Edwin Arroyo is catching fire at Triple-A.
The Reds' No. 6 prospect blasted his fifth home run of the season while collecting four hits and four RBIs -- both season highs -- in Louisville’s 9-6 loss to Nashville on Thursday night at Slugger Field. That gave the switch-hitting Arroyo his seventh multihit performance in the past 14 games.
After grounding a single to right field while batting from the right side in the first inning, he stepped into the box from the other side of the batter's box in the fourth with the score tied, 2-2. After falling behind in the count, 1-2, Arroyo unloaded on an inside fastball from right-hander Kaleb Bowman (Brewers), sending it onto the concourse in right at 100.8 mph.
The solo shot, though, wasn't the only loud contact generated by the player who was ranked No. 44 overall on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list at the start of the 2023 season.
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Batting from the left side in the fifth, Arroyo drove in two runs with a liner to right that got by a diving Luis Lara (MIL No. 11), enabling the 22-year-old infielder to pull into third base. At 107.4 mph, the knock was his highest-logged exit velocity of the season.
Arroyo capped his night by lining an RBI single to center while batting from the right side in the seventh.
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Dating back to April 21, Arroyo has gone 24-for-63 (.381) at the dish. Perhaps most encouraging about the stretch has been the power the Puerto Rico native has been able to tap into, with nine extra-base hits and a .635 slugging percentage over that span.
Taken in the second round by the Mariners in 2021, Cincinnati picked Arroyo up in a five-player deal that sent Luis Castillo the other way.
In 2024, he suffered a torn labrum that forced him to miss the entire season. Although Arroyo posted a strong 80.5 percent contact rate over 120 games upon his return last year, he slugged just .371. That number has already increased significantly to .524 through 33 games at Triple-A this year.