10 Cincinnati Reds Prospects To Know Beyond The Top 30 in 2024
Baseball America’s Top 30 Cincinnati Reds Prospects entering 2024 are here exclusively for subscribers. The list includes updated scouting reports, BA grades and tool grade projections every player.
Inevitably, there are players every year who barely miss the cut when we narrow down the list. These players are all worth monitoring for various reasons and it’s likely some will either reach the big leagues in 2024 or enjoy breakout seasons lower in the minors.
Here are next 10 players to know in the Reds system beyond their Top 30.
31. Tyler Callihan, 2B/3B
After Tommy John surgery wiped out his 2021 season, Callihan has shown better than expected defense, but his power has yet to develop as expected. If he can start to drive the ball more, he could exceed the utility infielder tag he currently carries.
32. Connor Burns, C
Burns is an excellent catcher defensively who is almost everything scouts look for in a receiver. He got stronger and improved defensively in his draft year, but there are concerns his lack of offensive impact could derail his path to the majors.
33. Kenya Huggins, RHP
Huggins’s mid-90s fastball and even better cutterish slider were impressive before he went down with a season-ending arm injury in June.
34. Levi Stoudt, RHP
The Reds’ rash of pitcher injuries in the big leagues meant that Stoudt was asked to make his MLB debut after just nine Triple-A starts. He wasn’t ready, as multiple return trips showed, and now he’s going to need to try to regroup in Triple-A in 2024.
35. Bryce Bonnin, RHP
Bonnin has barely pitched in two years because of a shoulder injury, but he’s back on the mound ramping up for 2024. His fastball is an elite pitch, if he’s healthy. He still has a shot to be a power reliever.
36. Jacob Heatherly, LHP
Heatherly’s stuff has made it all the way back after 2021 Tommy John surgery. As a reliever, he held hitters to a .144 opponents average in 2023, but so far hitters are better waiting out his bottom-of-the-scale control rather than try to hit his mid-90s fastball.
37. Logan Tanner, C
Speaking of good-gloved catchers, Tanner’s glove is also excellent, but he was overmatched at the plate in the Florida State League. He needs to hit more to be more than a useful MiLB backstop.
38. Bryce Hubbart, LHP
The Reds are more willing than most teams to live with more walks from their developing pitchers, as they prefer to have them use their best stuff and then figure out how to command it later. Hubbart took that a little far in 2023, but if he can improve his control, he could be a back-end starter or long reliever.
39. Jay Allen, OF
Allen is an athletic outfielder with promising potential, but he’s hit 188/.278/.255 in two tries at the Midwest League.
40. Luis Mey, RHP
The number of pitchers who throw harder than Mey can be counted on one hand, and you won’t run out of fingers. He has touched 103 mph and often sits at 99-100, but he has below bottom-of-the-scale control and command.
