Alex Reyes

Alexander Reyes (born August 29, 1994) is a Dominican-American professional baseball pitcher in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Career

Reyes was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and lived in New Jersey until he was 18. He moved to the Dominican Republic in December 2011 to gain residency so that he could sign with a Major League Baseball team the next season and avoid the Major League Baseball Draft.^[1] In December 2012 he signed a $950,000 deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]

Reyes made his professional debut in 2013 for the Johnson City Cardinals.^[3] In 12 starts he went 6–4 with a 3.39 earned run average (ERA) with 68 strikeouts in 58 ¹⁄₃ innings. Prior to the 2014 season, he was ranked by Baseball America as the seventh best prospect in the Cardinals organization. He was also ranked by Baseball Prospectus as the 98th best prospect in all of baseball.^[4]

After a solid season in Single A in 2014 where he went 7-7 with a 3.62 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 109 ¹⁄₃ innings, he was ranked as the 51st best prospect in baseball by Baseball America and 55th by Baseball Prospectus prior to the start of the 2015 season.

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Alex Reyes: The Best Pitching Prospect You’ve Never Heard Of