Nick Senzel got out to a bit of a slow start in 2017. Through his first 14 games with the Daytona Tortugas he had a .250/.323/.304 line. Over those 62 plate appearances the 2016 #2 overall pick in the draft had just three doubles, no triples and no home runs. The pop hadn’t showed up in the first two weeks of the year.
The Florida State League is the most pitcher friendly league in minor league baseball. Many players struggle to show power in the league due to large ballparks and the Florida weather. Over the final 10 games of the month, Nick Senzel started showing the extra-base power that showed up in Dayton last season. In 43 plate appearances he smacked six doubles and a home run. He’s hit .317/.349/.537 in that span to close out the month.
That has boosted Nick Senzel’s season line to .278/.333/.402 with the second most doubles in the league, nine, and an OPS of .735. The Cincinnati Reds top prospect is trending in the right direction as the calendar flips over to the month of May.
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The Farm System has a winning April
Three of the four teams in the system have a winning record at the end of April. Only the Triple-A Louisville Bats have a losing record, and with how their roster has been decimated with the constant bus running between Triple-A and Cincinnati during the month, it’s not surprising to see them have some struggles at this point.
| Team | Wins | Losses | RS | RA |
| Louisville | 9 | 14 | 88 | 105 |
| Pensacola | 14 | 10 | 72 | 65 |
| Daytona | 13 | 11 | 95 | 99 |
| Dayton | 15 | 9 | 128 | 105 |
| Totals | 51 | 44 | 383 | 374 |