The Reds are middle of the pack when it comes to farm systems across Major League Baseball, but they still have plenty of exciting prospects that are looking to make an impact at all levels of affiliated ball in 2026. Some may have an immediate impact on the Major League team, while others are looking to make their names better known nationally on their journeys to the Majors. Here is Pitcher List’s top 20 Reds prospects going into 2026.
The Top Tier
1) Sal Stewart — 3B/2B/1B, 22 YO
2025 Stats (AA/AAA): .309 AVG | .383 OBP | .524 SLG | 20 HR | 80 RBI | 17 SB | 15.6 K% | 9.3 BB%
Sal Stewart impressed many people with his 118 games in the Minors for 2025. His overall numbers for the season were great, but things were especially off the charts for him with just 38 games in Triple-A, where he hit .315/.394/.629 with 10 home runs, and 36 RBI in 165 plate appearances with the Louisville Bats. The strong performance as a 21-year-old at Triple-A earned Stewart a promotion to the big leagues before the season was over, and he had a quick 18-game stretch with the Reds as they went on to capture the last NL Wild Card spot on the last day of the season. Stewart performed decently for a 21-year-old getting their first taste in the Majors, putting up a .255/.293/.545 slash line with five home runs and eight RBI in 58 plate appearances.
Stewart’s hitting tools for both power and contact will help him easily find his way into the Reds lineup on a daily basis in 2026. The question with him is where he will find his defensive home in a crowded infield. Ke’Bryan Hayes will more than likely be the everyday third baseman over Stewart, with Hayes having the stronger defensive upside between the two. Spencer Steer became the Reds’ everyday first baseman, playing 122 games there in 2025. Matt McClain played 138 games at second base in 2025, but underperformed at the plate, hitting .220/.300/.343 with a 74 OPS+ in 577 plate appearances. While McClain still has some upside in his game and is only 26 years old, he doesn’t have the starting second base job secured for the Reds in 2026, which will make the position battle between him and Stewart an early storyline to follow for the Reds in spring training.
2) Alfredo Duno — C, 20 YO
2025 Stats (A): .287 AVG | .430 OBP | .518 SLG | 18 HR | 81 RBI | 6 SB | 18.4 K% | 19.2 BB%
Signed out of the 2023 International Free Agent class by the Reds, Alfredo Duno played a second full season with the Low-A Daytona Tortugas. Duno missed a significant chunk of the 2024 season after suffering broken ribs in late May of that year, but his return to the field this year earned him the Florida State League MVP award, showcasing why he’s one of the best prospects in the Reds’ farm system.
Duno won his FSL MVP with an impressive .948 OPS in 113 games, supplemented by 18 home runs, 81 RBI, and drawing slightly more walks, 95, than strikeouts, 91. Duno will undoubtedly start 2026 in High-A, and the biggest test for him will be to see if he can maintain his strong judgment of the strike zone and continue to maintain his power as well. If Duno can still manage to draw more walks than strikeouts against higher-level pitching, then he could easily be the Reds’ top prospect by the middle of the season.
3) Tyson Lewis — SS, 20 YO
2025 Stats (CPX/A): .311 AVG | .376 OBP | .486 SLG | 9 HR | 54 RBI | 27 SB | 29.1 K% | 8.3BB%
The Reds’ second-round pick from the 2024 MLB Draft out of Omaha, Nebraska, Tyson Lewis, played out his first full year in professional baseball very well in the Arizona Complex League and in Low-A Daytona. Lewis showed off his contact and speed skills over 81 games between the two levels, hitting an impressive .311 in 351 plate appearances, along with 27 stolen bases to show. But the power numbers are still being developed, as he only accumulated nine home runs on the year and struck out 102 times with only 29 walks to accompany them.
Lewis will be 20 on Opening Day this year and likely to start his season where he ended 2025 in Daytona. While he is a great base runner and strong defender, the key for Lewis is to see if he can trade in strikeouts for more home runs and maintain his contact abilities at the plate. With Elly de la Cruz holding down shortstop in the Majors for the foreseeable future, the Reds will be taking their time with Lewis and another top shortstop prospect in their farm system so they can be strong successors when their call-up arrives.
4) Rhett Lowder — P, 24 YO
2025 Stats (CPX/A+): 9.1 IP | 10.61 ERA | 26.5 K% | 6.1 BB%
After making six impressive starts to begin his MLB career in 2024, Rhett Lowder missed the entire 2025 season as a forearm and oblique injury kept him limited to just five rehab starts in the Minors. Lowder made four of his five rehab outings in May as he was coming back from his forearm injury that kept him on the IL to start the season. He left his last of those four outings with a left side injury that was later diagnosed as an oblique strain, which kept him sidelined until September 13, when he threw two innings, allowing just one run on two hits and a hit batter, with no walks and two strikeouts. Lowder was set to make one more start in the final week of the Triple-A season, but had a flare-up during his natural recovery time between starts and limited his season to just those five games.
Lowder did get to make four starts in the Arizona Fall League and didn’t pitch all too well, posting a 5.00 ERA in nine innings, allowing nine hits, one walk, and eight strikeouts. Despite a season of injury setbacks, Lowder remains the Reds’ top pitching prospect because of his great command of the strike zone, with his walk rate in the Minors never going above 5.9% in a full season. He’s not the hardest-throwing starter, averaging just 93 MPH on his fastball, but if he can remain healthy and show even a sliver of his dominance from the six starts he had with the Reds in 2024, then Lowder can expect to carve out a role in the back end of the Reds starting rotation.
5) Steele Hall — SS, 18 YO
2025 Stats: Has not made pro ball debut
Taken ninth overall in the 2025 MLB Draft, Steele Hall is one of two first-round shortstops who call Trussville, Alabama, home. One of the six prep shortstops taken in the top 10 of this draft class, Hall was noted for his exceptional running and fielding skills from the left side of the diamond.
Hall will most likely follow a path similar to Lewis for his first season in pro-ball, starting the season in extended spring training, then the Arizona Complex League, and if all goes according to plan, finish the year in Low-A Daytona. The thing to watch for in Hall’s development will be his bat, which will hopefully transition from a fireworks show in batting practice to something more electric in game action.
6) Edwin Arroyo — SS, 22 YO
2025 Stats (AA): .284 AVG | .345 OBP | .371 SLG | 3 HR | 44 RBI | 12 SB | 16.9 K% | 7.7BB%
Added to the Reds’ 40-man roster as a Rule 5 pick protection in November, Edwin Arroyo impressed many this year with a strong 120-game performance in Double-A Chattanooga after missing all of 2024 with a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Part of Arroyo’s game changed at the plate post-surgery, as he traded off the power he had in 2023 with 52 extra base hits in 553 plate appearances, for more contact at the plate.
Arroyo had a respectable .284/.345/.371 on the year, but only had 30 extra base hits over 521 plate appearances in 2025. He’s continued to play this off-season in the Puerto Rico Winter League, and has continued to put up strong numbers at the plate with a .355/.429/.468 slash line in 16 games, but has no home runs in 70 plate appearances. If Arroyo can regain some of his power another full year removed from his labrum surgery, then he could prove to be a quality utility infielder for the Reds down the stretch in the 2026 season.
7) Cam Collier — 1B/3B, 21 YO
2025 Stats (CPX/A+/AA): .279 AVG | .391 OBP | .384 SLG | 4 HR | 48 RBI | 1 SB | 26.3 K% |14.9 BB%
Cam Collier’s 2025 season was delayed by two months as he was shut down midway through spring training for thumb surgery. Like Arroyo, the surgery that took Collier out of action may have resulted in a loss in power at the plate. Collier crushed 20 home runs and 74 RBI over 507 plate appearances with High-A Dayton last year. This season, Collier had only 396 plate appearances after missing all of April and most of May, but had only four home runs all season between each level he played at.
Still, Collier made up for it with a high on-base percentage, sitting just below the .400 mark. But with missed time at the start of the season, the Reds sent him to the Arizona Fall League to get an extended look. In 22 games, he only hit .221/.368/.325 with 16 walks, one home run, and 14 RBI. Collier’s judgement of the strike zone is still one of his biggest upsides, but if he can’t redevelop some of his lost power in 2026, he could see his stock slide down a bit further.
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8) Chase Petty –P, 23 YO
2025 Stats (AAA): 112.2 IP | 6.39 ERA | 19.6 K% | 11.2 BB%
There were lofty expectations for what Chase Petty could do in the Majors in 2025. He has a fastball velocity averaging 96 MPH, an overpowering slider, and came up through the Minors with a strong command of the strike zone. But all of that evaporated this season after a poor start to his MLB career, where he allowed 14hits, 13 earned runs, eight walks, three home runs, and just seven strikeouts in six innings of work over just three outings.
Things did not fare better for the former first-round pick in Triple-A. International League hitters drew 58 walks and clobbered 17 home runs off Petty in just 112.2 innings. The walk rate increase has been a concern for Petty the last two seasons, as before 2024, he never had a walk rate higher than 7.7% in any season. If Petty can regain his command of the strike zone this year, then he could still find his way in the back end of the Reds rotation in the best-case scenario, but if the command continues to be a problem, it’s possible he turns into a bullpen option down the stretch in 2026.
9) Héctor Rodríguez – OF, 22 YO
2025 Stats (AA/AAA): .283 AVG | .336 OBP | .450 SLG | 19 HR | 65 RBI | 15 SB | 15 K% | 7 BB%
Héctor Rodríguez had a decent year in 2024, but excelled well enough in 2025 to earn himself a spot on the Reds’ 40-man roster to be protected from the Rule 5 Draft. Rodriguez split his season between Double-A and Triple-A, putting together a strong season at the plate with a .283/.336/.450 slash line, 19 home runs, 65 RBI, and 15 stolen bases.
A decent hitter all around, Rodriguez is still developing his plate discipline, but has stronger numbers than most Minor Leaguers with his low strikeout and walk rates. Rodriguez has kept playing this winter in the Dominican League and has excelled at the plate, putting up a .301/.375/.504 slash line, four home runs, and 17 RBI over 31 games. If Rodriguez keeps improving upon his skills, his ceiling could turn him into a decent corner outfielder in the Major Leagues, and worst-case scenario, he finds himself in a backup role if the development does not track.
10) Mason Neville, OF, 22 YO
2025 Stats (CPX/A+/AA): .247AVG | .333 OBP | .442 SLG | 1 HR | 9 RBI | 1 SB | 23.6 K% |18.9 BB%
Mason Neville was originally drafted by the Reds in the 18th round of the 2022 MLB Draft, but opted not to sign and attend the University of Oregon instead. This past year, he was their fourth-round pick and got a taste of things in the Minors, playing 23 games with Low-A Daytona. Neville performed decently in his first 23 games of pro-ball, but the Reds took him much higher in the draft after a surging junior year with the Ducks, where he hit .290/.429/.724 with 26 home runs, 57 RBI, 53 walks, and 66 strikeouts over 57 games.
The most impressive standout from his junior year was averaging nearly a walk per game, cutting down on his strikeout totals from his sophomore year, and increasing his power numbers to lead the Ducks with those 26 homers. The Reds are hoping that power can be a consistent part of his game without having to sacrifice the adjustments he made in plate discipline. Still a year or two away from the Majors, Neville is a good under-the-radar corner outfield prospect for dynasty owners to keep their eyes on.
11) Mason Morris – P, 22 YO
2025 Stats (AAA): 4.0 IP | 9.00 ERA | 34.1 K% | 9.2 BB%
Mason Morris had a brief cup of coffee in Low-A this year after the Reds took him in the third round of the 2025 MLB Draft. Morris was decent in his pro-debut, allowing just one run, no walks, and striking out four over two innings. But he was knocked around for three runs over two innings in his second start, but still kept things in the strike zone with only one walk allowed.
While attending the University of Mississippi, Morris was primarily used as a reliever, but because of his overpowering stuff, the Reds want to take their chances to see what he can do in a starting role before setting him on the reliever path forever.
12) Tyler Callihan – OF, 25 YO
2025 Stats (AAA): .303 AVG | .410 OBP | .528 SLG | 4 HR | 12 RBI | 6 SB | 27.4 K% |15.1 BB%
One of the hottest bats for the Louisville Bats in the early parts of 2025, Tyler Callihan had taken a long road to get to the Majors after the Reds drafted him in 2019, but he finally made his MLB debut on April 30. Callihan’s 2025 season was cut short after his call-up to the Majors, limiting him to just four games. He suffered a left forearm fracture in a game against the Braves in early May. He later underwent wrist surgery on the same arm to address the injury.
If Callihan is a full go in spring training, then he will be fighting for a spot as a backup outfielder on the Reds bench. He provides plenty of athleticism, despite being a below-league-average runner, and can offer up some defense at second base, too.
13) Adolfo Sanchez – OF, 19 YO
2025 Stats (DSL): .339 AVG | .474 OBP | .504 SLG | 2 HR | 27 RBI | 1 SB | 13.6 K% |15.6 BB%
The Reds’ best hitter on their Dominican Summer League team, Adolfo Sanchez, showcased great plate discipline and contact skills in his age-18 season. He is still developing power in his swing, with only two home runs and a total of 13 extra-base hits over 154 plate appearances this summer. The next step will be to see how he transitions from playing in his home country for his first summer in the United States, and if the strong performance at home can carry on abroad.
14) Julian Aguiar – P, 24 YO
2025 Stats (MLB): Injured, Tommy John surgery
Julian Aguiar didn’t have the most eye-catching performance in the Minors before he made his MLB debut with the Reds on August 19, 2024. He owned a 3.19 ERA between Chattanooga and Louisville, along with a 19.7% strikeout rate and an impressive 6.0% walk rate over 116.1 innings. But the team was desperate for starting pitchers at that time, and he was thrown in to make seven starts for them down the stretch, which turned into a learning experience. He owned a 6.25 ERA, 13.6% strikeout rate, and 8.6% walk rate over 31.2 innings and had to adjust against MLB hitters.
Unfortunately, after the 2024 season concluded, Aguiar had to undergo Tommy John surgery, which caused him to miss all of 2025. Aguiar will show up to spring training hungry to show off a strong three-pitch mix with his fastball, curveball, and slider. The Reds will have plenty of young arms to try out for their rotation, so even if he doesn’t earn himself a rotation spot to start 2026. Aguiar could turn into an effective bullpen arm if the Reds need to call him into that role.
15) Arnaldo Lantigua – OF, 20 YO
2025 Stats (CPX/A): .265 AVG | .334 OBP | .490 SLG | 12 HR | 56 RBI | 12SB | 23.3 K% |8.1 BB%
One of the more encouraging of the Reds’ prospects in Rookie Ball, who earned a late-season promotion to Low-A, Arnaldo Lantigua caught some attention with his 2025 performance. He hit 10 home runs and drove in 40 runs over 49 games in the Arizona Complex League, but had to adjust to the competition in Low-A with just two home runs and 34 strikeouts in 129 plate appearances. When Lantigua makes contact, he can hit the ball hard and far, but with the power comes many strikeouts, and if he is to keep progressing as a quality candidate for dynasty owners to stash, he will need to cut down on the strikeouts for his first full season in Low-A.
The Next Five
Although these prospects do not crack the top 15, dynasty managers should keep their eyes on these five players in 2026:
Aaron Watson– 19 YO – Watson is the Reds’ second-round pick from last year’s draft out of Trinity Christian Academy in Florida. Has built up consistent velo up to 95 MPH, with a strong curve and slider in the low 80s. Has yet to debut in pro ball but is expected to start 2026 in Low-A Daytona.
Sheng-En Lin – 20 YO – Signed out of Taiwan in 2023, Sheng-En Lin is attempting to follow in Shohei Ohtani’s footsteps and trying to prove he can both pitch and hit in the Majors. His pitching has been great with a 3.06 ERA and 0.93 WHIP in 47 career innings, but the bat has been limited in production with a .172/.348/.310 slash line over 113 plate appearances in the Arizona Complex League this year.
Luke Hulman – 22 YO – Big right-handed starter out of LSU made only two starts in 2025 and was shut down due to elbow surgery. Great fastball-slider one-two punch with a curveball and changeup mixed into his arsenal.
Carlos Jorge – 22 YO – Signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2021, Carlos Jorge plays up the middle positions and was one of the Reds’ most consistent players in Low-A this season.
Zach Maxwell – 24 YO – A hulking 6’6, 275 lbs right-handed reliever who can touch up to 103 MPH on the fastball. Still working on the command of the strike zone, but did make his MLB debut in late August. Could be an effective late-inning reliever if his command comes into fruition.
