Kenya Huggins #80

Kenya Carl Huggins, Jr. was originally signed by Reds scout Sean Buckley…graduated from St. Augustine (New Orleans) High School…pitched collegiately at Chipola College in Marianna, Fla…participated at the MLB Youth Academy in New Orleans and played in MLB's Breakthrough Series.

2025

Competed in his first full professional season and was a combined 2-3 with a 3.81 ERA and .635 opponents OPS in 24 games, including 21 starts, with Single-A Daytona and High-A Lansing in the Reds and A's farm systems respectively…pitched in just one game after being drafted in 2022 and combined for just 18 games in 2023-24 due to "Tommy John" surgery...Yielded just five home runs in 78 innings, an average of 0.58 per nine innings...Allowed a .210 opponents batting average, which broke down to .173 (26-for-150) with a .514 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .252 (33-for-131) with a .774 OPS against right-handers… yielded four of his five home runs to righties...Four of his five home runs allowed were solo shots…opponents hit .258 with runners in scoring position...Surrendered four home runs in his home ballparks…allowed just one home run in 35 innings on the road...Was 0-3 with a 3.62 ERA in his 21 starts and 2-0 with a 5.40 ERA in three relief appearances… tossed four innings or fewer in all 21 of his starts and never had enough innings to qualify for the win…his teams were 11-10 (.524) in his starting assignments…logged at least two innings in all 24 of his appearances...Allowed his only inherited runner to score…first batters faced were 1-for-3 (.333)...Held the opposition to a .132 batting average with two strikes.