Cincinnati Reds 2025 Draft Pick Opens Up On Tough Start To Professional Career

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The Cincinnati Reds drafted Kien Vu retired of Arizona State successful nan ninth information of nan 2025 MLB draft. He was an All-American successful assemblage and put up fantabulous numbers offensively for a self-proclaimed defense-first player, batting .351 pinch a 1.062 OPS, 25 location runs, and 98 RBIs successful his 3 years.

He made his master debut soon aft signing pinch nan Reds, and his first week did not spell arsenic he had hoped. He went 0-10 pinch six strikeouts and only reached guidelines erstwhile via a hit-by-pitch.

“Yeah, I mean, that first week was brutal," Vu said. "I've told truthful galore group astir that. Going 0-10, I astir apt had 7 aliases 8 strikeouts. I mean, you tin ideate really overmuch uncertainty was successful my mind aft that Sunday game. It's an unthinkable feeling, because you're conscionable like, I don't deliberation I've been astatine a little constituent precocious erstwhile it came to baseball. So yeah, I mean, going done that, it was tough."

“I sat down pinch nan sports scientist that nan Reds got, and I was conscionable like, what's going on? And he really calmed my mind. Then I started journaling a little, and location are a fewer things that I worked connected to commencement that Tuesday game. And my dada had flown out, I think. I don't cognize if he saw really overmuch I was struggling aliases if he already planned to travel out, but he came out, which was awesome. And then, yeah, conscionable trying to flush it. It happens to everyone.”

He went connected to triumph nan Player of nan Week for nan Florida State League nan adjacent week. He slashed .467/.600/.867 pinch six of his 7 hits being extra-bases. He besides had six RBIs, 5 runs scored, 3 walks, and a stolen base. He deed his first master location tally connected August 21 and vanished nan play pinch four. In 23 games, he deed .273 pinch a .903 OPS.

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