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    Cincinnati Reds 2025 MLB Draft: Rounds 4-10

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    Today will be the second and final day of the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft. It will feature rounds 4-20 as MLB packs what used to be two days worth of picks into one day. There will be two articles today. This one will focus on reports and information on players taken in rounds 4-10. For rounds 11-20 there will be a second article to cover those picks. There is supposed to be an hour long break between rounds 10 and 11. The draft will begin today at 11:30am.

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    You can follow along with the conference call at MLB.com for today’s draft right here. You can also follow along with the MLB Draft Tracker here.

    Cincinnati Reds Round 4 Selection: Mason Neville

    Background information:

    • School: Oregon
    • Position: Outfield
    • Height: 6′ 3″
    • Weight: 210 lbs.
    • Bats/Throws: Left/Left

    Scouting Report

    Cincinnati drafted him out of high school in the 18th round of 2022 but he didn’t sign and headed off to college. After beginning his college career with Arkansas, he transferred to Oregon after his freshman year. The power immediately showed up with the Ducks, but he didn’t hit for a high average and struggled to make contact. In this past season he made more contact but still struck out a lot for a college player. But he also hit for tons of power, leading the country with 26 home runs.

    There are going to be questions about how much contact he will make and how much average he can hit for because of that. But his other tools are average or better with plus raw power being the best tool he’s got. Neville can run and has a chance to play center, though he may profile better in right field where his above-average arm should play just fine and his speed isn’t fringy for the position.

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    Mason Neville College Stats

    YearPA2B3BHRRBISBBBKAVGOBPSLG
    20233310020420.111.250.148
    202417953164382560.268.369.664
    2025280160265795366.290.429.724
    Career492223421021782146.270.395.662

    Cincinnati Reds Round 5 Selection: Eli Pitts

    Background information:

    • School: North Atlanta High School (Georgia)
    • Position: Outfield
    • Height: 6′ 1″
    • Weight: 185 lbs.
    • Bats/Throws: Right/Right

    Scouting Report

    A strong athlete where his plus speed is his standout tool. That’s not his only tool, though. He’s got a chance to hit, has some power potential, and can remain in center field long term.

    While he’s got good bat speed and the raw abilities to hit for average and power, there’s some work that needs to be done to get to those end points, too. His approach is still considered to be raw and he may need to clean up some things in his swing. He was injured for much of the 2025 high school season and didn’t get a chance to play a full season this year.

    This is a high reward kind of pick, but one that also comes with some risk that he can’t fully develop to be able to use some of the athleticism and tools he has.

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    Cincinnati Reds Round 6 Selection: Braden Osbolt

    Background information:

    • School: Kennesaw State
    • Position: Right-handed pitcher
    • Height: 6′ 5″
    • Weight: 215 lbs.
    • Bats/Throws: Right/Right

    Scouting Report

    His 2025 season was cut short early on when he injured his elbow and underwent Tommy John surgery.

    When he’s healthy he has a fastball that works in the low 90’s but will touch 97 with the pitch. He will mix in a slider and a change up, both of which work in the low to mid 80’s. He throws a lot of strikes and has above-average control. But his stuff doesn’t jump out at you and he’s struggled to miss bats while pitching in the Atlantic Sun and Conference USA. He’s been rather hittable, too, as he’s given up 180 hits in 154.0 innings during his college career.

    Braden Osbolt College Stats

    YearWLERAIPHHRBBKWHIP
    2023224.3266.279830441.64
    2024624.4870.180825511.49
    2025015.2917.02123131.41
    Career854.50154.018018581081.55

    Cincinnati Reds Round 7 Selection: Justin Henschel

    Background information:

    • School: Florida Gulf Coast
    • Position: Right-handed pitcher
    • Height: 6′ 3″
    • Weight: 195 lbs.
    • Bats/Throws: Right/Right

    Scouting Report

    Like Braden Osbolt, Justin Henschel began the season but didn’t stay on the mound long before injuring his elbow and undergoing Tommy John surgery.

    He threw 12.0 shutout innings in his three starts this year before the injury. His velocity was up from his previous two seasons as he was sitting 93-95 and touching 97 MPH. He also showed an above-average slider before the injury. In his first two seasons he wasn’t able to consistently throw strikes, but wasn’t overly wild.

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    Justin Henschel College Stats

    YearWLERAIPHHRBBKWHIP
    2023625.7665.283830561.72
    2024524.9166.0691034551.56
    2025100.0012.0805131.08
    Career1244.89143.216018691241.59

    Cincinnati Reds Round 8 Selection: Kyle McCoy

    Background information:

    • School: Maryland
    • Position: Left-handed pitcher
    • Height: 6′ 6″
    • Weight: 205 lbs.
    • Bats/Throws: Left/Left

    Scouting Report

    After missing the 2024 season as he recovered from Tommy John surgery, McCoy returned to the rotation for Maryland and found success.

    Despite his size he only throws his fastball in the low 90’s – averaging 91 MPH in 2025. He will mix in a good slider that he throws in the low 80’s and a solid change up in the low-to-mid 80’s. The lefty shows good control with his three pitches. There might be some room for projection if he can fill out his frame a little bit.

    He had a very low strikeout rate in each of his two seasons on the mound with Maryland – at least by today’s standards. He was also hittable as he gave up 146 hits in his 137.1 innings. McCoy knows how to pitch, but his stuff didn’t really stand out while in college.

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    Kyle McCoy College Stats

    YearWLERAIPHHRBBKWHIP
    2023465.9153.155524391.48
    2024DNP – Tommy John Surgery
    2025633.3284.091521711.33
    Career1094.33137.114610451101.39

    Cincinnati Reds Round 9 Selection: Kien Vu

    Background information:

    • School: Arizona State
    • Position: Outfield
    • Height: 5′ 11″
    • Weight: 185 lbs.
    • Bats/Throws: Left/Left

    Scouting Report

    In what appears to be an offense-inflated 2024 college season, Kien Vu hit .413 with 14 home runs in 47 games. This season those numbers backed up some as he hit .354 and had 10 home runs in 50 games for Arizona State.

    None of the tools stand out for Vu, but he’s solid across the board with maybe a tick above-average speed. He’s got an aggressive approach at the plate, which has helped him in college but may be something he will need to adjust to against professional pitching. There’s also some concern that he’s struggled to hit quality secondary pitches.

    Video (from 2024)

    Kein Vu College Stats

    YearPA2B3BHRRBISBBBKAVGOBPSLG
    2023125511741635.255.379.353
    20241781121456122143.413.497.793
    20252161211035212539.354.458.601
    Career51928425983762117.351.453.609

    Cincinnati Reds Round 10 Selection: Ty Doucette

    Background information:

    • School: Rutgers
    • Position: 1st base
    • Height: 6′ 2″
    • Weight: 205 lbs.
    • Bats/Throws: Left/Right

    Scouting Report

    Originally committed to Oregon State, the Canadian changed his choice and headed to Rutgers. He’s a draft eligible sophomore. He put up better numbers in 2025 at Rutgers, hitting 13 home runs and raising his average to .350 while walking nearly as much as he struck out.

    The calling card for Doucette is his plus raw power. While he showed some power in college, there’s a lot more to tap into there.

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    Ty Doucette College Stats

    YearPA2B3BHRRBISBBBKAVGOBPSLG
    202418411094901530.321.388.556
    2025276100135423337.350.431.557
    Career4602102210324867.338.414.556

    That wraps up the first half of day two. We will have a new post for the final 10 rounds of the 2025 MLB Draft.

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    2. I’d like to see at least a couple college OF’s early on, ideally one that can play CF

        1. I know there’s some hype bias for a guy who played at a very prominent college program but I am really excited about this pick.

        2. Unlike my negative opinions yesterday, I like this pick.
          Looks like a fell a bit, but I am sure the Reds will sign him (a couple of picks yesterday, might have saved a few $$$

        3. K rate fell to 23.6% this year, so while still not great, he did improve over 2024 where it was 33.5%

      1. I’ll take the high K rate from a 4th rounder with some of the current day power in the draft. Takes a lot of walks too and has some speed, lets give him a chance to play in CF, but he fits well in RF if that doesn’t work out.

    4. I think we either target another arm or maybe a catcher in rd 5. I think we take at least one more HS pick, though it may wait until rd 11. I think we’ll have some pool money to play with.

    5. Greene and Morris seem like very solid 3 and 4 picks. Nice complements to the high school kids 1 and 2.

    6. Well, OK, 5th round pick is OF Eli Pitts… who is not ranked in the top 250 on mlb.com and not ranked in the top 500 on Baseball America.

      I hope our scouts have a real solid vibe on him!

      1. Sounds like he is a real good athlete that it seems the Reds feel would have been a much higher pick had he not missed most of this year with an injury.

        2. I never figured Earl as an athletic type. Now, Dub Meeker, I could see as a ballplayer.

        3. Looks like Pitts was almost ejected with the bat toss, can’t call it a flip, at oppositions dugout. Might be some cockiness they will need to harness.

        4. Apparently, that was personal. It was his old team and his dad worked for the school and got fired, and that’s why he switched schools.

    7. OK now. Love this pick. Mr. Mason, Ohio!

      I’d be inspired to take some BP with that sound track too!

      1. Ha, I agree!

        Btw, I love how Mason Neville is just pounding balls up the middle and to left-center, even in BP! He’s clearly not just jacking everything as far as he can to the pull side.

        Anyway, very pleased to get Neville (from what little I know, lol) in the 4th round!

        1. I’d just love to see us pick ANYONE (especially at this point in the draft) who can “just flat hit.”

    9. Hall, major athlete
      Greene, major athlete
      Pitts, major athlete

      I could be wrong but i think I’m seeing a trend.

    10. Doug, can you confirm if the Reds are taking the good players and not the bad players?

    11. Braden Osbolt, fell from ranked 47th in the draft by BA to 240th due to old friend Tommy John.

      1. Huh… OK. I’m just wondering why a guy would ever be ranked that high (referring to the 47th ranking) with that high a hit rate, and that low a K rate?

          1. Not really. Those results came in a very different environment. Different coaches, different pitch usage, different field(s), different defense, etc.

            Ideally, you would prefer a good performer, but in the end what they did in school doesn’t mean a whole lot from a numbers standpoint.

    13. I think Mason Neville perhaps could have a Austin Hendrick kind of floor and a ceiling as Nolan Gorman… Am I wrong?

    14. This looks like a “take a college senior, give him $5000, and save the rest of the 375,000 for someone else” pick.

    15. Seems like we’re taking guys who had TJS this year instead of needing it their first year throwing with the Reds like Holman and Floyd.

      1. So Floyd and Holman go under the knife? I knew they were injured but didn’t see the surgery outcome.

        It is interesting, we shall see which strategy is better – have them do TJs after a year in system or in college! Having it done in our system sure does put them behind by 1-2 years and then I kind of give up on ever seeing them in. Reds uni.

        1. I just got an update yesterday on Floyd. I’ll write about it later this week, but he did have surgery on his elbow.

        2. I know Holman did. I heard elbow injury about Floyd but haven’t heard any update beyond that he is done for the year.

      2. I don’t know if it’s that exactly, but if you look not so much at the inevitability but at the opportunity, i can understand it.

        Take higher level but injured talent. Supervise their rehab, reinvent their motions as needed.

        Since these injury guys aren’t pitching until rookie leagues start next year anyway, why not?

        1. McCoy is already all the way back, I could see him in Daytona to start the year. Osbolt and Henschel may be held back a bit though. I could see them being aggressive with Miller and putting him in Dayton.

    16. I don’t know but Is it good Reds drafting pitchers who already had TJ surgery this season?? You never know how their health will be after that so they are big question marks…It’d be interesting what Katuska argue about this…

      1. Feels like TJ is such an inevitability at this point, and the surgery/rehab is getting better, you can’t disqualify someone on the basis of surgery. It does seem like his value dropped a lot because he basically didn’t play so couldn’t show a track record. They must like the upside at the discount price–definitely a risk though.

    17. Mason Neville reminds me of Mat Nelson, and not just due to the initials.

      They both struck out too much, didn’t have a projectable hit tool, and found a bunch of home runs in their junior years.

      The difference being, the Reds didn’t reach for Neville, like they did for Nelson (since Neville isn’t a catcher).

      Nelson is currently 26 years old and still in AA, while struggling to the tune of a 0.078 batting average (6 for 77 on the season). Hopefully Neville fares better.

      1. I had to go look that up just because I couldn’t believe it. That’s the worst (non-pitcher) batting average I can remember seeing. Not ideal from your first round draft pick.

        1. I think Nelson was a 2nd round pick, but still quite a disappointing performance this year.

    18. Another TJS guy, but at lease McCoy pitched in 2025, and is a lefty to boot! As tall as he is, try to get another 15-20 lbs of muscle on him and see if that fastball can’t sit more 94-95 as opposed to 91-93.

    19. On the catching front, with Casiano possibly repeating the ACL (17% caught stealing and only hitting .168/.266/.263) and Morillo coming over from the DSL, i am not sure which direction they go if/when they take a backstop. Possibly college of JuCo to go to Daytona?

      1. I think we see Jacob Friend back in Daytona next year, so maybe take another college catcher to pair with him?

        ACL: Jirvin Morillo and Yanuel Casiano
        Low A: Jacob Friend and Gabriel Gomes?
        High A: Alfredo Duno and Ryan McCrystal
        AA: Connor Burns and Mat Nelson
        AAA: Michael Trautwein and MiLB FA?

        Can always sign some minor league free agents to fill out the minor league rosters too.

    20. A new strategy. Draft pitchers who already have their first TJS out of the way. Just kidding but it is so normal now.

    21. Kien Vu is interesting. Our 3rd OF taken in the first 9 rounds. Pitts will likely go to the ACL, I think Neville maybe straight to Dayton, and maybe Vu to Daytona to help round it out with Davies and Lantigua? I would guess Kyle Henley likely repeats in Daytona.

      1. They certainly are capable of sending Neville to Dayton, given Stephen and Stovall this year and others further back.

        Should see Pineda move up, possibly a return of mid season by Smith and/or a promotion of Valdez if they keep him around. But also can’t really see Confidan or Almonte getting promoted to AA.

        So put Neville in CF flanked by Pineda and Confidan/Almonte/Valdez? I can see that.

    23. Looks like the Reds want pitchers who already have their TJ surgery out of the way!

    24. Got us a 1B, but not an overly slugging one with Ty Doucette. Good K rate, just needed to walk a little more. I bet he is the opening day 1B for Daytona next year

      1. Jon Mayo on MLB.com said there is more raw power to get to, so lets hope for that.

      2. Daytona sounds right.

        Sleeper in AZ at 1B is Yael Romero, whom I admittedly haven’t noticed too much.

        .272/.471/.423 (OPS .894).

    25. If Osbolt can get back to his 2024 All Star season in the Cape Cod League, they’ll have a diamond in the rough. Those stats vs the best college hitters show he was a Ground ball machine with a WHIP 1.06 in 25 innings of 5 starts and 325 pitches.
      Here are a couple articles about his 2024 season. Sounds like the best mental attitude of pounding the zone that most Reds minor league pitchers are throwing under 60% strikes. As they always say theres NO defense against a walk! I’m sure the fielders get frustrated watching their pitchers defeat themselves.
      https://www.capecodleague.com/yarmouth-dennis/news/braden-osbolt-s-mental-growth-guiding-his-strong-season-with-y-d
      https://www.capecodleague.com/news/braden-osbolt-transformed-his-pitching-mindset-ahead-of-cape-league-debut

    26. Just a reminder that there will be a new article for rounds 11-20.

      There’s an hour break after round 10. I’m going to go find some food before getting that 11-20 article started up and published. Maybe I’ll go outside and enjoy the sun for three minutes.

    27. As I’ve watched the catchers come off the board and thought have what the Reds have done with this position in the past. Their recent successes lately have been with High School guys. Stephenson, Barnhart, Mesoraco.The college guys Nelson, Yang, Hunter, Burns, Tanner, not so much.

      1. Huh… I hadn’t thought of that but it’s a good point!

        I don’t know WHY that would be a trend, but it sure does look like a pattern.

    28. For those top-100 prospects still available, if they are either coming out of high school or they are draft-eligible sophomores (basically, if they can choose to play in college next year if they want)… if they’re still available now, would you assume it’s probably because their bonus demands are really high?

      I’m looking at 1B/OF Henry Ford from UVA (I’m kind of a UVA fan), but there are several guys in the same boat.

      1. The demands are probably either very high or they’ve basically told teams they are going to school and to not select them.

    29. I think Henry Ford will be in next year’s draft if he has not been taken by now.

    30. They lost me as soon as they passed on the FSU LHP Arnold (ranked #4 overall) for Steele Hall. I highly doubt Hall would have gone higher next year, with Katuska even blowing smoke suggesting first overall. This team has had a thing about not drafting lefties going back decades. It has two lefties basically holding the rotation together now, but I remember a couple years where they didn’t even have one. All starts were by RHPs. Apparently a third lefty in the rotation would cause the earth to slip off its axis.

      1. And I like Katuska. But he’s gonna look like an idiot if Arnold flies through the minors as expected and Hall struggles.

        1. …and they just drafted about 13 consecutive RHPs. LOL, you can’t make this *stuff* up.

        2. We don’t need a SP to fly through the minors. Next year we have Greene, Abbott, Burns, Lodolo, and Singer for the rotation, and then we’ll have Lowder, Petty, and Aguiar in AAA for depth. And that’s if no one else like Serwinowski, Acuna, Franco, Cardona, Hayden, or someone we don’t expect takes a step forward. Or if we sign anyone else for AAA depth.

      2. Lodolo and Abbott say hi! – Both guys drafted recently by the Reds.

        But really, why so worked up over what hand the pitcher throws with? I mean, yeah, you want to have some lefties in your system, especially with guys that profile as relievers. But the most important thing to me for a pitcher is not what hand he throws with, but whether he can get guys out.

        2. They drafted 10 RHPs and ONE LHP (in the 8th round). Total imbalance. Tell me, who do the Reds always have trouble with? RHPs?

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