Brian Rey stems from Deltona, Florida, a suburb north of Orlando. The right-handed hitter’s best option out of high school was to play for Miami-Dade College, a JuCo powerhouse in Florida. Impressing with a batting average north of .400 in 2018, the Cincinnati Reds selected Rey in the 13th round of the MLB Draft that summer to start his professional career. His first stop was in the Appalachian League with Greenville in rookie ball, where Rey hit .269 as a 20-year-old.

2019 began for Rey at A-ball Dayton for the Dragons in the Midwest League. Batting .281 in 66 games impressed the Reds enough to promote him to high-A Daytona back to his home state of Florida to finish the season. That winter, Rey got his first chance to play internationally in Puerto Rico for Criollos de Caguas. As a Puerto Rican, Rey relished in that opportunity, and went back during the 2020-21 winter to Caguas.

Post-pandemic, the affiliates of the Reds reshuffled, so Dayton became high-A and Rey began his 2021 campaign at a familiar spot. He thrived in 13 games with the Dragons with a whopping .423 average and six home runs in 13 games to get a rapid promotion to double-A Chattanooga. With the Lookouts, Rey missed the better part of two months, but still hit .255 across 68 contests. As a reward, Rey got to play four games at triple-A Louisville with the Bats.

For the 2021 winter, Rey joined a new team in Puerto Rico, Indios de Mayaguez. In 14 games with Mayaguez, Rey hit .362 with an .880 OPS. Rey has played with Mayaguez now for the last four winters.

Injured to begin 2022, Rey spent time at the Reds complex in Florida before short stints in Dayton and Chattanooga to salvage the season. That winter, Rey struggled, and it carried over to his 2023 affiliate season at triple-A Louisville when Rey was released after 8 games.

Off to a slow start in year two of DockHounds baseball, Lake Country needed a bat to add contact and power to its lineup. Brian Rey was the perfect fit, and he helped turn the season around in Lake Country. His 11 home runs set a career high in just 65 games, and his .344 average with a .993 OPS made the DockHounds one of the American Association’s best lineups. After a 4-13 start, the DockHounds nearly made their first postseason birth thanks to Rey, but his career was back on track.

Rey went back to Mayaguez and won the Puerto Rican Winter League batting title with a .331 average. He parlayed that into playing 2024 in Venezuela, viewed as a step above the American Association. Longing for a summer in lake Country, Rey is back with the DockHounds for 2025 is expected to be a big bat in the lineup like 2023.