In 2024 the Cincinnati Reds sent Alfredo Duno to Daytona and the Florida State League after spending his prior season in the Dominican Summer League. It was a big jump for Duno, who was just 18-years-old at the time and had never caught a professional game after spending his first season serving only as a designated hitter due to some arm issues. His season was over by late-May, though, as a broken rib would cost him the next four months.

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The first four games of the year for Alfredo Duno went quite well. He had four hits in 14 at-bats (.286) and three of those hits were doubles and the other one was a home run. Over the next two weeks he kept producing runs and after 13 games on the season he had driven in 12 and scored seven times. He went into a big slump after that, though, hitting just .136 in 13 games from April 22nd through May 8th’s 1st game of a double header.

Duno went 1-3 with a walk and an RBI in the second game that day and he never let up for the next month. In 23 games from that point through June 7th he put up an OPS of 1.092, scored 20 runs, and drove in 18 while smashing 11 extra-base hits in 23 games played.

Things did slow down a bit after that for about a month as he put up a .734 OPS with the Tortugas. But he went 3-5 on July 10th and that helped kickstart another big run. And this one went for the remainder of the season. In the 2-month stretch from that point through the rest of the regular season he played in 42 games and hit an absurd .336/.472/.664 for Daytona with 37 walks, 24 extra-base hits, and just 23 strikeouts.

Once the season came to an end, Duno was named the Florida State League MVP where he led the league in nearly every offensive category except batting average, where he was second in the league, steals, and triples.

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Alfredo Duno Scouting Report

Position: Catcher | B/T: R/R

Height: 6′ 2″ | Weight: 210 lbs. | Acquired: International FA (2023) | Born: January 7, 2006

There were a lot of things that Alfredo Duno took steps forward with in 2025. We can start at the plate where he was able to play a full season. With that it meant that pitchers and teams got to see him multiple times and they each got to do the “let’s make an adjustment” game and Duno seemed to win most of those as he just got better in the second half.

Ever since he signed, Duno has been thought of to have plenty of power potential. In 2025 he showed it was more than potential. The 19-year-old smashed 18 home runs in Daytona in 113 games and then added four more of them in 17 games in the Arizona Fall League.

Not only did he show off his power in games, he also showed off his strong understanding of the strikezone. Catchers tend to have a better grasp of the zone and reading pitches than other players do for obvious reasons (they see more pitches than anyone else because they aren’t just seeing them with a bat in their hand), but Duno took it to a different level as he walked more often than he struck out and had a better than average contact rate, too.

While Duno used to have a little bit of speed, he’s no longer showing that. He’s a fringe-average runner now who takes some time to get going but once he does he’s a solid-average runner.

Defensively there is more work to do than when he’s in the batters box. Duno is now completed with his third year of professional baseball. Even if we include his time in the Arizona Fall League he has only caught 113 games in his career.

With that said, there’s no reason to think he can’t remain behind the plate. He has the skillset to remain back there. He’s got big time arm strength and routinely has sub 2.0 second pop times. When it comes to his glove work, he’s solid when it comes to blocking pitches and framing, but he doesn’t stand out there like he does with his arm.

The overall package is one of tons of upside. Duno has a chance to hit for average, walk a ton, and hit for above-average power. The number of catchers who can do that can be counted on one hand. With him still having only played in the Florida State League among full-season levels, there’s still plenty of obstacles he has to get past to reach that upside, but he’s got an All-Star upside behind the plate.

Stats

You can see the career stats for Alfredo Duno here.

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Interesting Stat on Alfredo Duno

When in a zero ball count (0-0, 1-0, 2-0, or 3-0) he hit .446/.548/.819 (104 plate appearances).