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Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo is the #7 LHP prospect in baseball
Doug Gray
If you missed it, it’s prospect list week this week. Baseball America released their Top 100 list on Monday. MLB Pipeline has been releasing their prospect rankings at each position, too. And the crew over there released their left-handed pitching prospect list and had Cincinnati Reds pitching prospect Nick Lodolo at #7 on their list among the left-handed pitchers.
Among the tools grades given out in the article, Nick Lodolo is at the top in just one: Control. While we are dealing with a very small sample size as a professional, Lodolo didn’t walk a single batter in 2019 after being drafted, while also striking out 30 batters in 18.1 innings between rookie-level Billings in the Pioneer League and Low-A Dayton in the Midwest League (which will be an Advanced-A league moving forward.). In his junior season at TCU he walked 25 batters in 103.0 innings before being drafted 7th overall by the Reds.
Read more at https://www.redsminorleagues.com/20...ick-lodolo-is-the-7-lhp-prospect-in-baseball/