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Sickels Rates Reds Prospects

John Sickels, formerly of ESPN, now has a blog that's a part of the SportsBLOGS family and he's recently been rating organization's prospects.  Here are his rankings, with letter grade, for the Reds organization (with my ranking in parenthesis):

1  Edwin Encarnacion, 3B, B+ (1)
2  Richie Gardner, RHP, B+ (3)
3  Joey Votto, 1B, B+ (2)
4  Thomas Pauly, RHP, B+ (8)
5  Homer Bailey, RHP, B- (7)
6  B.J. Szymanski, OF, C+ (16)
7  Todd Coffey, RHP, C+ (10)
8  William Bergolla, 2B, C+ (5)
9  Tyler Pelland, LHP, C+ (30)
10 Carlos Guevera, RHP, C+ (19)
11 Paul Janish, SS, C (40)
12 Daylan Childress, RHP, C (27)
13 Matt Belisle, RHP, C (25)
14 Bubba Nelson, RHP, C (9)
15 Jesse Gutierrez, 1B-C, C (22)
16 Steve Kelly, RHP, C (6)
17 Elizardo Ramirez, RHP, C (11)
18 Steve Smitherman, OF, C (28)
19 Joe Valentine, RHP, C (18)
20 Rafael Gonzalez, RHP, C (NR)

Make sure to check out his comments and the discussion that's ensued.