Baseball America’s Reds Top 30 Prospects

The Baseball America Prospect Handbook shipped out the last week of January and began arriving at the end of the month, though some people received theirs the first week of February (for preorders that is). The Handbook looks at the Top 30 prospects from each organization. C. Trent Rosecrans posted the entire list on his blog at The Enquirer. Let’s take a look at how it shaped up compared to my list:

The book went to the press before the trades were made by the Reds in December to acquire several players from the Dodgers and the Yankees. The trade with the Dodgers was made early enough that the crew at Baseball America was able to add in both Jose Peraza and Scott Schebler in the opening of the book, but the prospects in the Yankees trade were not added in. Infielder Jose Peraza moves into the #4 spot on the list and outfielder Scott Schebler moves into the #14 spot.

We can attempt to guess where right handed pitcher Rookie Davis and third baseman Eric Jagielo would rank based on how they were ranked in the Yankees system and their upside/risk grade. Rookie Davis was ranked as the 6th in the New York system with a 55/High Risk grade. That would probably slot him into the #9-11 range of the Reds system. Eric Jagielo was ranked 13th for the Yankees with a 50/High grade. That would place him somewhere in the 12-15 range.