Just a quick update for Saturday morning around the Cincinnati Reds farm system.
Calten Daal was placed on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder on Friday in Pensacola. The Blue Wahoos shortstop was hitting .337/.394/.372 on the season in 26 games to go along with four stolen bases. Taking his roster spot is reliever Carlos Gonzalez. The right hander missed the previous eight day (minor league disabled list is just seven days). He’s posted a 1.96 ERA this season with 23 strikeouts and nine walks in 23.0 innings pitched.
The Florida State League announced their All-Star team yesterday and the Daytona Tortugas have two representatives on it. Outfielder Aristides Aquino will represent the position players from the team after hitting .256/.321/.417 with 18 extra-base hits, six steals and eight outfield assists. On the pitching side of things reliever Jimmy Herget will be the Tortugas representative. The right handed relief pitcher has posted a 1.78 ERA this season in 25.1 innings pitched to go along with just eight walks and he has struck out 36 batters while racking up eight saves. Update: RHP Jake Ehret has just now been added to the Florida State League All-Star roster. The reliever has posted a 2.93 ERA in 27.2 innings with seven walks and 30 strikeouts for the Tortugas bullpen while adding on three saves.
Jim Callis released his most recent mock draft over at MLB Pipeline on Friday afternoon. Things stayed the same at the top with the Philadelphia Phillies taking Florida left handed pitcher AJ Puk with the #1 overall selection. Here’s what he has to say about the Reds at the #2 pick:
2. Reds: Nick Senzel, 3B, Tennessee
Unless Philadelphia passes on Puk, Cincinnati will take Senzel. Puerto Rico shortstop Delvin Perez and Lewis also are in the running.
There’s not really much here. Everyone believes that the Reds would take AJ Puk if the Phillies pass on him. It appears that no one has a clue who they would take among three other players if Puk isn’t available to them. Even here, Callis says they will take Tennessee third baseman Nick Senzel. Then adds that, well, maybe they take shortstop Delvin Perez or Mercer outfielder Kyle Lewis.
The draft begins Thursday night. No one has an idea where the team is really leaning at this point. That’s rather unusual this late into the draft season for the #2 spot in the draft. Of course, this is also a strange season in which no one has really separated themselves from the pack.