Zach Vincej
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Position:
SS
Born:
05/01/91
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
190
B/T:
R/R
Acquired:
Drafted in the 37th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft (CIN).
Most Recent Stats at Time of Debut
| Hitting .270 with three home runs and 38 RBIs in 110 games at Louisville (Triple-A). |
Info & MLB Debut Date
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Contract purchased from Louisville on September 1 when rosters expanded. MLB Debut Date: 09/01/17 |
Debut Details
| September 1, in a 7-3 win against the Pirates. As a pinch-hitter, he went 0-for-1. Coming in to pinch-hit for right-handed reliever Asher Wojciechowski and facing right-handed reliever A.J. Schugel, he led off the inning by grounding out to shortstop. |
Player Notes
| Let's start with your likely first question: It's pronounced "VINCE-ee," according to the Reds (and I totally trust the Reds' media team). A 2016 Gold Glove winner in the minors, he's a nifty-fielding shortstop who was the country's top collegiate defensive shortstop at Pepperdine when he was drafted in 2012 as well as the WCC's Defensive Player of the Year that spring. At Pensacola (Double-A) in 2016, he hit .281 with three home runs, 47 RBIs and seven steals along with 24 doubles in 121 games and before that slowly but steadily worked his way, a level at a time, through the Cincinnati system. He will never be a big power hitter or speed demon but his bat is fine and his glove is his calling card. |
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