Casey Legumina #65

Attended Basha High School (Chandler, Ariz.), where he was his team's Most Valuable Player and Best Offensive Player and first-team All-District and All-Section at designated hitter...in 2016 was Perfect Game All-America honorable mention and first team All-West Region...made all-tournament teams at 17U Perfect Game World Series, PG Evoshield Upper Class & PG Evoshield Underclass...from 2017-2019 pitched for Gonzaga University...in 2018 was All-WCC first team and was included on the NCBWA Stopper of the Year watch list...in 2019 was named to the All-WCC pre-season team and Collegiate Baseball's pre-season second team...pitched in the 2016 West Coast Summer League for Wenatchee and in the prestigious 2018 Cape Cod League for Bourne.

2023

Entered the 2023 season rated No. 29 on Baseball America's Reds Top 40 Prospects list...Spent most of the season at Louisville, his first stint at Class AAA (26g, 1gs, 2-1, 4.83)...Made his Major League debut with 11 appearances during three stints with the Reds (2g from 4/15-4/18, 8g from 4/27-6/20, 1g from 9/4-9/5)...His second stint with the Reds included a 28-day appearance on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle contusion (5/14-6/10) and a 47-day appearance on the IL with right shoulder pain (6/21-8/6)...Three times threw at least 2.0 innings, including a high of 2.1 innings on 4/18 vs TB...overall, four times threw more than 1.0 inning...Retired the first batter in five of his 11 appearances...inherited eight base runners, three scored...In the 13-0 win on 4/15 vs Phi, threw scoreless eighth and ninth innings in his Major League debut...Was the first of 16 Reds players to make Major League debuts in 2023...In the 3-2 win on 4/29 at Oak, in his third career appearance, threw a hitless eighth inning and earned his first Major League victory when the Reds scored two runs in the ninth to erase a 2-1 deficit.

2022

At Class A Cedar Rapids and Class AA Wichita combined to finish 2-6, 4.80 with three saves and 92 strikeouts in just 86.1 innings over 16 starts and 17 relief appearances... Missed half of July with a right elbow contusion... Recorded at least one strikeout in each of his first 32 appearances, a streak snapped in his final game of the season... Was added to the Twins' 40-man roster on 11/15, just three days before he was traded to the Reds for IF Kyle Farmer.