Last night I got a message that Jose Siri was on his way to join the Daytona Tortugas. This morning, Chris Boyle of the Daytona Beach News Journal also heard the news and reported it.
Jose Siri hasn’t played a game this season. During spring training with the Major League club he injured his thumb during the first spring training game. He chased a fly ball deep into dead center and collided with the wall trying to make the play. There was plenty of time just allowing the injury to heal. By mid-April he was doing some work in the batting cages. On April 30th he began to play in games in extended spring training. Reports were that he looked good out in Goodyear while rehabbing, hitting multiple home runs in his week+ of playing time.
The original plan was to send the 22-year-old Jose Siri to join the Pensacola Blue Wahoos to begin the 2018 season. He hit .293/.341/.530 for the Dayton Dragons last season, with 59 extra-base hits and 46 steals. Then he played in the Dominican Winter League, hitting .321/.349/.500 in 84 plate appearances. However, the injury to start the spring got in the way of that plan. The missed time probably makes it a better idea to send him to Daytona and let him get into the groove of things there. The bigger question is how long will the center fielder remain in Daytona if he plays well? I’d guess it would be a short stay if that happens.