Nick Lodolo #40

Last name is pronounced luh-DOLE-oh ... Was selected by the Reds in the first round (7th overall) of the June 2019 first-year player draft...was signed by Paul Scott...was Texas Christian University's highest-ever baseball draft pick ... Was the top pitching prospect in the 2019 draft, as rated by Baseball America, and was the first pitcher selected ... Was the highest unsigned pick of the 2016 first-year player draft when the Pirates selected him 41st overall in the supplemental first round ... Entered the 2020 season rated by both MiLB.com and Baseball America the third-best prospect in the organization ... Also entered the 2020 season rated No. 77 on Baseball America's prestigious Top 100 prospects list...RHP Hunter Greene (No. 76) was the only other Reds minor leaguer on that Top 100 list. Graduated from Damien High School in La Verne, CA, the same school attended by Mark McGwire, rock guitarist Buckethead and former Reds pitcher Frank Pastore...as a junior at Texas Christian University in 2019 was named second team All-American and first team All-Big 12...in 16 starts for the Horned Frogs that year produced a 2.36 ERA with 131 strikeouts over 103 innings, held opponents to a .203 batting average and posted a WHIP of just 0.98.

2019

In his first professional season went 0-1, 2.45 in 8 starts for Rookie Billings and Class A Dayton....In 18.1 innings recorded 30 strikeouts without issuing a walk... Made his first 6 apps for Billings before he was promoted to the Dragons on 7/22...Didn't pitch after 7/30, when his 121.1 innings total for the summer included his collegiate season at Texas Christian University.