FanGraphs is in the midst of updating their rankings of the top prospects in each MLB franchise’s farm, per usual, and on Tuesday they dropped their update on the current state of the Cincinnati Reds system. Unsurprisingly, Nick Senzel held onto the top overall spot, his injury-riddled 2018 doing nothing to usurp his status as one of the absolute premier prospects in all of baseball.
Perhaps what stood out most, though, was Taylor Trammell jumping into the #2 spot in the system, earning a coveted 60 Future Value rating that’s in-line with Senzel. Trammell had quite the up and down 2018 season - his first half being stellar and including a Futures Game MVP Award while his second half featuring a bit of a dip - but that paired with what scouts observed from him in Arizona Fall League play has him as one of the top rising prospects in the game today.