Cincinnati Reds Top Prospect Named Player of the Month

Cincinnati Reds catching prospect Alfredo Duno has had an excellent season in 2025 with the Daytona Tortugas. In what is essentially his first full season behind the plate, he is slashing .281/.420/.485 with a career-best 16 home runs, 50 total extra-base hits, and more walks than strikeouts.

Duno was named the Florida State League Player of the Month for the month of August on Thursday. The Reds' third-ranked prospect slashed .338/.490/.700 with seven home runs and 25 RBIs in August. Along with winning the FSL Player of the Week twice this season, the 19-year-old was also named to the MLB Futures Game roster during the All-Star break.

Duno has been climbing up the MLB prospect rankings, moving up to be the Reds' third-ranked prospect and even to the MLB Top 100 at 72. After not catching in his first professional season due to an elbow injury, and missing the majority of the season in 2024 with a rib fracture, Duno looks to be ahead of schedule developmentally as a catcher and is having an impressive campaign in 2025.

Daytona clinched a playoff birth on Tuesday night and also climbed back above .500 for the first time since April.