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aspects of Reds fandom. The Homer Bailey conversation is easy: he used to be a promising prospect , the front office took a gamble,..."The Scooter Gennett conversation is one of the more frustrating aspects of Reds fandom. The Homer Bailey conversation is easy: he used to be a promising prospect, the front office took a gamble, Bailey got hurt, the end. It sucks, but it’s straightforward.Scooter is: 路Valuable (6.6 bWAR over the last two years), and路A bargain (still in arbitration years), and 路The best 2nd baseman in the franchise, but also路Difficult to project on (a BABIP-fueled season at age 28 suggests relative decline from here on out), and路Due for a big raise in 2019, and 路Potentially blocking Nick Senzel or Dilson Herrera or Shed LongThe two teams that just played for the World Series would know what to do with Gennett. They’d keep him and know that he’d either hold on to 2nd base for one more year or perhaps caddy for one of the youngsters in a super-sub power-off-the-bench role. The teams with no obvious interest in competing for 2019 would know what to do with Gennett. He’d have been gone months ago , in an effort to collect as many lottery tickets as possible.The Reds, instead, are a bit paralyzed. He’s their best option at 2nd base right now, but also not the kind of player who typically carries a huge trade deadline price tag. Rather than go out on a downer note, let’s remember that Scooter is an immensely fun player who did two very positive things in 2018.First, he led all NL second basemen in putouts and double plays turned. For the talk about his weak defense (most especially around his erratic throwing arm), he actually graded out as a league average defender in 2018, driven by his increased number of fielding chances per game. Maybe that’s a blip, but again鈥cooter was a valuable player last year.Which brings us to the second positive note: Gennett posted the following batting line in May, which is not significant from an overall valuation standpoint but is pretty cool to look at all the same鈥?7-for-93 (.398 average), with 6 doubles , 8 homers, and 24 RBI. 1139 OPS. Should we point out the 3 walks that month? We should not.Through two seasons with the Reds, Gennett has a batting line of .303/.351/.508 (124 OPS+), with 50 HR and 189 RBI. He debuts on the all-time Reds list at #227, and also breaks onto the list of the best franchise second basemen, displacing Tony Cuccinello at #15.Top 15 2nd Basemen in Reds history Joe Morgan Bid McPhee Brandon Phillips Lonny Frey Miller Huggins Johnny Temple Ron Oester Hughie Critz Bret Boone Dick Egan Sam Bohne Tommy Helms Pokey Reese Morrie Rath Scooter Gennett Bryce Bush fills out our Top 20. Now, who is the 21st-best prospect in the White Sox system?"WhiteFanposts FanpostsFanshotsSections AnalysisGame RecapsGamethreadsMinorsOffbeatFull ArchiveExclusives South Side Sox Hall of FameCard of the MonthDeep DiveDigitsFlashbackFranchise FactsKnow Your EnemyMost Essential White SoxRace to the BottomSix Pack of StatsSouth Side SnapSouth Side StumperSSS Literary SupplementSuper Stats PackThe Game I’ll Never ForgetTwitterpatingUnder the RadarView From the Other SideWhite Sox on SB Nation HomeStoriesScheduleRosterStatsWhite Sox on Yahoo! HomeDepth ChartTransactionsMasthead MastheadMeet the Players!Links White Sox Web LinksSouth Side Sox standardsCommunity GuidelinesOdds Shop StubHub 鉁昗hite Sox MinorsWhite Sox Prospects2019 South Side Sox Prospect Vote2019 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 21New,1commentBryce Bush fills out our Top 20. Now, who is the 21st-best prospect in the White Sox system?CSTShareTweetShareShare2019 South Side Sox Prospect Vote: Round 21Hidden treasure: Bush, a surprise sign as a low-round pick in 2018, has the fan base excited.Kim Contreras (@Cu_As)/South Side SoxWe started this out trying to get as many names as possible on the ballot , but that only worked for about a dozen rounds before the results started to get a little wonky — no offense, Lincoln Henzman. So we’re back to the traditional five players out for each round, with combined 2018 stats to help you out in your decision-making process. As we count down the SSS Prospect Vote, we’ll be counting up the overall list of Top 100 Prospects, with the SSS poll vote counting as a voice in the order of our official SSS Top 100.Here’s how last year’s prospect vote wrangled out — all 42 picks, with an archive of every article in the 2018 series.A final note: All copy below the poll, unless otherwise noted, comes from wsm’s Deep Dive series. Credit due. YOTH is just running the numbers.Sound cool? Now, get voting!Voting results for Round 20Bryce Bush jumped back onto the ballot and immediately became the No. 20 prospect, with 111 of 221 votes (50.2%) in his first turn in our prospect poll.Note on the table below: “Rounds” refers to the number of ballots on which a player has appeared.2019 South Side Sox Prospect Vote Winners 2019 South Side Sox Prospect Vote Third BasemenMore information on our polling.