Victor Acosta is the #20 prospect in the Cincinnati Reds system
The former San Diego farmhand will get his first full year in the Reds system in 2023.
Victor Acosta came to the Cincinnati Reds at last July’s trade deadline as the return from the San Diego Padres, a deal that sent future Silver Slugger winner Brandon Drury to the playoff-bound Friars. It seemed a rather great get for the Reds at the time, as Acosta was one of the prized signees of the Padres in a previous international signing window, and while he’s still a ways away from cracking into the Reds big-league lineup, there’s ample promise there, both with his glove and his bat.
It was that kind of talent that propelled him to the #20 spot in this year’s Red Reporter Community Prospect Rankings - that and your clicky votes, of course.
To round out the Top 25 here this year, we’re going to condense things just a bit. Rather than running individual vote-days for each spot, I’m going to open up a poll with a longer list of names and let it run for a couple of days, at the end awarding spots 21-25 to the players who garner the largest percentage of those votes.
Is it scientific? Probably not!
Is it a shortcut? At this point, yes, yes it absolutely is!
Will there be names left off the poll that you ultimately clamor for later on? Surely!
With that said, here’s a list of Reds farmhands I’ve scrounged up because I find them worthy of consideration at this juncture. It’s up to you to sort them out from here.
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Bryce Hubbart, LHP - 22 years old
2022 at a glance: 3 H, ER, 6 BB, 12 K in 7.1 IP split between Arizona Complex League (ACL) and Daytona Tortugas (Florida State League)
Daniel Vellojin, C - 23 years old
2022 at a glance: .199/.327/.358 with 10 HR in 271 PA split between Daytona Tortugas (Class-A Florida State League, Dayton Dragons (High-A Midwest League), and Chattanooga Lookouts (AA Southern League); .292/.430/.597 with 12 HR in 193 PA in Dominican Winter League play
Austin Hendrick, OF - 22 years old
2022 at a glance: .217/.306/.433 with 21 HR, 16 SB in 109 PA split between Daytona Tortugas (Class-A Florida State League) and Dayton Dragons (High-A Midwest League)
Christian Roa, RHP - 24 years old
2022 at a glance: 3.56 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 10.1 K/9, 5.4 BB/9 in 91.0 IP split between Dayton Dragons (High-A Midwest League) and Chattanooga Lookouts (AA Southern League)
Ivan Johnson, IF - 24 years old
2022 at a glance: .261/.325/.428 with 4 HR in 197 PA with Chattanooga Lookouts (AA Southern League)
Ariel Almonte, OF - 19 years old
2022 at a glance: .286/.390/.493 with 6 HR in 164 PA in Arizona Complex League (ACL) play
Levi Stoudt, RHP - 25 years old
2022 at a glance: 4.70 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 2.6 BB/9 in 111.0 IP split between Arkansas Travelers (AA Texas League), Chattanooga Lookouts (AA Southern League), and Louisville Bats (AAA International League)
Cade Hunter, C - 22 years old
2022 at a glance: .342/.449/.637 with 3 HR split between Arizona Complex League (ACL) and Daytona Tortugas (Class-A Florida State League)
Bryce Bonnin, RHP - 24 years old
2022 at a glance: 2.52 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 10.1 K/9, 4.3 BB/9 in 25.0 IP for Dayton Dragons (High-A Midwest League)
Steve Hajjar, RHP - 22 years old
2022 at a glance: 3.61 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 14.3 K/9, 5.5 BB/9 in 52.1 IP split between Florida Complex League Twins (FCL), Fort Myers Mighty Mussels (Class-A Florida State League), and Dayton Dragons (High-A Midwest League)
Logan Tanner, C - 22 years old
2022 at a glance: .200/.329/.300 with 1 HR split between Arizona Complex League (ACL) and Daytona Tortugas (Class-A Florida State League)