Trammell, 21, said he is not close to being satisfied with his progress.
"Every aspect of my game I can get better at whether it's baserunning, hitting, fielding, throwing," he said. "Of course I'm very excited to be a professional baseball player, but I'm nowhere near what I want to be in my career … yet."
The questions that surround Trammell are position and arm strength.
“A lot of people talk about my arm,” he said. “First of all, it’s gotten a lot better. It wasn’t anything strength wise. It was mechanical wise the way I was throwing the ball. It’s gotten much, much better.”
Trammell has split time between left field and center field. He expects that practice to continue this season.
“I’m happy wherever,” he said. “You can put me in right, you can put me in right-center, in left-center, I don’t care. Put me in the lineup and I’m happy.”
Loving camp: Stephenson, the Reds' top catching prospect, got ready for this season at the major-league camp along with Trammell and Santillan.
“It was a good experience to be with the new staff, and getting to spend some time with the new catching coach JR House — he’s a great guy,” Stephenson said. “It was just an awesome experience and hoping I can be up there a few more times.”
Stephenson said he learned more about preparation and how each player has a specific routine and sticks with it. He also got to spend more time with Reds starting catcher Tucker Barnhart.
“It was great to be around Tucker a lot more and just learn from him,” he said.
Stephenson was a first-round pick by the Reds out of high school in 2015. He played with the Dragons in 2016 and ‘17.
“Being younger you want to be in and out of everything so quick — everything’s a learning experience,” he said. “Especially this year there’s a bunch of young guys, especially on the pitching staff, that we’ll learn a lot. Each level you try to continue to grow and become a better player. You’re going to fail, it’s the nature of the game, so you just have to be patient with it all.”
Hit streak king: Siri was happy to be Dayton on the alumni team. In the summer 2017, he had one of the most memorable stays a player has had in Dayton. He set the Midwest League hitting streak record at 39 games.
“The hitting streak was unbelievable,” he said while sitting in the home dugout. “I liked it a lot, so I’m happy for being here now.”
Siri, 23, split time between Class A Daytona and AA Pensacola — the Reds’ former AA city — and batted .229 with a .300 on-base percentage and hit 13 homers.
“I’m ready to go to the MLB,” he said. “I’m just working hard.”
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