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Cincinnati Reds prospect Tanner Rainey making a big impression with his big fastball and slider

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Tanner Rainey is taking the Michael Lorenzen route to the Reds and the big leagues.

At 6-foot-2, 235 pounds, Rainey does not run like Lorenzen. But they held essentially the same job on their college baseball team and they have similar zip on their fastball.

Rainey was a first baseman/closer at the University of West Alabama before the Reds took him with the 71st pick overall in the 2015.