There are just two Cincinnati Reds prospects in the FanGraphs Top 100
The Cincinnati Reds farm system has been generally adored by prospect wonks so far this winter.
Each of Noelvi Marte, Rhett Lowder, Edwin Arroyo, Connor Phillips, and Chase Petty ranked among MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 overall prospects just weeks ago, for instance. And while MLB Pipeline seems to be highest on the team’s farm, which saw more than a half-dozen promotions from within just last year, each of Baseball Prospectus and Baseball America had at least three Reds on their respective Top 100 lists, too.
FanGraphs, though, appears to be less swayed. They released their own Top 100 list this morning, and only Marte (41) and Lowder (44) made the cut.
Seven prospects are on this list for the Chicago Cubs, who play in the same division as the Reds and have the cash to spend like drunken fools while still managing to avoid peaks and valleys. Oh.
Keep in mind that this is hardly an outlier when it comes to FanGraphs’ evaluation of what the Reds are up to at each and every level. Their 2024 Depth Charts Projected Standings have the Reds going just 80-82 in 2024 despite the guarantees doled out to Frankie Montas, Emilio Pagan, Nick Martinez, Jeimer Candelario, and Co., while their MLB Playoff Odds sit just above 30% despite there now being 27 (or so) Wild Card routes to technically making the ‘playoffs’ each year.
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Former Yankees and Reds pitcher Don Gullett who won three World Series in his MLB career dies at 73
Three-time World Series champion and nine-year MLB veteran Don Gullett died at the age of 73 on Wednesday.
Gullett was best known for being a left-handed pitcher who spent seven seasons with the Cincinnati Reds and went on to appear in four World Series with the franchise. He helped them win the 1975 and 1976 World Series.
The Kentucky native, then went on to play two seasons for the New York Yankees, helping the Bronx Bombers win the World Series in 1977.
Gullett, a first-round draft pick by the Reds in 1969, made his major league debut in April 1970.
In 10 career World Series appearances, Gullett was 2-2 with a 3.61 ERA. He started Game 7 of the 1975 World Series for the Reds against the Boston Red Sox and gave up three runs in four innings of a no-decision. The Reds won the title with a 4-3 victory.
Gullett appeared in one World Series game for the Yankees in 1977. He pitched in just eight games during the 1978 regular season, his last in baseball, missing the postseason and World Series run. He was on the Yankees’ World Series roster, however.
Gullett served as Reds pitching coach from 1993 to 2005. ‘Don dedicated 24 years to this franchise as a player, coach and minor league instructor,’ Reds CEO Bob Castellini said in a statement.
‘An anchor on the pitching staff of one of the greatest baseball teams in history, his contributions to our rich tradition, our city and his community will never be forgotten.’
In 266 career regular-season appearances (186 starts), Gullett was 109-50 with a 3.11 ERA and 921 strikeouts over 1,390 innings pitched. In a peculiar brush with history, Gullett gave up the 660th career home runs to both Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
The Reds’ Pete Rose once said of his teammate: ‘Don Gullett’s the only guy who can throw a baseball through a car wash and not get the ball wet.’
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