The Reds introduced at this time that they’ve chosen the contract of right-hander Julian Aguiar. Righty Casey Legumina was optioned to open an energetic roster spot. To get Aguiar onto the 40-man, the Reds recalled righty Christian Roa and positioned him on the 60-day injured checklist with a proper shoulder sprain.
Aguiar, 23, was a Twelfth-round choice of the Reds within the 2021 draft. In 2022, he tossed 96 1/3 innings, principally on the Single-A stage but additionally with a quick have a look at Excessive-A. He allowed 3.46 earned runs per 9 innings, struck out 27.6% of batters confronted, restricted walks to a 6.6% clip and bought grounders on greater than half of the balls that have been put in play towards him. Final yr, he made 25 begins between Excessive-A and Double-A. In his 125 innings, he posted a 2.95 ERA, 26.8% strikeout price, 7.2% stroll price and once more bought hitters to hit the ball into the bottom about half the time.
Coming into 2024, Baseball America ranked him the #14 prospect within the Reds’ system. FanGraphs had him a bit greater, placing him at #7 in early April. BA highlights his pitch combine, describing it as consisting of a four-seamer, two-seamer, curveball, slider and changeup. FG doesn’t point out the two-seamer and likewise characterizes the slider and curveball as the identical breaking ball, simply formed barely in another way, although they admit that this primarily results in Aguiar having two totally different breaking balls even when they’re the identical velocity.
Right here in 2024, Aguiar has continued posting some first rate numbers, although not fairly as robust as earlier years. He has thrown 116 1/3 innings over 22 begins between Double-A and Triple-A with a 3.79 ERA. His 6% stroll price nonetheless demonstrates good management however his 19.7% strikeout price is properly under his earlier two seasons. His floor ball price has additionally been just under 40% at each ranges this yr, a drop from what he was capable of obtain on the decrease ranges.
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