On Sunday, Roger Straz and I gave our end-of-season top-30 Cincinnati Reds prospect rankings on the Red Hot Reds podcast. Here is part two of that list, ranking prospects 11-20.
The 31st Asian Baseball Championship is underway and Cincinnati Reds prospect Sheng-En Lin is representing Taiwan. On Monday, the right-hander took the mound and struck out 10 batters in four scoreless innings in a 14-0 win over Palestine.
Cincinnati Reds two-way prospect Sheng-En Lin made his pitching debut for Low-A Daytona on Friday night and he was impressive. The Reds' 12th-ranked prospect did not give up a hit in four scoreless innings.
The Cincinnati Reds are reportedly promoting their number 13th-ranked prospect Sheng-En Lin to Single-A Daytona, according to a Threads post by MLB reporter Jon Morosi.
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.
Five Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates were in action on Thursday night. Here is how their top prospects performed: Louisville Bats (24-35) Lost 6-5 Blake Dunn went 2-4 with a walk.
All five Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates were in action on Thursday. Here is how their top prospects performed: Louisville Bats (21-26) Won 5-1 Jacob Hurtubise went 0-1 with three walks.
Will we finally see him on the mound this year? The voting for spot #13 on this year’s Community Prospect Rankings could not have been any tighter. At the close of the polls, both talented young two-way player Sheng-En Lin and LSU pitching product Luke Holman were tied atop the voting tally.