The Cincinnati Reds selected Cam Collier with their 1st round pick back in 2022, the then 17 year old coming off the board as the #18 overall selection. The word at the time was that he was an incredibly advanced hitter from the left side of the plate, a guy who had finished high school early and jumped into the JUCO ranks to expedite his ability to face advanced pitching and raise his draft stock.
He landed at #69 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 overall prospect rankings back in 2023, but a mostly punchless .706 OPS during his 2023 season with the Daytona Tortugas of the pitcher-friendly Florida State League saw him drop off those rankings altogether when that crew put out their initial 2024 list.