Taylor Trammell and the Cincinnati Reds have reportedly agreed to a contract. The Reds second pick, taken in the competitive balance lottery round that followed the 1st round (35th overall) flew out to Arizona on Sunday.
The Reds will begin the 18-year-old with the Billings Mustangs. For a while the Cincinnati Reds didn’t send high school picks to join the Mustangs too often, but over the last several seasons the organization has been more aggressive with their high school picks that they have taken in the early parts of the draft. Taylor Trammell will join the likes of Jesse Winker and Tyler Stephenson as position players taken in the prior to the second round by the Reds that have gone directly to Billings after the draft in recent years.
Unlike both Nick Senzel and Chris Okey, who are also said to be heading to Billings, I’d expect to see Trammell with the team all season given his age and experience. Senzel and Okey are likely to begin with the Mustangs but see a promotion at some point during the season.
Other notes from around the Cincinnati Reds farm system
Jesse Winker was pinch hit for in the Louisville Bats game, and declined to comment as to why after the game. That caused a little bit of wild speculation on twitter about what was going on, but Zach Buchanan of the Cincinnati Enquirer had this after the game.
Been told Winker was just sore. Stand down, call-up welcoming party.
— Zach Buchanan (@ZachENQ) June 12, 2016
All of the minor league All-Star teams are out with the exception of the Triple-A squads and several teams are already adding in replacements for injured or promoted players. In Double-A both Nick Routt and Phillip Ervin have been added to the Southern League roster. Dayton has just one representative on the Midwest League roster, pitcher Austin Orewiler.