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Cam Collier Takes Home All-Star Futures Games MVP

In the annual exhibition during All-Star festivities featuring some of baseball's top prospects, the Reds' No. 3 prospect Cam Collier was named Most Valuable Player of the Futures Game.

Collier, whose power has been on display all season, continued swinging a big bat with a 409-foot home run in the National League's 6-1 win on Saturday. Collier, 19, is the second Reds player to be named MVP of the Futures game. In 2018, outfielder Taylor Trammell claimed the honor.

The other Reds representative in the game was pitcher and top prospect Rhett Lowder. The Reds' first-round selection in 2023, Lowder pitched a scoreless, hitless inning with a strikeout.

Louisville Bats Manager Pat Kelly Earns 2000th Career Win

With a 3-2 victory over St. Paul on Thursday, Bats manager Pat Kelly became just the seventh Minor League Baseball manager to win 2,000 career games. Kelly's 2,000 wins rank third among active minor league skippers. Now in his fifth season at the helm for the Bats, his 298 wins as Louisville's manager put him at second all-time in franchise history.

Reds Minor League Pitcher & Player of the Month -- July

Pitcher of the Month: Daytona Tortugas RHP Nestor Lorant

In five games spanning 21 innings, Lorant posted a 0.42 ERA with a 0.42 WHIP. He allowed just one earned run on six hits with three walks and 24 strikeouts.

Player of the Month: Chattanooga Lookouts INF/OF Francisco Urbaez

In 25 games, Urbaez hit .296 with an .864 OPS. He recorded 29 hits including five home runs, two doubles and a triple with 19 RBIs and four steals.

Minor League Roundup

Daytona Tortugas –Single-A

Daytona took four of five in its series against Ft. Myers heading into the All-Star break with a 6-3 victory Sunday afternoon. Ricardo Cabera and Sammy Stafura each had three hits and two stolen bases to help secure the win.

Dayton Dragons – Advanced-A

The Dragons are eight games over .500 for the first time since July 2022. Logan Tanner blasted a tie-breaking three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth leading the Dragons to a 6-3 victory Friday night.

Chattanooga Lookouts – Double-A

In Saturday's 9-5 victory, Austin Hendrick recorded three hits with a home run and a stolen base. Sam Benschoter put up a win for the Bats with two hits and just one earned run and five strikeouts over four innings.

Louisville Bats – Triple-A

Jacob Hurtubise, Reds No. 23 prospect, recorded a stolen base in five straight games while extending his hit streak to 11 games over the weekend. The organization's No. 16 prospect Julian Aguiar assisted him from the mound in the 5-1 victory, allowing one hit with no earned runs to earn his second victory for the Bats.