The Arizona Complex League Reds are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, competing in the Arizona Complex League of Minor League Baseball. The team plays its home games at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Arizona. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Cuba, Japan, and other countries.
History The Cincinnati Reds previously fielded a Rookie-level team in the Gulf Coast League (GCL) during three tenures (1968–1973, 1984–1990, and 1999–2009) known as the Gulf Coast League Reds. During 2004–2009, the team played home games at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida.
In 2010, when the major-league Reds moved their spring training headquarters from Florida to Arizona, the Rookie-level team also relocated and became members of the Arizona League (AZL), and were renamed as the Arizona League Reds. The team has competed in Arizona since then. Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the Arizona Complex League (ACL).
Roster
Season-by-season
Year Record Finish Manager PlayoffsGCL Reds1968 28–33 5th Bill Lajoie No playoffs until 1983 1969 30–24 3rd George Scherger 1970 25–35 6th Ron Plaza 1971 23–29 4th Ron Plaza 1972 21–39 7th (t) Ron Plaza 1973 20–32 8th Ron Plaza 1984 32–31 5th Sam Mejias 1985 38–24 3rd (t) Sam Mejias 1986 34–28 1st Sam Mejias Lost League Finalsvs. GCL Dodgers (1 game to 0)1987 32–31 6th Sam Mejias 1988 21–42 10th (t) Sam Mejias 1989 37–26 4th (t) Sam Mejias 1990 36–27 3rd (t) Sam Mejias 1999 23–37 14th Donnie Scott 2000 14–41 13th Luis Quiñones 2001 36–22 3rd Edgar Caceres 2002 30–30 7th Edgar Caceres 2003 26–34 10th Edgar Caceres 2004 20–37 12th Freddie Benavides 2005 22–32 11th Luis Aguayo 2006 18–34 13th Luis Aguayo 2007 15–41 16th Pat Kelly / Ron Ortegon / Rick Burleson 2008 25–31 14th Pat Kelly 2009 28–27 8th Pat Kelly
Year Record Finish Manager PlayoffsAZL Reds2010 31–24 4th (t) Julio Garcia Lost League Finalsvs. AZL Brewers (1 game to 0)Won in 1st roundvs. AZL Giants (1 game to 0)2011 31–25 4th Jose Nieves Lost in 1st roundvs. AZL Giants (1 game to 0)2012 18–38 12th Jose Nieves 2013 18–37 13th Eli Marrero 2014 24–32 11th Eli Marrero 2015 27–29 8th Ray Martinez 2016 31–24 3rd Jose Nieves Lost in Semifinalsvs. AZL Mariners (1 game to 0)2017 22–33 13th Jose Nieves
Notable players Notable players for the team have included:
Jared Burton Noah Davis Elly De La Cruz (born 2002) Yasmani Grandal Evan Kravetz Michael Lorenzen Kyle Lotzkar Donald Lutz Jon Moscot Nefi Ogando Wandy Peralta Denis Phipps Josh Ravin Steve Selsky Brett Tomko Zack Weiss
References
External links Official website