Castillo to Seattle

[*bengalfan74*]

(08-01-2022, 12:14 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Bleacher Report recently (right before the trade) did a mid season farm system ranking and they had Seattle as the 17th ranked system. However, they did have both Marte and Arroyo as "tier 1" prospects, defined like this:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10042595-updated-mlb-farm-system-rankings-after-2022-mlb-draft

The Reds were ranked 14th overall and already have 3 Tier 1 prospects, EDLC, Lodolo and Collier. This trade means we now have 5 tier 1 prospects according to this guy's rankings, which probably pushes us into the top 5 in terms of farm systems.

Keith Law released his updated top 60 prospects today and he has EDLC as the 8th best prospect in baseball, Marte as 12th, Collier as 29th with Arroyo as an honorable mention.



https://theathletic.com/3461142/2022/08/01/mlb-top-prospects-2022-minor-leaguers/ 

I won't share the 3rd paragraph about Coller to comply with these forum guidelines but, suffice it to say, I am actually excited for the future of the Reds, which is not something I would have said at the beginning of this season. I am hopeful that, after 1 more rebuilding year, we start to get a few of these prospects into the majors in 2024 and start to make some noise in the 6 to 7 year window that these prospects afford a ball club.

Who knows what Greene, Lodolo, and Ashcraft will be in two years ? But it seems they may be building a decent foundation for starting pitching and that's what separates the great teams from the good ones.

Maybe, just maybe on rebuild #9 or whatever current ownership is on they've finally figured it out ?