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PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
SIERRA, Jefry - SS Age: 18; Ht: 5-10; Wt: 165; B: R; T: R; BORN: 4/16/90, San Cristobal, DR. SIGNED BY: Jhonathan Leyba . RESIDES: San Cristobal, DR.
OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 8/1/07.
Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E
2008 DSL Reds-R .176 41 108 9 19 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 7 22 7 3 18
SMIT, Alexander - LHP Age: 23; Ht: 6-3; Wt: 217; B: L; T: L; BORN: 10/2/85, Geldrop, Netherlands. SIGNED BY: Howard Norsetter RESIDES: Eindhoven,
Netherlands. OBTAINED: Claimed off waivers from the Twins on 7/12/07. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, spent the season at FSL Sarasota, where in 21 starts he
went 8-7, 3.87...held opponents to a .242 batting average...in 12 starts from May through June went 4-3 with a 3.00 ERA and 8 quality starts...10 times pitched 6.0
innings or more in a game...in those 10 starts, went 5-3 with a 2.74 ERA (19er, 62.1ip)...in 2007, combined to finish 3-8-1, 4.28 in 16 starts and 11 relief apps at Class
A Ft. Myers, Dayton and Sarasota...began the season with the Twins’ Gulf Coast League affiliate at Ft. Myers...on 7/12 was claimed off waivers by the Reds...went
2-2, 1.19 in his 5 starts for Class A Dayton before he was promoted to the Reds’ Florida State League affiliate in Sarasota...finished the season with the FSL Reds...
in 2006, at Class A Beloit went 5-1, 2.43 in 13 starts and 2-1, 4.19 in 21 relief apps...made all of his relief appearances before his first start, on 6/28...from 6/13-8/20
won 6 straight decisions...in 6 starts in July went 2-0, 3.03...on 8/4 vs Dayton recorded a season-high 12 strikeouts...was Midwest Pitcher of the Week for 8/7-8/13
(3-0, 1.20)...righthanded batters hit just .170 (270ab, 101k)...in 2005, began the season at Class A Beloit and made all 14 of his apps there before he was transfered
to Class A Elizebethton on 6/19...from 7/13-8/10 went 5-0, 2.05...in 9 apps in July went 3-0-1, 2.45...in 2004, spent the season at Class A Elizabethton...struck out
9 batters in consecutive starts on 7/3 and 7/9... in 2003, for the Gulf Coast League Twins ranked T2nd on the club with 40 strikeouts...did not allow a homer in his
8 apps/38ip...was ranked by Baseball America as the 14th-best prospect in the GCL. PERSONAL: In 2002 graduated from Stolbers High School in Eindhoven,
Netherlands...was a member of the 2000 Dutch 15-and-under team that won the European Cadet Championship...was member of the Dutch National Junior Team
in 2001 and 2002...was selected to play on the Dutch Olympic Team at the 2002 International Cup in Cuba
Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
2003 GCL Twins - R 3-0 1.18 8 7 0 0 0 38.0 19 8 5 0 20 40 4 0
2004 Elizabethton - R 1-1 2.54 6 5 0 0 0 28.1 25 9 8 0 10 43 2 1
2005 Beloit - A 1-9 5.98 14 10 0 0 0 49.2 58 41 33 9 28 54 5 0
Elizabethton - R 6-1 1.97 21 0 0 0 3 45.2 25 12 10 3 12 *86 7 1
2006 Beloit - A 7-2 2.99 34 13 0 0 0 108.1 77 48 36 6 53 141 7 1
2007 Ft. Myers - A 1-4 5.86 18 8 0 0 1 50.2 62 40 33 2 26 38 1 0
Dayton - A 2-2 1.19 5 5 0 0 0 22.2 19 7 3 1 8 19 0 0
Sarasota - A 0-2 3.71 4 3 0 0 0 17.0 12 10 7 0 8 19 0 0
2008 Sarasota - A 8-7 3.87 21 21 0 0 0 111.2 98 53 48 9 56 94 5 1
Minor League Totals 29-28 3.49 131 72 0 0 4 472.0 395 228 183 30 221 534 31 4
SMITH, Jordan - RHP Age: 23; Ht: 6-4; Wt: 174; B: R; T: R ; BORN: 2/4/86, American Fork, UT. SIGNED BY: Jeff Morris. RESIDES: Pleasant Grove, UT. OB-
TAINED: Selected in the sixth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went a combined 9-8 with a 3.84 ERA in 21 starts with Class-A
Sarasota and Double-A Chattanooga...ranked eighth among all Reds minor leaguers in ERA...named Reds Minor League Pitcher of the Month for April (5-1, 1.60,
6gs)...began the season with the SaraReds where he went 7-2 with a 2.55 ERA in 10 starts...selected as a Florida State League All-Star...over a 3-start stretch from
4/30-5/2 allowed just 3 runs over 24.2ip (0bb), pitching at least 8.0 innings in all 3 starts...promoted to Chattanooga on 5/25 where he went 2-6 with a 5.40 ERA in 11
starts....in 2007, went 10-8 with a 3.84 ERA in 26 starts with Class-A Dayton...ranked fourth in the Midwest League in starts...allowed 2 earned runs or less in 16 of
his 26 starts...in 5 starts from 4/27-5/18 went 2-2 with a 0.88 ERA (30.2ip, 19h, 5r/3er, 4bb, 23k), including back-to-back outings on 5/2 and 5/7 in which he fired 6.0
shutout innings...recorded 8 quality starts...on 6/13 vs. South Bend gave up just 3 hits over 8.0 shutout innings (0bb, 2k)...on 7/1 pitched 7.0 scoreless innings at. Ft.
Wayne (2h, 0bb, 4k)...in 2006, in his first professional season went 6-3 with a 3.01 ERA (7th in the organization) in 14 starts with Rookie Billings...held opponents
to a .227 BA...didn’t allow a home run until his 12th start (57.1ip)...was among Pioneer League leaders in wins (T1st) and ERA (6th)...named to the Pioneer League
Post-Season All-Star Team. PERSONAL: Graduated from Pleasant Grove High School...attended the Community College of Southern Nevada.
Yr Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK
2006 Billings-R 6-3 3.01 14 14 0 0 0 68.2 58 29 23 3 20 49 3 0
2007 Dayton-A 10-8 3.84 26 26 0 0 0 133.2 133 74 57 8 40 96 8 1
2008 Sarasota-A 7-2 2.55 10 10 0 0 0 67.0 61 23 19 2 7 44 0 0
Chattanooga-AA 2-6 5.40 11 11 0 0 0 55.0 72 42 33 6 17 42 6 1
Minor League Totals - 3 yrs 25-19 3.66 61 61 0 0 0 324.1 324 168 132 19 84 231 17 2
SNOWDEN, Shea - LHP Age: 20; Ht: 6-1; Wt: 150; B: L; T: L; BORN: 10/6/88, Huntsville, AL. SIGNED BY: Jerry Flowers. RESIDES: Brandon, MS. OBTAINED:
Selected in the 16th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, went 3-3 with a 1.50 ERA in 7 appearances (5 starts) with the Rookie
GCL Reds...gave up just 6 earned runs over 36.0ip...his finest outing of the season came in the 9-3 victory over the Twins on 6/26 when he allowed just 1 hit over
6.0 shutout innings...in 3 games from 6/26-7/8 allowed 2 runs (1er) over 16.0ip...in 2007, in his first professional season went 0-2 with a 3.51 ERA in 10 games (1
start) with the Rookie GCL Reds...on 7/17 vs. the GCL Orioles, struck out 6 over 3.0 perfect innings...matched season-high 6 strikeouts in his final appearance of the
season on 8/26 vs. GCL Orioles (2.2ip, 1h, 0r). PERSONAL: Graduated from Brandon High School.
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 3.51 10 1 0 0 0 25.2 24 17 10 1 5 30 2 0
2008 GCL Reds-R 3-3 1.50 7 5 0 0 0 36.0 28 12 6 0 10 29 3 0
Minor League Totals - 2 yrs 3-5 2.34 17 6 0 0 0 61.2 52 29 16 1 15 59 5 0
SOSA, Humberto - C Age: 23; Ht: 5-11; Wt: 195; B: R; T: R; BORN: 10/13/85, Beracruz, Mexico. SIGNED BY: Osvaldo Alvarez. RESIDES: Beracruz, Mexico.
OBTAINED: Signed as a non-drafted free agent on 12/19/05. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, spent most of the season with the Rookie GCL Reds where he batted .304
with 3 HR and 22 RBI in 42 games...had a season-high 4 hits on 6/23 at Pirates...also appeared in 3 games for Class-A Dayton...in 2007, batted .275 with 3 HR and
46 RBI in 67 games with the Rookie DSL Reds...had a 12-game hitting streak from 6/25-7/7 (14-45, .311) and a 10-game streak from 7/25-8/6 (17-38, .447)...drove
in a season-high 4 runs on 6/26 at DSL Indians (2-4, 1hr)...collected a season-high 4 hits on 8/2 at DSL Rockies (4-5, 2rbi).
Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E
2006 VSL Reds-R .295 36 129 17 38 10 0 1 18 1 0 1 30 22 1 2 1
2007 DSL Reds-R .275 67 240 24 66 19 1 3 46 1 7 5 32 41 1 1 7
2008 Dayton-A .000 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1
GCL Reds-A .304 42 158 17 48 10 0 3 22 0 0 0 14 34 0 0 3
Minor League Totals - 3 yrs .285 148 534 58 152 39 1 7 86 2 7 6 77 100 2 3 12
SOTO, Neftali - INF Age: 20; Ht: 6-2; Wt: 180; B: R; T: R; BORN: 2/28/89, Mantai, Puerto Rico. SIGNED BY: Tony Arias. RESIDES: Florida, PR. OBTAINED:
Selected as the Reds supplemental third round pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. CAREER NOTES: In 2008, batted a combined .340 with 11 HR and 47 RBI
in 67 games with Rookie Billings and Class-A Dayton...following the season Baseball America named him the 10th-best prospect in the Midwest League and the
seventh-best prospect in the Reds organization...overall appeared in 40g at 3B, 4g at SS and 2g at 1B...overall batted .448 with runners in scoring position and 2
outs (13-29)...began the season with Billings where he batted .388 with 4 HR and 11 RBI in 15 games...reached base safely in all 15 of those games...hit safely in
14 of those 15g...named Pioneer League Player of the Week for 6/16-6/22 (6g, 13-27, .481, 4hr, 9rbi)...on 6/18 at Missoula belted 2 HR and collected a season-high
4 RBI...the next day belted another home run at Missoula...homered again on 6/21 at Great Falls, 1 of his 4 hits on the day...promoted to Dayton on 7/6 where he
batted .326 with 7 HR and 36 RBI in 52 games...had a 13-game hitting streak from 8/15-8/28 (23-55) and a 12-game streak from 7/28-8/9 (21-54, .389)...on 7/30 at
Burlington tied a Dayton franchise record with 5 hits...following the season played for Santurce in the Puerto Rican League...in 2007, in his first professional season
batted .303 with 2 HR and 28 RBI in 40 games with the Rookie GCL Reds...ranked among Gulf Coast League leaders in triples (2nd, 5) and batting average (8th)...
ranked fifth among all Reds minor leaguers in batting average...hit safely in 26 of 40 games...collected a season-high 4 hits on 6/23 vs. the GCL Pirates...drove in a
season-high 4 runs on 7/24 at GCL Red Sox...following the season was named the eighth-best prospect in the GCL by Baseball America.
Yr Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS E
2007 GCL Reds-R .303 40 152 18 46 7 5 2 28 1 1 2 11 31 2 0 17
2008 Billings-R .388 15 67 12 26 10 1 4 11 0 0 0 4 10 1 0 3
Dayton-A .326 52 218 26 71 15 1 7 36 0 6 2 7 36 1 1 9
Minor League Totals - 2 yrs .327 107 437 56 143 32 7 13 75 1 7 4 22 77 4 1 29
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