Keury Mella #60

Name is pronounced KAY-ooh-ree MAY-uh...pitched for the World Team in the 2015 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game at Cin's Great American Ball Park...also in 2015 was a mid-season California League All-Star.

2017

In his Major League debut made 2 relief apps for the Reds (9/20 vs StL, 9/30 at Chi)...was the last of the 17 Reds players to make Major League debuts...on 9/20 vs StL became the 31st and final pitcher to appear in a game for the Reds this season, 1 shy of the club single-season record...that appearance vs StL was just his second above Class AA...retired his first 4 batters, including a strikeout of Luke Weaver, before walking Matt Carpenter...threw a perfect fourth inning before allowing Yadier Molina's 2-out, 2-run double in the fifth...spent the minor league season at Class AA Pensacola, where his 26 starts fell 1 shy of the Southern league lead...was promoted to Cin on 9/12, after the Blue Wahoos won the Southern League's Southern Division championship series over Jacksonville...following the season pitched for Este in the Dominican Winter League (5g, 0-0, 1.23, 1sv, 7.1ip, 5h, 2bb, 6k)...entered the season rated by Baseball America the 19th-best prospect in the organization.

2016

Spent most of the season at Class A Daytona, where he made 24 of his season's 25 starts and his only relief appearance...made his only other start in Class AAA Louisville's final game of the season, threw 7.0 innings in his 4-1 victory vs Indianapolis...was his first appearance above Class A...his season ERA of 3.76 was eighth-best among all Reds minor league pitchers...following the season was rated by MLB.com the ninth-best prospect in the organization...on 11/18 was added to the Reds' 40-man roster.