Earlier this week the Cincinnati Reds acquired right-handed pitcher Jeff Hoffman in a trade with the Colorado Rockies. The Reds also picked up pitching prospect Case Williams – who you can read all about right here – in the deal that saw Cincinnati send Robert Stephenson and outfield prospect Jameson Hannah to Colorado.
Jeff Hoffman is a former top prospect. Heading into the 2017 season he was the #36 prospect in all of Major League Baseball according to Baseball America. That came after a solid 2016 season that was spent mostly in Triple-A where at 23-years-old he posted a 4.