Pedro Villarreal
Pedro Villarreal (born December 9, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Reds in 2012. He throws and bats right-handed. Career Villarreal attended Seagoville High School in Dallas, Texas, where was a third baseman and pitcher. He attended Howard College, where he was a top pitcher on the baseball team. Cincinnati Reds The Reds drafted him in the seventh round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He played six games for Gulf Coast Reds, the rookie class team, in 2008. He had a 7.71 ERA. Vallarreal played for rookie GCL Reds and single-A advanced Sarasota in 2009. He was a combined 1–5 with a 3.99 ERA in 5 games for the Reds and 9 for Sarasota. He played 23 games at Dayton in 2010, going 4–7 with a 3.84 ERA. In a six-game promotion to double-A Lynchburg, he was 0–3 with a 6.86 ERA. In 2011, he played for the single-A Bakersfield Blaze and the Carolina Mudcats, going a combined 11–7 with a 4.39 ERA in 10 games at Bakersfield and 17 at Carolina. He was added to the Reds 40-man roster on November 18, 2011, to be