Today, the Cincinnati Reds will face the Kansas City Royals, with Nick Lodolo starting for the second time this spring. In his first outing, Lodolo went two innings, gave up no runs, hits, or walks, and struck out just one batter while throwing just nine pitches. In anticipation of facing the Washington Huskies at the Disch, the Texas Longhorns will start Lebarron Johnson Jr., who is 1-1 with a 3.54 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, and 23 strikeouts in 20.1 innings, in the mound for his fifth start of the year. Trey Faltine, a former Longhorn, has been assigned to the Cincinnati Reds ahead of their game against the Royals today. It is unclear when or if he will see any game action in Goodyear, AZ.
Trey Faltine By The Numbers
Faltine played in 17 games during his rookie season at Texas, hitting.259 with an OPS of.362; he also had three doubles, one home run, seven RBI, twelve runs scored, two stolen bases, and six walks. He participated in 66 games and had an OPS of.775 in his second season, hitting.249 with 18 doubles, five home runs, 37 RBI, 51 runs scored, seven stolen bases, and 35 walks. He played in 69 games and finished with a.282 batting average and a.945 OPS in his final season. He also had 18 doubles, 1 triple, 15 home runs, 56 RBI, 60 runs scored, 6 stolen bases, and 33 walks. In the seventh round of the 2022 MLB draft, he was selected by the Cincinnati Reds. Following his draft selection in 2022, he participated in 22 games for Single-A Daytona and the Reds rookie league team. He hit.246 with a.801 OPS, had six doubles, one home run, ten RBI, thirteen runs scored, one stolen base, and fifteen walks. He moved up to High-A Dayton for the previous season, where he played in 64 games and finished with an OPS of.411 while hitting.103 with three doubles, three home runs, 13 RBI, 16 runs scored, four stolen bases, and twenty walks.