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Reds #1 Pick Jonathan India Joins Dragons

(Billings Mustangs)
July 30, 2018

DAYTON, OHIO-Jonathan India, the Cincinnati Reds 2018 first round draft pick, has been promoted to the Dayton Dragons from Billings in the Pioneer League. India will be added to the Dragons roster for tonight's game and is in the lineup posted early this afternoon at third base. He is expected

DAYTON, OHIO-Jonathan India, the Cincinnati Reds 2018 first round draft pick, has been promoted to the Dayton Dragons from Billings in the Pioneer League. India will be added to the Dragons roster for tonight's game and is in the lineup posted early this afternoon at third base. He is expected to also see time at shortstop during his tenure with the Dragons.
India was the fifth overall selection in the 2018 June draft. He played college baseball at the University of Florida, where he was the 2018 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and a consensus First Team All-American. At Florida in 2018, India batted .350 with 21 home runs and 52 runs batted in, appearing in 68 games. His home run total was the fifth highest in school history, and his slugging percentage of .717 was the fourth highest ever at UF.

India has appeared in 17 professional games for the Reds Advanced-Rookie affiliates, Greenville and Billings, batting a combined .259 with three home runs and 12 RBI.
India is a native of Plantation, Florida. 
The addition of India gives the Dragons the last two Reds first round draft picks (along with Hunter Greene in 2017). He is the 17th Reds first round pick to play for the Dragons.
Reds #1 draft picks to play for the Dayton Dragons:
Austin Kearns
Ty Howington
David Espinosa
Chris Gruler
Homer Bailey
Jay Bruce
Drew Stubbs
Devin Mesoraco
Robert Stephenson
Nick Travieso
Phillip Ervin
Nick Howard
Alex Blandino
Tyler Stephenson
Nick Senzel
Hunter Greene
Jonathan India
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