Three Cincinnati Reds prospects are among the Baseball America Top 100 Midseason Prospects. Nick Senzel leads the way, coming in at #9 on the list. He entered the season at #6. He’s joined on the list by two newcomers to the Top 100, right handed pitchers Tyler Mahle and Luis Castillo. Mahle jumped up to #78 on the list, while Luis Castillo is up to #82 on the list.
The crew at Baseball America decided to add draft picks to their midseason update for the first time. Just as interesting, they chose to add in unsigned draft picks, too. Hunter Greene, who has yet to sign with the Reds, is listed at #30 on the list. He’s the highest ranked draft pick listed, coming in one spot ahead of MacKenzie Gore.
Nick Senzel remained in the Top 10 by performing well in Daytona and Pensacola. The third baseman is hitting .306/.374/.466 between the two stops. He’s hit 28 doubles, two triples and five home runs this year. That’s also come with 29 walks and 67 strikeouts in 326 plate appearances. Most of his time has been spent in Daytona, where he played in 62 games. He has played in just 14 games with Pensacola since being called up at the midway point of the year.
Tyler Mahle jumped into the Top 100 with his performance between Pensacola and Louisville. Between his two stops this year he has posted a 1.65 ERA in 16 starts that span 98.0 innings. He’s limited the hits, giving up just 69 on the year and he’s walked just 19 batters. Mahle has struck out 102 hitters along the way, too. The 22-year-old is only two starts into his time with Triple-A Louisville where he’s thrown 13.0 innings with 15 strikeouts.
For Luis Castillo the jump into the Top 100 has come with his performance in Double-A Pensacola and three starts with the Cincinnati Reds. With the Blue Wahoos he posted a 2.58 ERA in 80.1 innings. That came with 13 walks and 81 strikeouts. In Cincinnati he’s posted a 4.41 ERA through three starts with 22 strikeouts and nine walks in 16.1 innings.
If and when Hunter Greene signs at some point today, it will make four Reds prospects in the Top 100. That’s a good showing for the organization who has graduated several prospects this season, but are higher end players themselves. This list also doesn’t include some of the impressive depth that the team has, where guys like Shed Long, Taylor Trammell, Tyler Stephenson, Tony Santillan, Sal Romano and Vladimir Gutierrez aren’t on this list.
My Midseason update to the Cincinnati Reds prospect list will be coming out on Monday.