Checking in on Former Twins in Reds Organization

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Twins sent a few prospects to Reds a couple of years ago, 2 are in majors and 1 is in AA.  Figured I would see how they are doing this year.  Spencer Steer, is having a very hot start playing at MVP level in his 15 games. He has played mostly left field, after being mostly a second baseman in minors. He has come out the gate on fire, slashing .346/.477/.673 for OPS 1.150.  He was a good hitter last year, but this year at age 26 looking like we could really use him in our OF over Wallner or Margot.  Steer is not good on defense, but those offense numbers sure make up for that issue. Steers bWAR is 1.2

Christen Encarnacion-Strand(CES) is on the other side of things.  He, just like Steer, has played all 15 games for Reds.  He is slashing .185/.191/.308 for OPS of .499.  He also plays negative defense at first. His bWAR is -0.7.  He has made the most of out his hits, driving in 12 runs on his 12 hits, but striking out at 20 to 1 walk right now.  

Chase Petty is in AA and has made 2 starts.  Neither would be considered good.  4 and 4.1 innings with 2 walks each, a run per inning each, and less than 1 strike out per inning. a WHIP of 2 or more and 3 total HR given up.  Still just SSS but a far cry from what he did all of last year in A ball. He is still very young but that jump from A to AA is know to be a hard one and so far not going well. 

Sure wish Steer was in a Twins uniform with how he is playing right now.  The other 2 this year is nothing to be missing out on.