In anticipation of the 30 pitchers and five catchers who will report to the Cincinnati Reds’ spring training Monday in Goodyear, Ariz., here’s a fact or two on each expected at the team’s complex.

Andrew Abbott, LHP — Abbott finished his biology degree from the University of Virginia in three years, but went unselected in the five-round 2020 draft, so he went back to school for his senior year. In addition to leading the Cavaliers to the College World Series in 2021, he also used his fourth year on campus to earn a master’s degree.

Jose Acuña, RHP (NRI) — The 22-year-old didn’t start his 2024 season until May out of concern for a flexor strain and then missed all but one day of June before making seven starts at Double-A Chattanooga, followed by four starts for Triple-A Louisville. He then appeared in four games in the Arizona Fall League and three in winter ball in his native Venezuela.

Julian Aguiar, RHP — Aguiar made seven starts for the Reds last season, but had Tommy John surgery in October and will miss all of 2025.

Graham Ashcraft, RHP — All 60 of Ashcraft’s appearances over his three seasons in the big leagues have been as a starter and he’s coming into a camp to compete for one of the rotation spots. If the Reds’ starters are healthy, the team has considered moving Ashcraft to the bullpen this season.

Chase Burns, RHP (NRI) — Selected second in last July’s draft, Burns has yet to throw an official pitch as a professional. That said, he’s in the same boat as Rhett Lowder — another right-hander picked by the Reds in the first round out of Wake Forest — was a year prior. Lowder was invited to big league camp last spring, pitched well in the Cactus League before starting the season at High-A Dayton and eventually making his big-league debut on Aug. 30.

Alexis Díaz, RHP — Díaz and his older brother Edwin have 300 saves between them, including 75 from the younger brother. Since the save became an official stat in 1969, Todd and Tim Worrell are the only brothers with more combined saves. From 1985 to 2006, the Worrell brothers amassed 327 total saves.

Ian Gibaut, RHP (NRI) — Gibaut is the all-time leader in saves for Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic with one.

Hunter Greene, RHP — A Southern California native, Greene offered free baseball spikes to travel ball, high school and college players affected by the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

Joe La Sorsa, LHP (NRI) — La Sorsa played for Italy in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

Nick Lodolo, LHP — Lodolo, 27, set a career high with 21 starts last season, but also made four different trips to the injured list. All four trips were different injuries — middle finger sprain, finger blister, groin strain and calf tenosynovitis — but all on the left side of his body.

Rhett Lowder, RHP — Lowder is the first player with the first name “Rhett” in Major League Baseball history.

Nick Martinez, RHP — Martinez was primarily a second baseman in college at Fordham, hitting .295 with four home runs over three seasons. He pitched in just 15 games in college, all out of the bullpen — five as a freshman and 10 as a junior.

Zach Maxwell, RHP (NRI) — At 6-foot-6, Maxwell doesn’t look up at too many people, but his father Tom is 6-foot-11 and played basketball at Idaho State.

Luis Mey, RHP — Named the Arizona Fall League Relief Pitcher of the Year, Mey threw 47 of the fastest 50 pitches in the AFL, including all 30 pitches that measured faster than 100 mph.

Wade Miley, LHP (NRI) — Miley had surgery to repair his ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow last May. Former Reds medical director Timothy Kremchek performed a hybrid surgery that placed a collagen-braided brace to support the elbow. Fellow lefties Brent Suter and Justin Wilson, both of whom pitched for the Reds last season, have had the surgery and returned to the big leagues. Reds reliever Tejay Antone had the same surgery last year and is rehabbing to return. Miley could return as soon as May, but will be in camp.

Sam Moll, LHP — In back-to-back nights last May at Great American Ball Park, Moll faced Shohei Ohtani with two outs and the Reds looking to hold onto the lead. He got Ohtani to pop out to end the sixth on May 24, and then struck him out to end the eighth inning the next night. Ohtani’s lone hit in eight plate appearances against Moll was a single the week before in Los Angeles.

Emilio Pagán, RHP — Pagán’s No. 15 is retired at his alma mater, Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. He is one of just three players from the school to make the big leagues.

Chase Petty, RHP — Petty grew up in Millville, New Jersey, home of Mike Trout. In 2021, Petty was the first first-round pick from his area of New Jersey since Trout in 2009.

Connor Phillips, RHP — Phillips made his big-league debut in 2023, but then had a rollercoaster of a year in 2024. After a fantastic spring training, Phillips had a horrific start to the regular season with Triple-A Louisville, going 2-6 with a 10.11 ERA in 14 starts before the organization sent him to team’s complex in Arizona to reset. After two months, he returned to Louisville and put up a 2.49 ERA in five starts before going to the Arizona Fall League.

Lyon Richardson, RHP — Richardson started 19 of his first 20 games to start the season in Triple A, but was called up as a reliever in late July. After one relief appearance for the Reds, he went back to Louisville and his final five appearances of the season were out of the bullpen.

Taylor Rogers, LHP — Rogers spent the last two years in San Francisco, sharing a bullpen with twin brother Tyler. Tyler is a right-handed submarine style pitcher, while Taylor, the new Red, is left-handed and throws conventionally.

Tony Santillan, RHP — One of Santillan’s nicknames is “Oso,” which is Spanish for bear. It’s a fitting nickname as the bilingual Texan stands 6-foot-3 and 285 pounds.

Bryan Shaw (NRI), RHP — Shaw was part of the three-team, nine-player deal that brought Shin-Soo Choo to the Reds in December of 2012. The Diamondbacks sent Shaw, Trevor Bauer and Matt Albers to Cleveland, while the Reds sent Didi Gregorius to the Diamondbacks and Drew Stubbs to Cleveland. Cleveland sent Lars Anderson and Tony Sipp to Arizona and Choo, Jason Donald and cash to the Reds.

Brady Singer, RHP — When the Royals selected Singer with the 18th pick of the 2018 draft, he was the second University of Florida player taken. The first was Jonathan India, whom the Reds traded to the Royals for Singer.

Carson Spiers, RHP — Spiers played baseball at Clemson University like his father (Michael), uncle (Bill) and grandfather (bud). His cousin Will was a punter on Clemson’s football team.

Brent Suter, LHP — Suter bought his Anderson Township home from former Brewers teammate Wade Miley.

Lenny Torres, RHP (BRI) — Cleveland took Torres with the 41st pick in the 2018 draft, the team’s Competitive Balance Round A pick. The Reds took Richardson six players later with the fourth pick of the second round.

Brandon Williamson, LHP — Williamson will miss all of the 2025 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last year.

Yosver Zulueta, RHP — Zulueta played for both Villa Clara and Granma in the Cuban National Series before coming to the United States.