Valley athlete drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 2012 arrested

MLB.com is reporting that Reds prospect Tanner Jeremy Rahier was arrested Saturday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct after police said he knocked a woman unconscious with a rock outside a restaurant in Glendale, Arizona

Rahier, 21, is accused of throwing a rock at a woman in the parking lot outside Pullano’s Pizza following an argument. According to KPHO.com, the woman and Rahier had been dating for about a month. She was a bartender at the restaurant, about 25 miles northeast of the Reds’ Spring Training complex in Goodyear, Arizona.

According to the report, Rahier was intoxicated and refused to pay his bill when he started to argue with the woman, whose name was not released. She managed to get Rahier outside, where he reportedly began throwing rocks at her. According to KPHO, the woman was hit by a rock on the left side of her head, knocking her unconscious and leaving a cut.

Rahier was taken to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, which listed him as in custody for “aggravated assault with a deadly weapon/dangerous instrument,” “assault: reckless with intent to injure” and “disorderly conduct – fighting.”

Rahier, the Reds’ second-round pick in the 2012 Draft out of Palm Desert High School in California, has appeared in 274 Minor League games over three seasons in Cincinnati’s system.

He hit .238 with nine homers, 54 RBIs and a .298 on-base percentage in 117 games last year with Class A Dayton. In 2013, also at Dayton, he finished at .222 with seven homers and 61 RBIs in 106 games after making his Minor League debut in 2012 with the Rookie-level Arizona League Reds.

The Reds declined to comment on the incident. The Dragons declined comment as well.