Arizona Fall League to feature eight Cincinnati Reds prospects
The term ‘prospect’ is being used loosely here, however.
Edwin Arroyo was a prize prospect in the Seattle Mariners system prior to being acquired by the Cincinnati Reds in the deal that sent Luis Castillo west. Connor Phillips, too, was a big piece in the Seattle system before he arrived in the Reds system in exchange for Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand, meanwhile, was a big, big part of why the Reds chose to trade Tyler Mahle to the Minnesota Twins.
You may think the commonality between this trio is that they were all traded to the Reds during their most recent rebuild. You’d be correct, except that’s only one of the things that trio has in common at the moment. Each of the three also had what could easily be called ‘lost years’ in 2024, with Arroyo’s shoulder surgery, the busted wrist of CES, and Phillips’ yips seriously denting their once-vaunted reputations.
Fortunately, the Arizona Fall League is right around the corner, and all three will get a chance to finish calendar year 2024 on a much, much brighter note than it has been for them so far. The Cincinnati Reds are sending them to the Glendale Desert Dogs as part of an eight-man contingent, which they announced on Wednesday morning.
