Ferguson Jenkins Jersey , so which prospect might be there for the taking?"So, the playoffs are well underway, so the final few spots of the MLB Draft are yet to be determined. But for those teams that, uh, missed the playoffs by a little bit (or, in our fandom, a lot), they’re pretty much locked into the spot they’ll be drafting next summer.The Reds fall a couple of spots in the draft order this season because, even though the Reds weren’t really better at winning over the sum-total of 162 games, other teams were better at losing. They drafted 5th in 2018, selecting Jonathan India, after selecting consecutive years at number two (Nick Senzel, Hunter Greene).Which is a little unfortunate for the team, because they actually won one less game in 2018 than in 2017 and 2016, which netted higher draft picks. Tankapolooza is real, friends.With all of that being known (the most important fact is the Reds are locked in with the 7th pick), let’s take a very early look at what might be available to the Reds, picking outside of the top five for the first time since drafting Tyler Stephenson (10th overall) in 2015.Hunter Barco http://www.rangersfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-moore-jersey , LHP (Bolles HS, Jacksonville, FL)Barco is a big dude, listed at 6 foot 4 inches and 204 pounds as a high schooler. He’s got a verbal commit to the Florida Gators, but I’m sure top seven draft slot money would make him reconsider things. He was previously committed to Virginia.Barco was the Class 5A Player of the Year in Florida this season and has piloted his high school to three state championships, winning two. He played in the Under Armour All-American game at Wrigley Field this past July, where he pitched an inning allowing one hit and striking out two.The big lefty has a low arm slot and works his fastball in the low 90s, which he pairs with a good changeup. He also features a low 80s slider that has room for improvement, but there’s obviously a lot of time to improve.With his frame at 17 years old, it’s easy to dream upon projection when working with a professional athletic training staff. Given an injury free year of improvement, he may end up the best left handed prep prospect in the draft (if he isn’t already) which may push him above where the Reds are drafting. But, the kid has stuff.Video via Perfect Game Baseball:Zack Thompson, LHP (Kentucky)Another lefty on the list, this time from the college ranks. Thompson will enter his junior year at UK after missing quite a bit of last season with an elbow injury. Still, he returned in May and pitched 31 innings for the Wildcats through the end of the season. All told, he ended up with a 4.94 ERA, but he’ll have this offseason to get healthy and another collegiate season to show the stuff.The stuff, by the way Ryan Rua Jersey , is a 6’ 2”, 225lbs lefty with a fastball that sits in the mid-90s. He also has three off-speed pitches, a big curve ball being the best of the three. He was rated by Baseball America’s as the best SEC pitching prospect going into the season (and before the injury). At his best, he has three off-speed offerings right now. In this age of guys who “throw, not pitch” that’s something.Video via 2080 Baseball:Riley Greene, OF (Hagerty HS, Oviedo, FL)So, I didn’t book-end this with a Hunter and a Greene on purpose just so placate Reds fans, I promise.Greene is listed as the seventh best on the Fangraphs board, which I shouldn’t have to explain views and ranks things a bit differently than the mock drafts that you might see (or that I’ve cherry picked above). He actually goes earlier than seventh (as high as number one) in the mock drafts I pick from above (here and here), but a site rates him as the seventh overall talent at this point, so let’s take a look.Greene is a lefty, but a position player. He, like Barco, is committed to Florida. He’s also a big kid, listed at 6’2” and 190lbs, so the athleticism is easy to project. He’s long and strong with power to all fields and bat speed to match. He was pitched around a lot this past season because he beat the brains in of his competition.There’s a lot to like here but if he continues to do what he’s done Drew Robinson Jersey , it’s not all that likely he’s available at number seven.Video via Baseball America: MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have never seen this side of Jason Heyward.The way this season has been going, they were due for a pleasant surprise.Heyward hit two home runs for his first multihomer game in a Cubs uniform, and Victor Caratini and Javier Baez also went deep as Chicago snapped a six-game skid with a 14-8 victory over the Brewers on Saturday night.Heyward’s last multihomer game was on Aug. 16, 2015 for St. Louis against Miami, a season before he signed a $184 million, eight-year contract with Chicago.“It was a great day,” Heyward said. “It’s good to be a part of the offense. A lot of guys out there fighting their tails off and looking for a result to help the team win. It was good to contribute to that.”The Cubs struggles have been more about pitching, of course, and starter Cole Hamels provided the kind of stability Chicago had in mind when it picked up the veteran left-hander’s $20 million option this offseason.Hamels gave the Cubs six innings, holding Milwaukee’s offense to two runs and six hits while striking out five.“Cole was outstanding,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.Hamels (1-0) labored early, throwing 51 pitches over the first two innings, but he mostly cruised through the next four innings, retiring 12 of his final 14 batters. He limited the damage, stranding two by striking out Christian Yelich to end the second. He also got Lorenzo Cain to chase a changeup that would have been ball four with two on and two out in the fourth.“I was able to go a little bit deeper in the pitch count for early in the season,” Hamels said. “I know they’ll be some times when I’ll get a breather when we are rolling.”Chicago improved to 2-6 with its first win since opening day. The front office revamped a struggling bullpen earlier Saturday, demoting right-hander Carl Edwards Jr. to Triple-A and putting lefty Mike Montgomery on the 10-day injured list. Kyle Ryan and Allen Webster were called up to replace them but didn’t fare well. Ryan allowed two baserunners while getting two outs to start the seventh, and Webster followed and allowed a three-run homer to Ryan Braun.Brewers starter Corbin Burnes (0-1) struck out six but gave up six hits and three walks.Braun had three RBIs for Milwaukee. Cain and Eric Thames also went deep.ROCKY START FOR BURNESBurnes allowed just four home runs in 38 innings as a rookie last season but has given up three in each of this first two starts in 2019. He’s the first Brewers pitcher to allow at least three home runs in consecutive starts since Jason Bere in 2000.“He has not been a homer-prone pitcher in the minor leagues and wasn’t in the big leagues last year http://www.rangersfanproshop.com/authentic-matt-moore-jersey ,” Counsell said. “We’re going to have to work on that. It’s a little puzzling.”EDWARDS DEMOTEDEdwards was rocked in his first four outings, allowing six earned runs over 1 2/3 innings of work. Eight of the 13 batters he’s faced have reached safely.“He’s done such great work for us,” Maddon said. “We’ve got to get him back right.”NO WORRIES FOR MADDONWith a 1-6 record coming into the game and no contract beyond this season, Maddon said he wasn’t worried about his job status.“The last four years have been pretty good,” he said. “If I have to rely on a week’s worth of baseball games, that’s a bad process. I’m willing to shoulder the blame, but I really have zero concern.”Chicago is 389-267 under Maddon, who has led the Cubs to the postseason in each of his first four seasons. HIs .592 winning percentage is the third-highest in franchise history, behind Frank Chance (1905-1912) and Al Spaulding, who led the Cubs in 1876-77.TRAINER’S ROOMCubs: Montgomery has a strained left lat muscle. After missing most of spring training with shoulder soreness, Montgomery made four appearances this season, posting a 16.88 ERA in 2 2/3 innings of work.Brewers: RHP Jeremy Jeffress could be back with the Brewers sometime during their next homestand. Jeffress has been sidelined with shoulder soreness since his first and only spring training outing but felt good after allowing two runs over 1 1/3 innings for Triple-A San Antonio on Friday night.UP NEXTAfter holding the Reds to two runs over five innings in his 2019 debut, RHP Zach Davies (0-0, 3.60) gets the series finale against Chicago. He’ll go up against Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 4.15 ERA).