This is nice.

The Cincinnati Reds will select 2nd overall in the 2024 #MLBDraft‼️ pic.twitter.com/a0mEHrc8Uc

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) December 5, 2023

Maybe a 30% chance of him being great for the Reds in 5 years

Devin Mesoraco comes through!!!

posted by brutus161

Devin Mesoraco comes through!!!

Huh?

Gotcha

As someone who knows nothing about upcoming baseball prospects, who might the Reds be considering with the pick? 

Also saw Cleveland got the #1 pick with incredibly low odds of doing so. Something about that city and landing #1 picks. 

posted by Ironman92

Maybe a 30% chance of him being great for the Reds in 5 years

That's the wacky thing about baseball. With other sports, you can get some degree of immediate gratification from your top picks to where you can see their star potential and be able to mentally slot them into their roles going down the road. With baseball, it's more like "The Pirates got that kickass pitcher from LSU and he did pretty good in those first couple appearances...at the A/AA level...which means fuck-all as far as his MLB potential. Hope he shows up in a year or so because our rotation needs help! LET'S GO 2025!!!"

It’s almost a crapshoot….I’d rather have the top notch player development and minor league coaches. For a long time the Reds seemed awful, I’m still not convinced it’s very good.

When do the Reds shock the world and announce their Ohtani signing 

Bell would bat him 7th