The Reds informed reporters this evening that infield prospect Edwin Arroyo underwent surgery to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder (via C. Trent Rosecrans of the Athletic). He’ll miss the entire 2024 season. Arroyo suffered the injury when he dove back to a base on a pickoff attempt while playing in Spring Training as a non-roster invitee.
Cincinnati acquired Arroyo as the secondary piece in the 2022 deadline blockbuster that sent Luis Castillo to Seattle. The package was built around Noelvi Marte, but Arroyo was viewed as a borderline Top 100 caliber prospect in his own right. He spent most of last season at High-A Dayton, where he hit .248/.321/.427 with 13 home runs and 28 stolen bases. While not an overwhelming showing, that was respectable production for a 19-year-old.
Arroyo ranked among Cincinnati’s five to seven best prospects at Baseball America, ESPN and The Athletic. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and The Athletic’s Keith Law each slotted him at the back half of the sport’s Top 100 minor league talents, calling him a potential regular as a switch-hitter with some power and a chance to stick at shortstop. While he’s certainly young enough to get to that point, the surgery deals a hit to his prospect stock and costs him a year of development reps. Arroyo had barely reached Double-A and was unlikely to impact the major league team this season, but he could’ve played his way to the upper levels with an eye towards a 2025 debut.
Instead, he’ll be faced with an extended rehab process before hopefully starting the ’25 season healthy in Double-A. Cincinnati will need to decide at the end of the 2025 campaign whether to add him to the 40-man roster or expose him to the Rule 5 draft.
Ok, this is getting out of hand. Who kicked a puppy in the Cincy clubhouse?
They let Votto go.
The Canadian Curse?
It is almost unbelievable. The Reds are loaded with great young prospects and they are going down with injuries one by one. It is like the team is snake bit. I guess the good news is it is his left shoulder.
That’s unfortunate and rough way to go. Hope the kid recovers.
Trade is looking good for the Ms!
That’s not the way to evaluate a trade.
There are multiple ways to evaluate a trade, including process and outcome. And one can count the time factor as well. Considering the Ms are trying to contend and would be horribly depleted at 3rd with one less Ace for 2024, then yes, it’s working out good. Hopefully we can eventually say the same for Cincinnati
Working out well.
I prefer working out good, thank you
Thats a tough rehab. Here’s hopinghe can fully recover.
Whats going on? Injury pandemic in mlb it seems.
I continue to think the Castillo trade can’t get any better for the Mariners and I continue to be proven wrong.
You all are acting like Noelvi and Arroyos careers are over they are both still very promising and the reds got a solid return for somebody who they weren’t going to be able to keep
Not able to keep? They signed Nick Martinez and Emilio pagan. Would you rather them or Castillo?
And you’re nuts if you’d rather those two combined salaries for what Castillo signed for.
Martinez + Pagan = $21 mm annual.
Castillo = $21.8 mm annual.
FWIW, Castillo is being paid $24.5 MM
Technically Castillo’s already beyond the period of team control the Mariners obtained in trade. There’s not necessarily any guarantee Castillo would have taken the same extension to pitch in Cincinnati that he accepted with Seattle.
He signed an extension shortly after the trade. Maybe he’s a big fan of tall mountains and open seas. Perhaps he’s an avid ferry rider. He did originally sign with San Francisco as an amateur, so perhaps he prefers our part of the World to the landlocked humidity of a Cincinnati summer?
It was a bad trade for the Reds if you believe the Reds were willing to extend Castillo out. If you don’t then it’s a win, win.
Get in you fellow Reds player, we’re going to shoulder rehab.
Hope that is not contagious
Hits keep on coming for the Reds. Hope for the best as labrum recoveries are tough. Come back, Tony Kemp!
What is happening?? Are the Reds playing on an Indian burial ground or something?
All that vaulted Infield depth is crumbling to the ground. Starting to make the Candelario signing look like a very shrewed move
Now Votto can opt out and return to the Reds. Candy-> 3B & Votto-> 1B
The curse of Votto has begun. Shouldn’t have done him dirty. Stop acting like you’ve won anything in 40+ years.
How, exactly, did the Reds do Votto dirty?
And how, exactly, is anyone acting like they’ve won anything in 40 years??
They won the World Series 34 years ago.
Math is hard
Holy…crap.
Feel for the kid. Best wishes for recovery. Tough rehab.
Yeah, that’s a tough break for him, and the organization. Sounds like McLain may be in the same boat. When you’re seeking out a second opinion, it can’t be anything minor… damnit..
Reds are quickly proving there’s no such thing as too many shortstops.
Hope he recovers. Don’t like this type of surgery. Higher fail rate than many realize.
What the heck happened to the Cincinatti reds this week?
Year after year!!!! This team will Never win because it will NEVER stay healthy!!!! I don’t know why the Reds have been decimated by injuries over the last decade plus, but it’s more than just bad luck
I keep saying ST is terrible for player injuries
Ppl keep arguing its necessary
Meanwhile players keep dropping like flies