This morning over at Fangraphs, Eric Longenhagen launched his post-spring coaching High 100 Prospects in baseball. His checklist truly went 114 gamers deep, as he rated all prospects who have been at the least 50 FV or increased (FV stands for Future Worth, and a “50” is taken into account a mean massive league beginning caliber participant or an excellent reduction pitcher). Longenhagen has 4 Cincinnati Reds prospects within the High 100, however a fifth participant is simply exterior of the there with a 50 FV ranking.
Two gamers for Cincinnati have been rated 55’s. The vary for gamers who have been rated 55 is between the #11 prospect and the #29 prospect. The Reds who bought that ranking have been right-handed pitcher Chase Burns and catcher Alfredo Duno. They have been two of the final three gamers to be ranked in that vary.
Burns, the #2 total draft choose and Cincinnati’s 1st rounder in 2024, pitched in a single sport in massive league camp. He walked a batter and struck out the opposite three he confronted in a hitless inning of labor. The now 22-year-old didn’t pitch in any video games after the draft final season, so when he takes the mound within the subsequent two weeks when the minor league season opens up he’ll be making his first common season look as an expert. We don’t know what stage he’ll start at aside from it’s not Triple-A, who has already begun their season and we all know what their roster appears like.
Alfredo Duno is effectively considered a catching prospect. The 19-year-old, although, is somebody that Longenhagen has been increased on than different nationwide publications. He bought into two video games with the massive league membership in spring coaching, however went 0-3 with three strikeouts. Final season he performed in 32 video games with Daytona. He hit .267/.367/.422 for the Single-A group as one of many youngest gamers within the league, however a damaged rib wound up costing him the ultimate 4 months of the season.
Proper-handed pitcher Chase Petty (who’s pictured above) additionally discovered himself contained in the High 50 on the Fangraphs checklist. The 21-year-old pitched in 4 video games for the Reds in spring coaching, giving up two runs and permitting six hits in 10.0 innings. Final yr he spent most of his season in Double-A Chattanooga, however completed out the yr in Triple-A with two begins. In whole he threw a farm system finest 137.0 innings whereas going 11-5 with 130 strikeouts.
At the moment injured beginning pitcher Rhett Lowder was the following prospect from Cincinnati on the checklist. After having some struggled within the first half with Double-A Chattanooga, Lowder was unimaginable after the All-Star break. He pitched in 12 video games within the second half between Chattanooga, Louisville, and Cincinnati, and posted a 0.82 ERA in 65.2 innings whereas giving up only one house run. Lowder didn’t pitch this spring, however he’s again to throwing off of a mound as he recovers from some elbow points he was coping with.
Simply exterior of the highest 100 is right-handed reliever Luis Mey at #103. His pure stuff is simple and earlier immediately at RedsMinorLeagues.com I checked out simply how uncommon his velocity is during the last 20 years of pitch monitoring in skilled baseball. His struggles with throwing strikes, although, are effectively documented. This spring he threw 4.2 innings for the Reds and had 5 walks and hit one other batter. In his 2024 season he cut up time between Dayton and Chattanooga and walked 43 batters in 55.0 innings. When guys make contact towards him they don’t do a lot with it, however his incapacity to throw strikes with any form of consistency should be improved upon if he’s going to search out success within the massive leagues. He’s in Triple-A with Louisville to begin the 2025 season.
