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Thursday, July 06, 2006

Jonathon Mayo of Milb.com on his "Futures Game Wish List"

Jonathon Mayo wrote an article on some guys he would choose for the futures game if he were the one picking the teams. The Reds actually had 2 players selected by Mayo. He only made a list of players who havent been or were not selected this or previous years. The Reds have two players on the team this year, Joey Votto who will be playing on the World team, and Homer Bailey who will pitch for the USA team.
Anyways, here are his players he chose from the Reds, and the comments on the players:

OF Jay Bruce, Reds: I wasn't sure about this pick until I saw that the teenager who was the Reds' first-round pick in 2005 is tied for the Minor League lead in extra-base hits with 50 in his first full season. Overall, he's hit .317 with 12 homers, 33 doubles and 57 RBIs (.404 in June) with Dayton in the Midwest League. I can see the trio of high school outfielders taken in the first 15 picks of the 2005 draft -- Upton, Bruce and actual Futures Gamer Cameron Maybin -- doing battle for years at the Major League level soon.

SP Johnny Cueto, Reds: He's only 20, and he just earned a promotion from the Midwest League to the Florida State League. With Dayton, he went 8-1 with a 2.59 ERA, allowing just 52 hits (.191 batting average against) and 15 walks in 76 1/3 innings, striking out 82. That's enough to move him right behind Homer Bailey on the Reds' pitching prospect chart. (Mike Pelfrey would belong on this list somewhere if not for the fact he's going to get called up this weekend).

To read the entire article by Jonathon Mayo at milb.com click here