Four Cincinnati Reds Prospects Make ESPN's Latest Top 100 Rankings. Former First Round Pick Chase Burns leads the way.

If his command and control hold up, he’s a potential No. 2 starter, and could follow another former Wake Forest pitcher, Rhett Lowder, in reaching the majors inside of 15 months of his draft day. Lowder reached the majors just over a year after the Reds took him with the No.

Others, meanwhile, are selling it in the personage of prospects who could make the difference over the coming years. CBS Sports continues examining the top three prospects in each organization. Our definition of "prospect" is simple: does that player have rookie eligibility remaining for the 2025 season?

Let's rank the Reds' rotation 1-5 and explain why they should be much improved this season: Hunter Greene led the National League in WAR last year according to Baseball Reference, and would have been a top-5,