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Originally Posted by JAFF
They have some young guys with talent. Nothing at the AAA pirates team. Thats the Indy minor league club. Victory field is a great venue, wasted by the Pirates.
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Living in Cincy and being a Reds fan I can say the Reds are still at least a year and probably more like 2 away from potentially being good. Most of the top prospects are projected to be in ~AA. Although De La Cruz ended in AA last year, so he might start out the season in AAA and work his way up to the majors by the end of the season I suppose.
They do have a good trio of young pitches, although Ashcraft sucked after coming back off the IL which is concerning, but the back of the rotation is an unknown. I also think the Reds will struggle at the plate until earlier mentioned prospects arrive, and aside from Alexis Diaz, who has the stuff to be a great closer, the BP will probably still suck.