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2017 Fantasy Baseball: Five Prospects to stash

By Jason Evans

Sep 21, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Padres left fielder Manuel Margot stretches a he pinch runs during the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 21, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Padres left fielder Manuel Margot stretches a he pinch runs during the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 10, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; USA pitcher Amir Garrett throws a pitch in the second inning during the All Star Game futures baseball game at PetCo Park. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Amir Garrett

The Cincinnati Reds rebuild continues on as they continue to give some of their young players a chance and load up on prospects for the future. That was evident when they traded Dan Straily this week to the Marlins for three prospects, including two more pitchers to add to their arsenal.

While they have prospects already on the 40 man roster like Cody Reed and Robert Stephenson who could man a rotation spot, I want to turn your attention to a young lefty who isn’t on the 40-man roster, but who’s minor league performance could put him there during the season.

The Reds took Amir Garrett from playing Big East college hoops for St. John’s and brought him into pitch. It’s worked out quite well for both Garrett and the Reds so far.

Garrett reached AAA last season and is now the Reds second best prospect according to MLBpipeline.com. Garrett went 7-8 with a 2.55 ERA between AA and AAA last season. He struck out fewer than a batter per inning in AAA, but that may have been because of an adjustment period.

The Reds have to see who of their stable of prospects can be major league pitchers and it would not shock me to see Garrett in the show at some point in 2017.

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