Yonder Alonso promoted to Louisville

1b/lf Yonder Alonso has been promoted to Triple-A Louisville, Reds assistant media relations director Jamie Ramsey confirmed today.

Ben Badler (Baseball America) tweeted the news earlier.

In 31 games for Double-A Carolina this year, Alonso was hitting .267 with three homers and 13 RBI. He has 101 at-bats, 19 runs scored, five doubles, 19 walks, 16 strikeouts, four steals, .388 on-base percentage.

Alonso, 23, was the Reds’ No. 1 draftee in June 2008. Entering this year, he had a .293 minor league batting average (314 at-bats) with 9 homers and 54 RBI. Those totals were during brief stints mostly with Single-A Sarasota and Double-A Carolina.



(cincinnati.com)