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Q&A with Cincinnati native and Dayton Dragons starter Seth Varner

Since he began playing baseball around his hometown of Batavia, Ohio — a village roughly 25 miles due east of downtown Cincinnati — Seth Varner has spent the crux of his playing days in Southwest Ohio. Varner played his high school ball at Clermont Northeastern in Batavia, suited up for the Miami Redhawks during his college days, and was drafted in the 10th round of the 2014 draft by the Reds. After a rookie ball stint last summer with the Billings Mustangs, Varner has been one of the Midwest League’s top starters in 2015 for the Dayton Dragons. Through Tuesday morning, the 23-year-old southpaw was among Midwest League leaders in strikeout-minus-walk rate and regressed ERA as one of the stalwarts for a Dragon rotation that ranks third in the league in ERA.