RR Community Prospect Rankings: No, I said Yorman...... YORMAN!

Our #8 prospect is 17 year old Venezuelan wunderkind Yorman Rodriguez. Yorman was only 16 for most of the season, but still managed to post a line of .238/.288/.340 over two levels while playing against guys mostly 4-6 years older. What were you doing when you were 16?

Yorman was rated the best OF arm and best athlete in the system. He plays a mean center field, runs super fast, and is showing signs of good plate discipline. He's listed at 6'3", 180 lbs. Don't want to jump to conclusions, but Eric Davis was listed at 6'3", 185. (When I was 16, I was 6'2", 150, and could barely hold up a wood bat) Between Yorman and Chapman, we now have two young, dynamic, toolsy guys that should be exciting to follow this season.

So now we come to prospect #9. Just to make sure you have plenty of choices, we've added three of the organization's top relief prospects to the list: Two guys who rose quickly through the system last year, as well as a recent high draft pick.

Zachary Cozart, SS:

Baseball America rank: 10
2009 RR CPR rank: NR
Age: 24
Draft/Acquisition Details: 2nd round (pick 79), Reds, 2007
Highest Level Played: AA (Carolina)

2009 Statistics:
Carolina (AA): 131 G, 462 AB, 10 HR, 59 RBI, 10 SB, .262/.360/.398/.758
Peoria (AFL): 13 G, 50 AB, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 3 SB, .340/.393/.560/.953

Enerio Del Rosario, RHP:

Baseball America rank: NR
2009 RR CPR rank: NR
Age: 24
Draft/Acquisition Details: Signed in 200 out of the Domincan Republic
Highest Level Played: AAA (Louisville)

2009 Statistics:

Sarasota (High-A): 31 G, 2-1, 1.98 ERA, 50 IP, 33 K, 6 BB, .92 WHIP

Carolina (AA) : 4 G, 0-0, 1.59 ERA, 5.2 IP, 9 K, 0 BB, .35 WHIP Louisville (AAA): 15 G, 1-0, 1.09, 24.2 IP, 12 K, 6 BB, 1.22 WHIP

Brad Boxberger, RHP:

Baseball America rank: 9
2009 RR CPR rank: NR
Age: 21
Draft/Acquisition Details: 1st round (pick 43), Reds, 2009
Highest Level Played: College (USC)

2009 Statistics:

USC (Pac-10): 14 GS, 6-3, 3.16 ERA, 94 IP, 99 K, 50 BB, 1.27 WHIP

Chris Valaika, 2B/SS:

Baseball America rank: NR
2009 RR CPR rank: 5
Age: 24
Draft/Acquisition Details: 3rd round, (84th pick), Reds, 2006
Highest Level Played: AAA (Louisville)

2009 Statistics: Louisville, (AAA): 95 G, 366 AB, 6 HR, 36 RBI, 1 SB, .235/.271/.344/.615

Matt Maloney, LHSP:

Baseball America rank: 8
2009 RR CPR rank: NR
Age: 26 (on January 16)
Draft/Acquisition Details: 3rd round (97th pick), Phillies, 2005
Highest Level Played: MLB (Reds)

2009 Statistics:

Carolina (AA): 1 GS, 0-0, 1.29 ERA, 7 IP, 5 K, 2 BB, .71 WHIP
Louisville (AAA): 22 GS, 9-9, 3.08 ERA, 143 IP, 105 K, 24 BB, 1.17 WHIP
Cincinnati (MLB): 7 GS, 2-4, 4.87 ERA, 40.2 IP, 28 K, 8 BB, 1.25 WHIP

Devin Mesoraco, C:

Baseball America rank: NR
2009 RR CPR rank: 11
Age: 22
Draft/Acquisition Details: 1st round (15th pick), Reds, 2007
Highest Level Played: A+ (Sarasota)

2009 Statistics:

Sarasota (A+): 92 G, 312 AB, 8 HR, 37 RBI, 0 SB, .228/.311/.381/.692

Neftali Soto, 3B:

Baseball America rank: NR
2009 RR CPR rank: 2
Age: 21
Draft/Acquisition Details: 3rd round (109th pick), Reds, 2007
Highest Level Played: A+ (Sarasota)

2009 Statistics:

Sarasota (A+): 131 G, 505 AB, 11 HR, 57 RBI, 1 SB, .248/.282/.362/.644
Caguas (PR): 1 G, 3 AB, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB, .667/.667/1.333/2.000

Matt Klinker, RHSP:

Baseball America rank: NR
2009 RR CPR rank: NR
Age: 25
Draft/Acquisition Details: 15th round (469th pick), Reds, 2007
Highest Level Played: AAA (Louisville)

2009 Statistics:

Sarasota (A+): 9 GS, 2-2, 4.89 ERA, 42.1 IP, 42 K, 8 BB, 1.44 WHIP
Carolina (AA): 6 GS, 3-2, 2.95 ERA, 36.2 IP, 40 K, 13 BB, 1.09 WHIP
Louisville (AAA): 5 GS, 2-2, 2.48 ERA, 29 IP, 30 K, 13 BB, 1.21 WHIP

Logan Ondrusek, RHP:

Baseball America rank: NR
2009 RR CPR rank: NR
Age: 25 (on February 13)
Draft/Acquisition Details: 13rd round (392nd pick), Reds, 2005
Highest Level Played: AAA (Louisville)

2009 Statistics: Sarasota (High A): 13 G, 2-0, 0.96 ERA, 18.2 IP, 12 K, 7 BB, .75 WHIP

Carolina (AA): 24 G, 2-1, 1.65 ERA, 32.2 IP, 24 K, 12 BB, 1.01 WHIP
Louisville (AAA): 19 G, 0-0, 1.74 ERA, 20.2 IP, 11 K, 2 BB, .87 WHIP

Donnie Joseph, RHP:

Baseball America rank: NR
2009 RR CPR rank: NR
Age: 22 Draft/Acquisition Details: 3rd round (88th pick), Reds, 2009
Highest Level Played: MLB (Reds)

2009 Statistics:

Houston (NCAA): 31 G, 3-1, 2.16 ERA, 50 IP, 75 K, 22 BB, 1.10 WHIP
Billings (Rookie): 8 G, 2-0, 0.77 ERA, 11.2 IP, 11 K, 4 BB, .86 WHIP
Dayton (Low A): 16 G, 2-2, 4.35 ERA, 20.2 IP, 31 K, 10 BB, 1.11 WHIP