Drafted by the Reds with the 14th overall selection in the 2012 amateur draft, Nick Travieso endured an uneven start to his professional career.
The 6-2, 225-pound right-hander spent the rest of his draft year with the Arizona League League Reds (21 innings, 4.71 ERA/5.90 FIP, 6.00 K/9, 2.14 BB/9). Travieso, a Florida native, headed north to pitch for the Low-A Dayton Dragons in 2013 (81.2 innings, 4.63 ERA/4.10 FIP, 6.72 K/9, 2.98 BB/9) and 2014 (142.2 innings, 3.03 ERA/3.93 FIP, 7.19 K/9, 2.78 BB/9).
Coming off one of his better starts of the season, the 21-year-old took the mound for High-A Daytona on June 15.