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234 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT KLINKER, Matt - RHP Age: 24; Ht: 6-5; Wt: 220; B: R; T: R; BORN: 10/8/84, Peru, IN. SIGNED BY: Steve Kring. RESIDES: West Chester, OH. OBTAINED: Selected in the 15th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went a combined 8-6 with a 3.81 ERA in 25 appearances (24 starts) with Class-A Dayton and Class-A Sarasota...ranked seventh among all Reds minor leaguers in ERA...began the season with the Dragons and went 6-4 with a 3.26 ERA in 19 games (18 starts)...on 5/19 vs Lansing, earned the 5-1 win with 7.0 shutout innings (3h, 0bb, 6k)...allowed 1 run over 7.0 innings in consecutive starts on 7/3 and 7/9...named Midwest League Pitcher of the Week for 7/14-7/20 (2-0, 12ip, 11h, 2r, 1bb, 9k)...in his final 5 starts for Dayton went 3-0 with a 1.36 ERA over 33.0 innings (6r/5er, 3bb, 23k)...on 7/28 was promoted to Sarasota where he went 2-2 with a 5.50 ERA in 6 starts...in his first start for the SaraReds on 7/31 vs Lakeland, earned the 1-0 win by hurling 6.2 shutout innings (6h, 2bb, 5k)...allowed a season-high 10 runs over 3.2 innings on 8/10 vs Ft. Myers...overall ERA without that outing drops to 3.25 (49er, 135.2ip). PERSONAL: Graduated from Lakota West High School (West Chester, OH)...played at Furman University. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2007 Billings-R 2-2 5.44 15 2 0 0 0 41.1 55 30 25 6 10 39 0 0 2008 Dayton-A 6-4 3.26 19 18 0 0 0 105.0 98 43 38 5 27 76 6 0 Sarasota-A 2-2 5.50 6 6 0 0 0 34.1 41 21 21 5 11 28 0 0 Minor League Totals - 2 yrs 10-8 4.18 40 26 0 0 0 180.2 194 94 84 16 48 143 6 0 KONSTANTY, Mike - 1B Age: 22; Ht: 6-4; Wt: 225; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 4/17/86, Oneonta, NY. SIGNED BY: Lee Seras. RESIDES: Oneonta, NY. OBTAINED: Selected in the 39th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, in his first professional season batted .253 with 10 HR and 43 RBI in 52 games with Rookie Billings...in his first pro game on 6/18 at Missoula belted his first career home run...his grand slam on 7/1 vs Great Falls was the first ever home run hit in Billings’ new Dehler Park...had a season-high 10-game hitting streak from 6/27-7/16 (15-36, .417, 10 doubles). PERSONAL: Graduated from Oneonta High School where he lettered in baseball, basketball and football...attended the University of Albany, where he served as team captain of the baseball team...also played collegiately at Winthrop University. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2008 Billings-R .253 52 198 30 50 14 2 10 43 0 8 4 22 53 0 3 8 KREBS, Joseph - LHP Age: 24; Ht: 6-0; Wt: 200; B: L; T: L; BORN: 9/14/84, Denton, TX. SIGNED BY: Jonathan Bonifay. RESIDES: Bridgeport, TX. OB- TAINED: Selected in the 14th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went a combined 7-4 with a 3.00 ERA and 6 saves in 45 relief appearances with Class-A Dayton and Class-A Sarasota...began the season with Dayton where he went 6-2 with a 2.25 ERA and 6 saves in 26 games....selected as a Midwest League All-Star...in 11apps from 4/8-5/10 allowed just 1 run over 16.2 innings...on 6/23 was promoted to Sarasota where he went 1-2 with a 4.03 ERA in 19 appearances...in 2007, in his first professional season went 3-2 with a 3.98 ERA in 10 relief appearances for Rookie Billings...was named Pioneer League Pitcher of the Week for 7/23-7/29 (5.2ip, 3h, 0r, 1bb, 6k). PERSONAL: Graduated from Bridgeport High School (Bridgeport, TX)...played collegiately at Navarro College and the University of Texas. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2007 Billings-R 3-2 3.98 10 0 0 0 1 20.1 23 9 9 2 10 20 3 0 2008 Dayton-A 6-2 2.25 26 0 0 0 6 40.0 38 11 10 3 14 33 1 0 Sarasota-A 1-2 4.03 19 0 0 0 0 29.0 30 14 13 2 9 26 1 0 Minor League Totals - 2 yrs 10-6 3.22 55 0 0 0 7 89.1 91 34 32 7 33 79 5 0 KUO, Yen-Wen - SS Age: 20; Ht: 5-10; Wt: 165; B: L; T: R ; BORN: 10/25//88, Tainan, Taiwan. SIGNED BY: Jim Stoeckel and Fu-Chun Chiang. RESIDES: Tainan, Taiwan. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted amateur free agent on 9/18/07. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2008 GCL Reds-R .281 25 96 13 27 5 0 0 15 1 3 1 7 14 0 1 5 LINEBAUGH, Randall - RHP Age: 23; Ht: 6-0; Wt: 170; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 10/2/85, Dallas, TX. SIGNED BY: Jerry Flowers. RESIDES: Mesquite, TX. OBTAINED: Selected in the 37th round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, in his first professional season went 1-2 with a 2.45 ERA and 5 saves in 17 relief appearances with Rookie Billings...struck out 25 in 18.1 innings...didn’t allow a run over his final 9 appearances of the season (10.0ip, 5h, 4bb, 16k). PERSONAL: Graduated from Mesquite High School...played collegiately at Baylor University. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2008 Billings-R 1-2 2.45 17 0 0 0 5 18.1 16 5 5 2 6 25 0 0 LOGRONO, Angel - OF Age: 18; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 190; B: R; T: R; BORN: 7/3/90, Santo Domingo, DR. SIGNED BY: Jhonathan Leyba RESIDES: Santo Domingo, DR. OBTAINED: Signed as a free agent on 8/1/07. CAREER NOTES: PERSONAL: 2008 will be his first professional season. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2008 DSL Reds-R .187 46 139 13 26 4 0 1 15 0 1 3 11 39 2 2 7 LONG, Jake - C Age: 22; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 200; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 4/17/86, Santa Clara, CA. SIGNED BY: Keith Chapman. RESIDES: Modesto, CA. OBTAINED: Selected in the 37th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft...did not sign until 5/22/06. PERSONAL: Graduated from Johansen High School (Modesto, CA)... played collegiately at Modesto Junior College...named Central Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2006. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2006 GCL Reds-R .333 27 84 12 28 6 0 0 8 0 0 1 5 14 0 0 2 Billings-R .158 8 19 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2007 Dayton-A .174 7 23 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 Billings-R .275 33 109 20 30 7 0 3 10 1 1 5 15 22 0 0 6 2008 Dayton-A .288 17 59 7 17 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 5 17 0 1 0 Sarasota-A .222 32 99 5 22 4 0 0 7 0 1 0 6 29 0 0 3 Minor League Totals - 3 yrs .265 124 393 51 104 22 0 3 35 2 2 6 35 93 0 1 12 LOPEZ, Frederman - OF Age: 18; Ht: 6-1; Wt: 185; B: L; T: L; BORN: 11/1/90, Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: El Limon, Aragua, Venezuela. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 3/12/08. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2008 DSL Reds-R .167 23 66 9 11 3 1 1 7 0 0 0 5 21 1 0 1 LORA, Luis - RHP Age: 19; Ht: 6-4; Wt: 180; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 12/28/89, San Juan de la Maguana, DR. SIGNED BY: Richard Jimenez. RESIDES: Santo Domingo, DR. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 12/19/08. CAREER NOTES: 2009 will be his first professional season. LOTZKAR, Kyle - RHP Age: 19; Ht: 6-4; Wt: 200; B: L; T: R ; BORN: 10/24/89, Delta, British Columbia, Canada. SIGNED BY: Bill Byckowski. RESIDES: Blaine, WA. OBTAINED: Selected as the Reds’ supplemental first round pick (1B) in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went 2-3 with a 3.58 ERA in 10 starts with Class-A Dayton...struck out 50 in 37.2ip...pitched a season-high 5.0 innings 4 times...allowed a total of 1 earned run over those 4 outings...following the season was named by Baseball America as the sixth-best prospect in the Reds organization...in 2007, in his first professional season went a combined 0-2 with a 3.10 ERA in 9 games with the Rookie GCL Reds and Class-A Dayton...struck out 36 batters in 29ip...following the season was ranked by Baseball America as the 13th-best prospect in the Gulf Coast League. PERSONAL: Graduated from South Delta High School (Delta, BC). Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2007 GCL Reds-R 0-2 3.86 7 7 0 0 0 21.0 21 10 9 2 7 24 2 0 Dayton-A 0-0 1.13 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 1 1 1 1 3 12 0 0 2008 Dayton-A 2-3 3.58 10 10 0 0 0 37.2 29 19 15 2 24 50 2 2 Minor League Totals - 2 yrs 2-5 3.38 19 19 0 0 0 66.2 51 30 25 5 34 86 4 2 LOUWSMA, Jason - 3B Age: 25; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 210; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 9/9/83, Winter Park, FL. SIGNED BY: Greg Zunino. RESIDES: Longwood, FL. OBTAINED: Selected in the 29th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, batted .226 with 5 HR and 43 RBI in 112 games with Class-A Sarasota... in 2007, batted .247 with 7 HR and 44 RBI in 99 games with Class-A Dayton...made his only professional pitching appearance on 4/19 vs. Quad Cities (1ip, 2r, 3h, 1bb)...drove in a season-high 4 runs on 8/21 vs. Ft. Wayne...batted .316 with runners in scoring position (30-95)...in 2006, in his first professional season batted .298 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE
with 2 HR and 31 RBI in 54 games with Rookie Billings...ranked eighth in the Reds organization with a .298 BA...hit safely in 38 of 54 games played. PERSONAL: Graduated from Seminole High School...played collegiately at Manatee Comunity College and Florida Gulf Coast University. Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2006 Billings-R .298 54 208 37 62 16 0 2 31 0 4 4 17 28 1 2 11 2007 Dayton-A .247 99 340 44 84 17 0 7 44 1 2 7 23 68 8 3 2 2008 Sarasota-A .226 112 420 25 95 12 0 5 43 1 2 2 16 82 1 1 8 Minor League Totals - 3 yrs .249 265 968 106 241 45 0 14 118 2 8 13 56 178 10 6 21 LUTZ, Derrik - RHP Age: 23; Ht: 6-0; Wt: 210; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 4/22/85, Lebanon, PA. SIGNED BY: Perry Smith/Jason Baker. RESIDES: Ft. Myers, FL. OBTAINED: Selected in the 19th round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went 2-2 with a 5.01 ERA and 3 saves in 52 appearances with Double-A Chattanooga...in 2007, went a combined 4-5 with a 2.91 ERA in 61 relief appearances with Double-A Chattanooga and Class-A Sarasota...finished T4th among all minor leaguers with 61 total appearances...spent most of the season at Sarasota where he led the Florida State League with 54 appearances and finished fifth with 23 saves...finished second among all Reds minor leaguers in saves. PERSONAL: Graduated from Lower Dauphin High School...played collegiately at George Washington University. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2006 GCL Reds-R 1-0 1.59 2 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 Dayton-A 2-1 2.39 13 0 0 0 0 26.1 26 10 7 2 11 22 1 0 2007 Chattanooga-AA 1-0 1.13 7 0 0 0 0 8.0 4 2 1 0 2 5 0 0 Sarasota-A 3-5 3.15 54 0 0 0 23 60.0 63 27 21 2 21 49 3 0 2008 Chattanooga-AA 2-2 5.01 52 0 0 0 3 50.1 63 34 28 2 27 43 5 0 Minor League Totals - 3 yrs 9-8 3.47 128 0 0 0 26 150.1 159 74 58 6 61 124 9 0 LUTZ, Donald - OF Age: 20; Ht: 6-4; Wt: 210; B: L; T: R ; BORN: 2/6/89, Watertown, NY. SIGNED BY: Jim Stoeckel. RESIDES: Regensburg, Germany. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted amateur free agent on 7/15/07. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, in his first professional season batted .250 with 1 HR, 19 RBI and 4 stolen bases in 34 games with the Rookie GCL Reds...on 6/24 vs GCL Orioles, in his third pro game collected a season-high 3 hits and 4 RBI (2 doubles, 3 runs). Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E 2008 GCL Reds-R .250 34 108 22 27 9 0 1 19 0 1 2 9 21 4 1 4 MACHUCA, Luis - RHP Age: 21; Ht: 6-3; Wt: 177; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 3/16/88, Panama City, Panama. SIGNED BY: Anibal Reluz. RESIDES: Panama City, Panama. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 3/19/05. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went a combined 5-5 with a 3.79 ERA in 16 games (15 starts) for the Rookie DSL Reds and the Rookie GCL Reds...spent most of the season in the Dominican League where he went 4-2 with a 3.03 ERA in 12 appearances (11 starts)...each of his final 4apps with the DSL Reds were quality starts (3-0, 1.33era)...on 8/5 was promoted to the GCL Reds where he went 1-3 with a 6.48 ERA in 4 starts...in 2007, in his first season as a starter went 7-3 with a 2.00 ERA in 14 appearances (13 starts)...recorded 8 quality starts and allowed 2 earned runs or less in 11 of his 13 starts...didn’t allow a run in consecutive starts from 6/9-6/22 (1-0, 13ip, 9h, 0bb, 11k) and 8/14-8/23 (2-0, 11ip, 6h, 2bb, 7k). Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2005 VSL Reds-R 0-0 3.09 9 0 0 0 0 11.2 15 6 4 0 6 3 1 0 2006 VSL Reds-R 4-0 2.76 24 0 0 0 3 45.2 42 20 14 6 11 27 0 1 2007 DSL Reds-R 7-3 2.00 14 13 0 0 0 81.0 67 24 18 1 10 54 4 1 2008 DSL Reds-R 4-2 3.03 12 11 0 0 0 59.1 67 29 20 1 8 46 3 0 GCL Reds-R 1-3 6.48 4 4 0 0 0 16.2 23 12 12 1 4 7 3 0 Minor League Totals - 4 yrs 16-8 2.86 63 28 0 0 3 214.1 214 91 68 9 39 137 11 2 MALLETT, Justin - RHP Age: 27; Ht: 6-5; Wt: 216; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 11/11/81, Belleville, IL. SIGNED BY: Brian Wilson. RESIDES: East St. Louis, IL. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 6/9/03. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went a combined 6-3 with a 4.50 ERA in 30 appearances (15 starts) with Double-A Chattanooga and Triple-A Louisville...spent most of the season with Louisville where he went 6-2 with a 4.50 ERA in 25 appearances (14 starts)...following the season pitched for Margarita of the Dominican League...in 2007, went 3-6 with a 4.73 ERA and 1 save in 44 appearances (8 starts) with Double-A Chattanooga... made his Triple-A debut with Louisville on 8/31 at Indianapolis (1gs, 1-0, 5ip, 4h, 2r/0er, 1bb, 5k)...in 2006, went a combined 2-5 with a 3.41 ERA and 3 saves in 23 appearances (7 starts) with Class-A Dayton, Class-A Sarasota and Double-A Chattanooga...was named Florida State League Pitcher of the Week for 8/21-8/27 (W, 10.1ip, 1r, 0er, 1bb, 10k)...following the season played for Navajoa of the Mexican Pacific League...in 2005, went a combined 2-3 with a 3.38 ERA and 1 save in 19 games (7 starts) between Class-A Sarasota and Double-A Chattanooga...did not pitch after 7/30 due to a strained right shoulder...in 2004, went 4-5 with a 4.02 ERA in 18 games (13 starts) at Class-A Dayton...in 2003, in his first professional season went 0-2 with an 8.35 ERA in 12 games (1 start) with the Rookie GCL Reds. PERSONAL: Graduated from Belleville West High School...attended Meramec Junior College and Sterling College. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2003 GCL Reds-R 0-2 8.35 12 1 0 0 0 18.1 26 21 17 0 16 20 0 1 2004 Dayton-A 4-5 4.02 18 13 0 0 0 78.1 93 42 35 4 28 65 5 1 2005 Sarasota-A 2-3 2.87 16 5 0 0 1 53.1 44 23 17 3 18 60 3 1 Chattanooga-AA 0-0 5.91 3 2 0 0 0 10.2 12 7 7 3 5 9 0 0 2006 Dayton-A 0-3 4.02 11 0 0 0 3 15.2 13 8 7 1 8 18 0 0 Sarasota-A 2-2 3.51 11 7 0 0 0 41.0 43 21 16 3 13 32 2 2 Chattanooga-AA 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2007 Chattanooga-AA 3-6 4.73 44 8 0 0 1 91.1 82 50 48 7 46 88 1 0 Louisville-AAA 1-0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 2008 Chattanooga-AA 0-1 4.50 5 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 4 4 2 3 7 0 0 Louisville-AAA 6-2 4.50 25 14 0 0 0 100.0 96 51 50 9 37 70 5 0 Minor League Totals - 6 yrs 18-24 4.25 147 52 0 0 5 425.2 422 229 201 32 176 377 17 5 MARIZAN, Jose - LHP Age: 20; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 175; B: L; T: L ; BORN: 7/2/88, San Francisco de Macoris, DR. SIGNED BY: Luis Baez and Maximo Rombley. RESIDES: San Francisco de Macoris, DR. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 10/11/06. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2007 DSL Reds-R 1-0 1.64 3 2 0 0 0 11.0 9 3 2 0 5 11 1 0 GCL Reds-R 0-4 10.02 11 5 0 0 0 20.2 26 26 23 3 26 18 0 2 2008 DSL Reds-R 2-5 2.66 13 12 1 0 0 61.0 53 22 18 2 20 55 3 0 Minor League Totals -2 yrs 3-9 4.18 27 19 1 0 0 92.2 88 51 43 5 51 84 4 2 MARMOLEJO, Jose - RHP Age: 19; Ht: 6-0; Wt: 179; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 9/9/89, Montecristi, DR. SIGNED BY: Richard Jimenez. RESIDES: Villa Vazquez, DR. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 12/19/08. CAREER NOTES: 2009 will be his first professional season. MARTINEZ, Dan - LHP Age: 18; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 170; B: L; T: L ; BORN: 6/4/90, Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Turmero, Aragua, Venezuela. OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 1/22/07. Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 2007 VSL Reds-R 0-3 5.53 14 13 0 0 0 40.2 41 31 25 2 30 41 6 6 2008 DSL Reds-R 3-1 2.00 16 5 0 0 0 45.0 29 16 10 0 22 32 1 0 Minor League Totals - 2 yrs 3-4 3.68 30 18 0 0 0 85.2 70 47 35 2 52 73 7 6 CINCINNATI REDS MEDIA GUIDE 235 FRONT 2002 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT 2003 REDS REDS REDS IN MINOR MEDIA
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