The Reds took Tanner Rainey with their last pick of the first day, in the Lottery B round, whatever that is. Rainey pitches at West Alabama, a Division II school, and pitched out of the bullpen there.
Rainey spent the first two years of his college career at Southeastern Louisiana, where he got just 31 at-bats and 29 innings, before transferring to West Alabama. He went undrafted as a junior, when he doubled as the Tigers' first baseman and closer, but could be the first senior picked in 2015. Though Rainey ranked among the NCAA Division II leaders with 17 homers and an .