Villarreal attended Seagoville High School in Dallas, Texas, where was a third baseman and pitcher. He attended Howard College, where he was a top pitcher on the baseball team.\n', '

The Reds drafted him in the seventh round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.\n', '

He played six games for Gulf Coast Reds, the rookie class team, in 2008. He had a 7.71 ERA. Vallarreal played for rookie GCL Reds and single-A advanced Sarasota in 2009. He was a combined 1-5 with a 3.99 ERA in 5 games for the Reds and 9 for Sarasota. He played 23 games at Dayton in 2010, going 4-7 with a 3.84 ERA. In a six-game promotion to double-A Lynchburg, he was 0-3 with a 6.86 ERA. In 2011, he played for the single-A Bakersfield Blaze and the Carolina Mudcats, going a combined 11-7 with a 4.39 ERA in 10 games at Bakersfield and 17 at Carolina. He was added to the Reds 40-man roster on November 18, 2011 to be protected from the Rule 5 draft. He started the 2012 Season with AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos, until he was called up to AAA Louisville Bats on May 4, 2012.\n', '

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