The snow has begun to fall, the New Year’s bells have been rung, and it’s high time we began to rank some prospects around these parts. It is, after all, an annual tradition around here.
It has been quite the year for the Cincinnati Reds farm, with the graduation off last year’s list of seemingly half the active roster projected to lead the team forward at the big league level in 2024. On top of that, we spent the entire offseason anxiously waiting to see if Nick Krall would deal from the still-considerable depth on the farm to acquire some of that sweet, sweet starting pitching we all crave, though he eventually pivoted to the free agent market to achieve that quest.