When the calendar flipped to 2025, Arnaldo Lantigua was still a Los Angeles Dodger. But on January 17th he was acquired by the Cincinnati Reds in a trade for international bonus pool allotment money – which involved no actual exchange of money, just pool space that allowed the Dodgers to spend more.

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In 2024 Arnaldo Lantigua repeated a season in the Dominican Summer League and went off, hitting .301/.430/.575 with 11 home runs in 49 games. The Reds brought the then 19-year-old to the US and Lantigua began his 2025 season in May when the Arizona Complex League season began.

He got out to a bit of a slow start, going 3-19 in the first give games of the season, but in the 6th game he went 3-4 with a walk and went on a hot streak over the next 11 days. In those seven games he went 12-26 with two doubles and two home runs, posting an OPS of 1.286 during that stretch. As hot as he was he cooled off just as much, hitting .176 in the four weeks that followed with just three extra-base hits. He would pick up hits in six of the final seven games of June, with six of his seven hits being extra-base hits as he started to heat up again.

That didn’t quite carry over into July as he went 1-13 to begin the month. Things did turn around in a big way on the 7th, though, as he went 5-5 with two home runs, a double, four runs scored, and four runs batted in against the White Sox complex league squad. Lantigua kept on hitting for the next two weeks for the ACL Reds and was promoted up to Single-A Daytona the day after the complex league ended on the 24th.

In his debut with Daytona on July 25th the outfielder from the Dominican Republic announced his presence with authority as he doubled and homered against Palm Beach. He would add four more doubles over the next five games before going 0-7 with five strikeouts in a doubleheader on August 2nd in St. Lucie. Lantigua rebounded well over the next three weeks as he hit .333 with seven doubles and two triples in 13 games. But things slowed down quite a bit over the final two weeks as he went just 3-18 to close out the regular season.

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Position: OF | B/T: R/R

Height: 6′ 2″ | Weight: 200 lbs. | Acquired: Trade (Dodgers, 2025) | Born: December 19, 2005

In the 2025 season Arnaldo Lantigua was an above-average hitter in both the Arizona Complex League and the Florida State League. The two leagues are about as extreme as leagues get in the minors, with the complex league being quite hitter friendly and the Florida State League being about as pitcher friendly as it gets. Despite a 101 point different in OPS between his time in the two leagues, his OPS+ was 110 in each league.

When it comes to the game for Lantigua there’s one area that clearly stands out above the rest. He’s got plus raw power and he can already get to plenty of power in games. Despite playing in just 81 games this season he had 26 doubles, three triples, and 12 home runs. More than half of his hits were for extra bases in 2025. He’s big and strong and he hits the ball hard. He had a better than average rate of contact in the complex league, but his contact rate dropped when he got to Daytona.

He’s got a pull happy approach but he does have power the other way when he hits a ball to right field. His hit tool, though, is below-average. While there’s plenty of high exit velocities he’s also making a lot of soft contact as he is fooled often enough.

Lantigua is below-average runner. He only stole two bases during the season and shouldn’t be expected to do much more than that moving forward. His speed in the outfield keeps him in the corner where he’s a fringe-average defender. The arm strength does stand out, though, and profiles well for right field.

In order to hit for enough average and get the most out of his power, Lantigua is going to need to continue to develop better pitch recognition. If he can do that he probably is a power over hit corner outfielder who won’t hurt you defensively.

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Interesting Stat on Arnaldo Lantigua

He went 1-15 on the season in at-bats after the 8th inning. That one hit happened to be a double.