Bernie Pleskoff has released his Top 50 Prospect List and the Cincinnati Reds find three of their prospects on it. Over at Clubhouse Corner the former Major League Baseball scout, turned prospect writer and podcaster, released his list over the weekend.
Nick Senzel tops the list for Cincinnati. The Reds, well – we don’t know what position he’s going to play just yet – top prospect, came in at #5 overall on the list. Pleskoff notes that “he should hit plenty of long, long home runs in his home park in Cincinnati”. He’s also not ruling out that he winds up in center field this season.
Taylor Trammell comes in a few spots further down the list at #13 overall. In the writeup for Trammell, Pleskoff noted that he reminded him of Michael Brantley, but with speed. It took Brantley a bit of time to come into his own at the Major League level, but once he did, he turned into an All-Star caliber player. In 2014 he finished third in the American League in the MVP race after hitting .327/.385/.506 with 15 steals.
Hunter Greene wraps up the Top 50 list for the Cincinnati Reds. The 19-year-old right handed pitcher came in at #42 overall on the list. Pleskoff didn’t have full writeups beyond the top 20. For the rest of the group he just made one comment about the player, noting on Greene that he’s not as bullish as some.
This is another good showing for the Cincinnati Reds on the national prospect list scene, so-to-speak. It’s also another good look for Taylor Trammell. While he hasn’t yet cracked the top 10 anywhere, he’s been close on more lists than he hasn’t at this point – with his low ranking coming so far at #33 on the Baseball America list.