Since the Cincinnati Reds are perennially one of the smallest markets (and payrolls) across Major League Baseball, they’re regularly the recipient of an extra draft pick. That comes in the form of a Competitive Balance Round pick, though those are broken up into two different ‘rounds’ - one that comes after the 1st round of the draft, and one that comes after the second.
There’s no guarantee which round the Reds pick will fall each year, but for the 2021 Draft, at least, they’ve lucked out. As Mike Rosenbaum of MLB.com relayed earlier Tuesday, the Reds will get the fifth pick of Round A in the upcoming 2021 Draft.