Four days ago Jason Linden reported that Nick Senzel was on the field in Louisville running before the game. After the game he reported that manager Dick Schoefield said that he was getting close to heading out on a rehab assignment. That was on May 13th.
Yesterday Mark Sheldon of Reds.com reported that Nick Senzel was heading to Arizona to begin his rehab. For the three of you reading this who may not have seen, Senzel was dealing with another bout of vertigo. He last played on May 3rd when he left the game after his first at-bat. Here’s what Dick Williams said to Sheldon:
“There’s been improvement, enough to go to Arizona and keep progressing,” Reds president of baseball operations Dick Williams said. “He’ll do a little more baseball activity — ground balls, running and eventually get into some games.”
There’s not exactly a timeline for when he could return to Triple-A and rejoin the Bats. It’s going to come down to how things progress out in Goodyear.
This article has been updated. It originally had an entirely different section to it on quotes made by Robert Stephenson, but I decided to create a separate post about that as it seemed to warrant it’s own discussion.