Matt McLain, Spencer Steer, and Elly De La Cruz each received at least one vote for the National League’s Rookie of the Year Award after the 2023 season, an indication that the youth movement within the Cincinnati Reds system was in full, healthy swing. And while each graduated from the team’s prospect list by logging enough plate appearances at the big league level to exhaust their status as ‘prospects,’ rest assured the Reds prospect cache still remains among the most solid in all of baseball.
MLB Pipeline took notice. Over the weekend, they released their updated Top 100 overall prospect list, and the Cincinnati Reds placed 5 of their talented farmhands on the list.