First baseman Beau Mills, the 13th overall selection in the 2007 draft, was traded from the Indians to the Reds for cash considerations Thursday night, ending his disappointing stint in the Cleveland system.
Mills, the son of then Red Sox coach and now Astros manager Brad Mills, was viewed as a potential 25- or 30-homer guy when the Indians selected him out of Lewis-Clark State, but he was a disappointment right away, finishing at .261/.337/.424 with just six homers in 245 at-bats in his pro debut in A ball in 2007. Through six years, he’s a lifetime .267/.330/.444 hitter with 76 homers in 2,146 at-bats.
Mills is 25 now and has very little defensive value, so he’s going to have to bash if he’s ever going to get an opportunity in the majors. He’ll begin his Reds career at Double-A Pensacola.
