Jacob Constante came in ranked 24th and Curtis Partch, the red-headed righty, at #25. The Reds have had a real dearth of lefties but now have 4 southpaws in their top 24 prospects. Holmberg, Garrett, Guillon and Constante.
On to picks 26 and 27.
Aquino, Aristides OF-R
Armstrong, Mark P-Az
Aybar, Manny P-AZL
Boyles, Ty P-Az
Brattvet, Scott P-R
Chacin, Alejandro P-A
Christiani, Nick P-AAA/ML
Cisco, Drew P-A
Crabbe, Tim P-AAA
Daal, Carlton – SS-R
Dennick, Ryan LHP-AAA
Diaz, Pedro P-R/A
Duran, Juan OF-A+
Fellhaeur, Josh OF-AAA
Freeman, Justin P-AAA/ML
Garcia, Kevin OF-R
Gelalich, Jeff OF-A
Gonzalez, Luis P-DSL
Guzman, Jose P-R
Hayes, Drew P-AA
Johnson, Jake P-A+
Jones, Chad P-R
Klimesh, Ben P-A+
LaMarre, Ryan OF -AA/AAA
Langfield, Dan P -R
Lohman, Devin 2B-AA
Long, Shedric C-Az
Mantoni, Joe P-R
Manno, Chris P-AA
Matthews, Jon OF-A
Medina, Reydel OF-Cuba
Muhammed, El Hajj P - A+
O'Brien, Mikey P-AA
Pearl, Brian P-AA
Peralta, Wandy P-A
Perez, Juan SS-A+
Rachal, Avain 2B-R
Rahier, Tanner 3b-A
Reynoso, Jonathan OF-R
Rodriguez, Henry 2B-AAA
Romano, Sal P-A
Rosa, Gabriel OF-R
Selsky, Steve OF-A+/AA
Silva, Juan OF-A+
Silverio, Juan 3B-A+/AA
Smith, Bryson OF-AA
Smith, Josh P-AA
Soto, Neftali 3B/1B– AAA/ML
Stephens, Jackson P-A
Thompson, Cory SS-Az
Uxa, Logan 1B-Az/A+
Vidal, David 3B-A+/AA
Villarreal, Pedro P-AAA/ML
Vincej, Zach SS-A
Walczak, Jamie P-AA
Washington, Ty 2B-R
Weiss, Zack P-R
Williamson, Fabian P-AA
Wright, Daniel P-R
Wright, Ryan 2B-OF
Jacob Constante came in ranked 24th and Curtis Partch, the red-headed righty, at #25. The Reds have had a real dearth of lefties but now have 4 southpaws in their top 24 prospects. Holmberg, Garrett, Guillon and Constante.
On to picks 26 and 27.
99% of all numbers only tell 33% of the story so when looking at the numbers remember that numbers is plural...
I went with strict upside on this one - Kevin Garcia and Aristides Aquino. Was going with Medina but he's still completely unproven.
99% of all numbers only tell 33% of the story so when looking at the numbers remember that numbers is plural...
Aquino and Rosa. Upside, upside, upside.
Chacin and Rosa.
Time to give a nod to Neftali Soto. He has all kinds of prospect issues--lack of speed, lack of defense, lack of progress at Louisville--but I still believe the guy can hit.
And Garcia.
But I like Chacin. And Aquino. And Cory Thompson.
I'm probably going to be alone in this, but I'm going to vote for Christiani here. Just a plugger who seems to get a little better every year.
"In baseball, you don't know nothin'"...Yogi Berra
Armstrong, get it? his arm is strong? C'mon vote for this guy!!!!!
Duran is indeed on the 40 man, and noticing his splits vs LHP his K:BB ratio is much closer to 2:1 and he slugs in the 500's. Perhaps he could be useful in 3-4 years. I picked him over Lamarre because of power, which plays.
I'm voting for one on potential (Armstrong) and one on performance (Josh Smith). Neither will likely be a Cy Young candidate, but both could end up being solid role players.
It is on the whole probable that we continually dream, but that consciousness makes such a noise that we do not hear it. Carl Jung.
19 different guys with votes at this point. 3 votes (3 guys) max so far...Wow! Our opinions this far down the list are sure divergent. 2 more prospects were mentioned in the remarks but haven't gotten votes yet. Each poll seems to be spreading out a wider net, which is to be expected, but this really illustrates it.
99% of all numbers only tell 33% of the story so when looking at the numbers remember that numbers is plural...
Can anyone elaborate a bit about what Armstrong brings to the table? About all I know is that he was a 3rd-round draft choice last year out of high school.
Edit: OK, I read Doug's remarks in his Prospect Guide. Sounds like standard, decent stuff, nice frame, and limited experience due mostly to growing up in New York . . . Of course, there's more; I don't want to undermine Doug's work. His Prospect Guide is an informative bargain.
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Lamarre and Cisco
I think I've been watching too much 24 on Netflix. I dreamt last night that there was a terrorist plot to infiltrate Redszone by electing Jackson Stephens in the prospect poll.
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