There is latent hope in just about every baseball prospect. Prospect, by definition, implies a good bit of promise and a lot of expectation with variability.
The Daytona Tortugas clinched their playoff series win versus the St. Lucie Mets on Friday, winning game three 2-0. Outfielder Arnaldo Lantigua would lift a sacrifice fly to center to get the Tortugas on the board in the third inning.
The Cincinnati Reds are promoting number seven-ranked prospect Tyson Lewis to Low-A Daytona from the Arizona Complex League. Number 17-ranked prospect Arnoldo Lantigua and catcher Dayne Leonard are also being promoted.
All five Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates were in action on Friday night. Here is how their top prospects performed: Louisville Bats (22-26) Won 4-3 Jacob Hurtubise went 0-4.
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
Minor League baseball writer Chirs Clegg gave his pick for the Reds' breakout prospect of the year. It was a surprising choice. He went with 20-year-old outfielder Arnaldo Lantigua.