Alfredo Duno, Reds' minor-league catcher, homers twice for Dayton
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Dayton Dragons catcher Alfredo Duno, ranked No. 1 among the Cincinnati Reds' top prospects by MLB Pipeline and 26th in MLB Pipeline's top 100, homered twice in a 22-8 win May 20 against the Fort Wayne TinCaps.
Duno homered in the fifth and eighth innings. He walked three times, scored four runs and drove in five, raising his batting average this season to .290.
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Duno, who turned 20 years old in January, has homered seven times in his past seven games.
Duno leads the Dragons with nine home runs, and an OPS of .994 this season.
Duno hit .287 with 18 home runs in 2025 for the Daytona Tortugas.
In June 2025, Duno joined then-Chattanooga Lookouts infielder Sal Stewart on the 2025 MLB Futures Game roster.
Duno was considered the top player of the Reds' 2023 international signing class.
Duno was 17 years old, and 6-foot-2, 210 pounds when the Reds signed him.
He was rated by MLB.com as the fourth-best player signed during the 2023 international signing period. Duno's signing bonus was $3.1 million.
"One of the best catchers I've seen come out of Latin America," Reds director of international scouting Trey Hendricks said in 2023. "He's a really talented kid. … The work ethic has never been a question mark for us. This kid is obviously very physically gifted, but he also doesn’t take that for granted." He's one of the hardest workers when we have our camps."
Duno's 2024 season was cut short by a season-ending rib injury.
Duno was batting .267 with three homers and 16 RBIs in 139 plate appearances before suffering a broken rib.
In the Dominican Summer League in 2023, Duno batted .303 with six homers and 41 RBIs in 195 plate appearances, with 38 walks and 41 strikeouts. He added six stolen bases, with an OPS of .945. He didn't catch because of an elbow injury, instead handling DH duties.
Duno is the only catcher among MLB Pipeline's top 20 Reds prospects.
MLB Pipeline considers 2028 to be Duno's MLB ETA, but with no catchers ahead of him in the Reds' system, Duno could arrive sooner if he stays healthy.
Duno is the only current Dragon among the Reds' top 15 prospects.
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