Alfredo Duno, Reds' minor-league catcher, homers twice for Dayton
Catcher Alfredo Duno, the Reds' top prospect according to MLB Pipeline, has hit seven home runs in seven games.
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. 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.