over 119 mph<\/a> in his pro debut, was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Nebraska prior to being a 2nd round pick (with an overslot bonus) by the Reds, and was originally committed to the University of Arkansas.<\/p>\nThe upside here is obvious, as he\u2019s got one of the loudest bats at any level. The swing and miss stuff, though, is something he\u2019ll have to completely overhaul as he moves up the ladder, though getting out of the extremely pitcher-friendly confines of the FSL will perhaps help that some.<\/p>\n
Cam Collier, 3B\/1B (21 years old)<\/p>\n
2025 at a glance: .279\/.391\/.384 with 4 HR, 21 2B in 396 PA split between ACL Reds (Arizona Complex League), A+ Dayton Dragons (Midwest League), and AA Chattanooga Lookouts (Southern League); .221\/.368\/.325 with 1 HR in 95 PA with Peoria Javelinas (Arizona Fall League)<\/p>\n
Pros: Plus hit tool and his plate discipline is rapidly moving into plus category as well; plenty of power that we\u2019re still hoping can return in-game after his thumb injury<\/p>\n
Cons: Defense leaves a lot to be desired, and he\u2019s likely already a 1B-only at this point<\/p>\n
Collier busted his thumb in spring training in 2025, and the break (and recovery) caused him to miss the first two months of the season. A rehab stint came in Arizona next, and he eventually worked his way all the way up to AA Chattanooga\u2026albeit with a shocking lack of power from the guy who swatted 20 homers for A+ Dayton in 2024, a mark that tied him for the Midwest League lead.<\/p>\n
What Collier did do in 2025, though, is begin to show some pretty elite OBP skills, and if he can maintain that and get the power back a year removed from the broken thumb, well, the Reds have the guy they gave an overslot bonus to in the 1st round back in 2022 who repeatedly made Top 100 overall prospect lists in his first years as a pro. And even if that all only comes as a 1B who\u2019s not the world\u2019s greatest defender that\u2019s an incredibly valuable thing, especially with the dearth of offense the franchise owns right now.<\/p>\n
Chase Petty, RHP (23 years old)<\/p>\n
2025 at a glance: 6.39 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, 102\/58 K\/BB in 112.2 IP with AAA Louisville Bats; 13 ER in 6.0 IP with Cincinnati Reds<\/p>\n
Pros: Three plus pitches, including a fastball that flirts with 100 mph and 60-grade slider and cutter<\/p>\n
Cons: Lit up in first cups of MLB coffee, and struggled in AAA after being sent back down<\/p>\n
Petty has long been on the radar of every scout in the game, a former 1st round pick of the Minnesota Twins out of high school (whom the Reds had eyes on drafting back then, too). He was the centerpiece of the deal that sent Sonny Gray the other way, and he\u2019s pitched his way onto multiple Top 100 overall prospect lists since.<\/p>\n
Of course, he\u2019s also pitched his way back off those same lists, with much of his work in 2025 doing just that. He was shelled at the big league level, though that\u2019s with the caveat that he\u2019d just turned 22 years old when that went down. The stuff\u2019s still there, he\u2019s just struggled to blend it all together for long enough stretches to show he can be an effective big league starter. The hope is that the lumps he took in 2025 paired with a mostly healthy offseason for the first time in a while will send him into 2026 both ready and with something to prove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sal Stewart was the runaway winner of voting for the #1 prospect in the Cincinnati Reds system in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[5,535,50,4259,67081,4,536],"class_list":{"0":"post-516956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-reds","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-reds","11":"tag-cincinnatireds","12":"tag-community-prospect-rankings","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-reds"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115883335119080897","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}