Team Italy slugger and Cincinnati Reds prospect Leonardo Seminati ascended from the dusty Goodyear spring training complex fields of the Arizona League to the rocky mountain advanced rookie Pioneer League’s finest facility at Dehler Park as a member of the Billings Mustangs on August 20, 2018.

In his first at-bat against Idaho Falls, Leonardo Seminati doubled to deep center field. In his last 10 games between the Arizona League and the Pioneer League, the promising and talented 19-year-old Italian first baseman is 12-for-40 (.300 batting average) with 2 home runs and 7 RBI. He has made the adjustment to the higher caliber of pitching and the bigger crowds found in the Pioneer League.