately had played SS and had not made a professional appearance in the outfield... was Southern League Player of the Week for 8/14-8/20 and 8/28-9/4...following the season made 5 apps for Azucareros del Este in the Dominican Winter League...in 2005, because of a right knee injury appeared in just 55g at Class AA Tennessee...suffered the injury in spring training and began the season on Ari’s disabled list following surgery...was on Ari’s disabled list once (3/25-6/1) and Tennessee’s DL twice (7/30-8/18, 8/21-rest of the season)...on 9/9 was transfered to the Diamondbacks’ 60-day disabled list...in 2004, spent most of the season at Class AAA Tucson but made his Major League debut with 29 apps for the Diamondbacks... at 21 years old on 8/22 made his big league debut against the Reds and finished 1-for-3, including a single off Brandon Claussen in his first career plate appearance... in 2003, at Class A South Bend led all Midwest League shortstops in putouts (225)...ranked third in the league with a team-high 8 triples...hit .311 when leading off... hit .375 in the playoffs, best on the team...in 2002, at Class A Lancaster and Yakima was limited to 75 apps by a strained left quadriceps muscle...at Yakima recorded 14 stolen bases in 15 attempts, second-best percentage in the Northwest League (93%), and led NWL shortstops with 36 double plays turned...in 2001, on 4/24 at West Michigan hit his first professional home run...in 2000, was ranked by Baseball America as the 13th-best prospect in the Pioneer League. PERSONAL: Attended Colegio La Zafra High School in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...uncle Josias Manzanillo pitched from 1991-2003 for the Red Sox, Brewers, Mets, Yankees, Mariners, Pirates and Reds (2003)...uncle Ravelo Manzanillo pitched for the Pirates in 1994-95 and for the White Sox in 1998. CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE 229 FRONT 2002 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 2003 REDS REDS REDS IN MINOR MEDIA
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