The Cincinnati Reds selected Ty Floyd out of LSU with their second pick of the 1st round (38th overall) in 2023. He would not pitch after the draft that season. He then missed all of the 2024 season after having shoulder surgery. Floyd returned to the mound to begin the 2025 season with Daytona and while he was being limited in his usage, throwing 39-71 pitches in his first seven starts, he was pitching well and had an ERA of 1.46 in those games. But in his 8th start he struggled and gave up six earned in 3.0 innings and was pulled from the game in the top of the 4th inning. He didn’t pitch again in 2025 and he had his UCL repaired last summer (not Tommy John surgery).
Monday night he made his first appearance of the 2026 season. From a numbers standpoint things went well for the now 24-year-old. As things usually go for players who miss a significant amount of time with injury, Floyd began a minor league rehab assignment out in Arizona with the complex level team in Goodyear. He made the start for the ACL Reds as they took on the White Sox. Floyd faced 10 batters and gave up just one hit – a 1st inning infield single on a groundball.
After the single he would strike out the next four batters he faced. The righty didn’t walk a batter and threw 3.0 shutout innings and finished with those four strikeouts he had between the 1st and 2nd innings. There was no public pitch tracking available for this game, so we don’t know how many pitches he threw or how hard he was throwing, or what pitches he was throwing. What we do know is that whatever he was throwing it was good enough on the night to leave the opposing hitters baffled.
Pablo Nunez and Eli Pitts
I did include this information in the game recap from Tuesday, but figured it would be worth sharing again here. Outfielders Pablo Nunez and Eli Pitts have not yet played this season despite the complex league getting started nearly two weeks ago. Nunez is coming off of a season with the Dominican Summer League Reds where he hit .327/.542/.413 with 41 walks and just six strikeouts. He also played in the Australian Baseball League over the winter and hit .331/.446/.374 there with more walks than strikeouts. Pitts was the Reds 6th round pick last year out of high school and didn’t play following the draft.
Both guys are currently injured and are working their way through their rehab process. Nunez is dealing with some back discomfort. Pitts is having some leg issues. I was not given a timetable for a return on either player.