Baseball America has finished releasing their “Best Tools” lists for each of the full season levels this season. There weren’t many Reds players that wound up on the lists, but there were a few of them.
In the Southern League Robert Stephenson took Best Fastball and Best Pitching Prospect. In the California League Juan Silva took Best Base Runner and Fastest Base Runner. That was all that the Reds were able to land on the lists.
One of the 2013 seasons breakout prospects had his season cut short last season and then things went from bad to worse over the offseason. El’Hajj Muhammad went from a groin injury to being told that he may not ever be able to pitch again. He’s back on the mound now, and back in Bakersfield where he broke out last season. His hometown newspaper wrote up a very good piece on him earlier this week. Go give it a read, it’s a good one.
It’s a short afternoon update, but I wanted to get the links out there before I forgot.