It’s no secret that the Cincinnati Reds are in a full rebuild entering 2023. After post 100 losses in 2022, this 140-year franchise will look to lean on its young talent to make this franchise competitive in the National League Central once again. Luckily, there’s plenty of young and exciting talent throughout this Cincinnati Reds Top Prospects list thanks to recent trades over the last calendar year.
August 2nd, 2022: Traded Tyler Mahle to the Minnesota Twins for Spencer Steer (#7 for Eric, #6 for Chris), Christian Encarnacion-Strand (#5 for Eric, #4 for Chris), and Steve Hajjar (#17 for Chris).
August 2nd, 2022: Traded Brandon Drury to the San Diego Padres for Victor Acosta (#12 for both)
July 30th, 2022: Traded Luis Castillo to the Seattle Mariners for prospects Noelvi Marte (#2 for both Eric and Chris), Edwin Arroyo (#3 for Eric, #5 for Chris), Levi Stoudt (#18 for Chris), and Andrew Moore.
March 14th, 2022: Traded Jesse Winker and Eugenio Suarez to the Seattle Mariners for Justin Dunn, Jake Fraley, Brandon Williamson (#13 for Eric, #15 for Chris), and a player to be named later.
March 13th 2022: Traded Sonny Gray to the Minnesota Twins for Chase Petty (#10 for Eric, #7 for Chris) and Francis Peguero.
In addition to all of those trade acquisitions, we’ve seen Elly De La Cruz develop into an elite fantasy prospect along with Cincinnati drafting Cam Collier, Jay Allen, and Matt McLain. So, the vast majority of both Chris and Eric’s top 20 lists below weren’t even in this organization 1-2 yeara ago.
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Cincinnati Reds Top Prospects
| Eric Cross (AVG) | Rank | Chris Clegg (OBP) |
|---|---|---|
| Elly De La Cruz (SS) | 1 | Elly De La Cruz (SS) |
| Noelvi Marte (SS/3B) | 2 | Noelvi Marte (SS/3B) |
| Edwin Arroyo (SS) | 3 | Cam Collier (3B) |
| Cam Collier (3B) | 4 | Christian Encarnacion-Strand (3B/1B) |
| Christian Encarnacion-Strand (3B/1B) | 5 | Edwin Arroyo (SS) |
| Matt McLain (2B/SS) | 6 | Spencer Steer (INF) |
| Spencer Steer (INF) | 7 | Chase Petty (P) |
| Carlos Jorge (2B/SS) | 8 | Matt McLain (2B/SS) |
| Jay Allen (OF) | 9 | Ricardo Cabrera (SS) |
| Chase Petty (P) | 10 | Carlos Jorge (2B/SS) |
| Ricardo Cabrera (SS) | 11 | Andrew Abbott (P) |
| Victor Acosta (SS) | 12 | Victor Acosta (SS) |
| Brandon Williamson (P) | 13 | Jay Allen (OF) |
| Leonardo Balcazar (SS/2B) | 14 | Sal Stewart (3B) |
| Andrew Abbott (P) | 15 | Brandon Williamson (P) |
| Sal Stewart (3B) | 16 | Joe Boyle (P) |
| Ariel Almonte (OF) | 17 | Steven Hajjar (P) |
| Justin Boyd (OF) | 18 | Levi Stoudt (P) |
| Donovan Antonia (OF) | 19 | Leonardo Balcazar (SS/2B) |
| Logan Tanner (C ) | 20 | Logan Tanner (C ) |
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Hi Chris, I inherited 3B Cam Collier and I am debating if I should protect him, thinking that he should be about four years away. Tell me why I should keeping. What are his strength and weakness. I believe he is good OBP player and I like that. Please convince me.