Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Cincinnati Reds and short biographies on some of the top prospects in the organization:
Jay Frederick Allen II (born November 22, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds organization. Listed at and , he bats and throws right-handed.
Allen played high school baseball, football, and basketball at John Carroll Catholic High School in Fort Pierce, Florida. Allen committed to play college baseball for the Florida Gators.
Allen was selected in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Cincinnati Reds as the final selection of the first round; he was the 30th player selected and the Reds' second selection of the first round, as the Reds had received a compensatory pick due to the Los Angeles Dodgers signing Trevor Bauer. Allen signed with the Reds on July 20, 2021, for a $2.4 million signing bonus.
Allen made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Reds, slashing .328/.440/.557 with three home runs, 11 RBI, and 14 stolen bases over 19 games. He opened the 2022 season with the Daytona Tortugas of the Single-A Florida State League.
During the 2023 season, Allen missed three months due to a torn thumb ligament; when healthy, he batted .163/.320/.250 with two home runs, four RBI, and 16 stolen bases in 31 games for the ACL Reds and High-A Dayton Dragons. He returned to Dayton in 2024, playing in 109 games and hitting .224/.372/.345 with 10 home runs, 40 RBI, and 35 stolen bases.
Allen made 118 appearances for the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts in 2025, slashing .227/.308/.343 with eight home runs, 60 RBI, and 21 stolen bases.
Edwin Zaed Arroyo (born August 25, 2003) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Arroyo attended Arecibo Baseball Academy in Arecibo, Puerto Rico before coming to the United States to attend Central Pointe Christian Academy in Kissimmee, Florida for his senior season.
Arroyo was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut that August with the Arizona Complex League Mariners. He started 2022 with the Modesto Nuts.
On July 29, 2022, the Mariners traded Arroyo, Noelvi Marte, Andrew Moore, and Levi Stoudt to the Reds for pitcher Luis Castillo. He won the 2023 Midwest League Top MLB Prospect Award with the Dayton Dragons.
On March 20, 2024, Arroyo underwent season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The injury occurred when he dove back to a base on a pickoff attempt during spring training.
In 2025, Arroyo made 120 appearances for the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts, batting .284/.345/.371 with three home runs, 44 RBI, and 12 stolen bases. On November 18, 2025, the Reds added Arroyo to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Arroyo was optioned to the Triple-A Louisville Bats to begin the 2026 season.
Leonardo Andres Balcazar (born June 17, 2004) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Balcazar signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international free agent in January 2021. He played in the Arizona Fall League after the 2025 season. On November 18, 2025, the Reds added Balcazar to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Balcazar was optioned to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts to begin the 2026 season.
Alfredo Enrique Duno (born January 7, 2006) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Duno signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international free agent in January 2023. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Reds.
Duno played 2024 with the Daytona Tortugas.
Joseph Tyson Floyd (born August 28, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Floyd grew up in Rockmart, Georgia and attended Rockmart High School. He was named the Class 7AA Georgia Player of the Year as a junior after posting a 10âÂÂ1 record with a 0.57 ERA and 127 strikeouts.
Floyd made 20 pitching appearances, all in relief, during his freshman season with the LSU Tigers and had a 4.44 ERA and 39 strikeouts over innings pitched. After the season, he played summer collegiate baseball for the Bristol State Liners of the Appalachian League. Floyd pitched in 16 games with 10 starts as a sophomore and went 5âÂÂ4 with a 3.77 ERA and 70 strikeouts. Floyd finished his junior season with a 7âÂÂ0 record and 4.35 ERA with 120 strikeouts as LSU won the 2023 Men's College World Series (MCWS). He set a MCWS record with 17 strikeouts in the first game of the finals against Florida.
Floyd was selected by the Cincinnati Reds with the 38th pick of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Reds on July 16, 2023, for $2,097,500.
Floyd made his professional debut in 2025 with the Daytona Tortugas, pitching to a 0âÂÂ1 record and 3.25 ERA over eight starts. On July 6, he was placed on the full-season injured list ending his season.
Luke Michael Hayden (born December 5, 2002) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Hayden attended Edgewood High School in Ellettsville, Indiana, where he played baseball and graduated in 2021. He went unselected in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at Indiana University to play college baseball for the Indiana Hoosiers. After two seasons at Indiana, he transferred to Indiana State University to play for the Sycamores. In his lone season for the Sycamores in 2024, Hayden started 16 games and went 7âÂÂ2 with a 3.81 ERA and 91 strikeouts over 78 innings. He was then selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the eighth round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $197,500, forgoing his commitment to transfer to Louisiana State University.
After signing, Hayden made his professional debut with the Daytona Tortugas, appearing in four games for the season. In 2025, Hayden was a non-roster invitee to spring training and was named to Cincinnati's Spring Breakout roster. He was assigned to the Dayton Dragons for the 2025 season. Hayden started 24 games for Dayton, going 4âÂÂ7 with a 4.09 ERA and 79 strikeouts, holding batters to a .228 batting average. He was assigned to play in the Arizona Fall League with the Peoria Javelinas after the season.
Luke Kenneth Holman (born January 6, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Holman attended Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pennsylvania, where he played baseball. As a senior in 2021, he pitched to a 7âÂÂ1 record, a 0.88 ERA, and 113 strikeouts over innings. He was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 20th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at the University of Alabama to play college baseball for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
As a freshman at Alabama in 2022, Holman appeared in 15 games in relief, going 0âÂÂ2 with a 5.68 ERA over 19 innings. He moved into the starting rotation as a sophomore in 2023 and went 7âÂÂ4 with a 3.67 ERA over 15 starts. After the season, he transferred to Louisiana State University (LSU). He was also selected to play for the Team USA Collegiate National Baseball Team. Holman started 16 games for LSU in 2024 and went 9âÂÂ4 with a 2.75 ERA and 127 strikeouts over innings.
Holman was selected by the Cincinnati Reds with the 71st overall pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. On July 23, 2024, Holman signed with the Reds on a contract worth $997,000. He made his professional debut in 2025 with the Daytona Tortugas. After two starts, he was placed on the 7-day injured list before being transferred to the full-season injured list, thus ending his season.
Holman was diagnosed with anaplastic large-cell lymphoma when he was seven and underwent chemotherapy for one year before returning to baseball.
Tyson John Lewis (born January 10, 2006) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Lewis attended Millard West High School in Omaha, Nebraska. As a senior, he was the Nebraska Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year after hitting .496 with eight home runs, 41 runs batted in (RBI) and 31 stolen bases. Lewis was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $3 million, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Arkansas.
Lewis made his professional debut in 2025 with the Arizona Complex League Reds. In July, he was promoted to the Daytona Tortugas, with whom he ended the season. Over 81 games between the two teams, Lewis hit .311 with nine home runs, 54 RBI, and 27 stolen bases.
Héctor Junior RodrÃÂguez (born March 11, 2004) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB).
RodrÃÂguez signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent in January 2021. He made his professional debut that season with the Dominican Summer League Mets.
On July 28, 2022, the Mets traded RodrÃÂguez and Jose Acuña to the Cincinnati Reds for Tyler Naquin and Phillip Diehl. He started his Reds career that year with the Arizona Complex League Reds and Daytona Tortugas. In 2023, he played with Daytona and the Dayton Dragons.
RodrÃÂguez played 2024 with Dayton and started 2025 with the Chattanooga Lookouts. On November 18, 2025, the Reds added RodrÃÂguez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
RodrÃÂguez was optioned to the Triple-A Louisville Bats to begin the 2026 season.
Alexander Vargas (born October 29, 2001) is a Cuban professional baseball infielder for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was named to the Cuba national baseball team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Vargas was signed as an international free agent by the New York Yankees in 2018 to a $2.5 million signing bonus. In 2020, he was the No. 20 ranked prospect in all of baseball according to MLB Pipeline. Vargas was promoted to the Double-A Somerset Patriots for the 2024 season where he hit .254/.375/.668.
In August 2025, Vargas was released by the Yankees. He signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds later that month and was assigned to the High-A Dayton Dragons. In 18 games with Dayton in 2025, Vargas hit .242/.323/.617.