Three Prospects The Cincinnati Reds Could Take In The 2017 MLB Draft

On June 12th the Cincinnati Reds will look to continue their trend of drafting potential young stars.

With the second overall pick, the Cincinnati Reds will have a shot to add one of the best young talents in the draft.  The MLB Draft is one of the best ways for young, rebuilding teams to add an influx of potential talent to a budding farm system. This year remains no different.

This will be the second year in a row the Reds have the second pick in the draft. Last season they used it on third baseman Nick Senzel, out of Tennessee. Senzel is now the Reds top prospect according to MLB Pipeline, and looks like the third baseman of the future in Cincy.

In 2017, the Reds may be taking a different approach, targeting a pitcher to shore up some of their rotation woes. The decision will come to whether they want to take a player out of high school, who may have more upside yet have a much higher risk, or take a college pitcher who offers minimal risk, but doesn’t provide as much upside as a prep player.

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Regardless of who Cincinnati ultimately decides to take, they will certainly be getting a franchise difference maker.

The player, along with Senzel, Billy Hamilton and others will work as the core of the Reds as they continue to make their playoff push. While the chance of drafting a bust is much lesser with only one player off the board, Cincinnati has to make sure they land the right guy for the job.

Based off of reports from multiple MLB sources, it appears as if the Reds are deciding between three players. That list will shorten to two if the Twins take one of the three, which seems like a formality at this point.

The 2017 MLB Draft is creeping closer and closer for the Cincinnati Reds. With the second overall pick they will be landing one of the best young prospects in all the country. The only question then becomes, of these three, which one?