With the 35th overall selection of the 2016 MLB Draft, our Cincinnati Reds selected Taylor Trammell. His last name is pronounced “truh-mell,” not like Alan Trammell. This competitive balance pick exists because the Reds are in one of the 10 smallest markets.
Trammell was a high school outfielder from Mount Paran Christian School in Kennesaw, Georgia. You may recognize the name of that town of 32,000. Tyler Stephenson, last year’s #1 pick, also went to high school in Kennesaw.
Trammell is listed at 6-feet-2-inches and 195 lbs. He looks very athletic with that build. In fact, he was also a great high school football player who came within 650 yards of reaching Herschel Walker’s Georgia state record for rushing yards.