The Reds stashed Nick Senzel in the Minor Leagues to start the season with the expectation he wouldn't spend much time there. An injury pushed back the initial timeline, but the plan has come to fruition, with the top Reds prospect expected to make his Major League debut on Friday against the

It seems like Josh VanMeter can't stop hitting home runs.The Cincinnati infield prospect belted a grand slam, a three-run shot and a solo blast in Triple-A Louisville's 15-4 rout of Toledo on Monday. The prodigious night -- the first of VanMeter's career -- upped his International League-leading total to 11

Nick Senzel's next crack at earning a big league spot with the Reds begins Tuesday.The top Reds prospect will make his season debut with Triple-A Louisville when the Bats open a three-game series with Durham at Louisville Slugger Field, MLB.com reported. The newly converted outfielder has been sidelined since March 25,

The Reds wanted to see more of Nick Senzel in the outfield before giving him an everyday job in the Majors. But the club might not see much of its top prospect at all now to begin the season.Senzel left Monday's Minor League game with a right ankle injury he

Nick Senzel won't be the Reds' Opening Day center fielder.The Reds reassigned their top prospect to Minor League camp on Friday after he tried to win the starting Major League spot this spring, the club announced.

Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2019 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization.Major League-ready: Nick Senzel, OFHad

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Top Reds prospectNick Senzel is no stranger to change. MLB.com's No. 6 overall prospect and the second overall pick in the 2016 Draft joined the organizaton as a third baseman with one of the best bats in his class.

It's the most frequently fielded question at MiLB.com and other prospect sites and publications.When is he getting called up?

With the 2019 season rapidly approaching, MiLB.com is looking at the state of all 30 farm systems over the next month and ranking them in several different ways. The first installment, broken into three parts, focuses on position players and considers the quality and quantity of top talent in each

Pitchers and catchers are coming, pitchers and catchers are coming.One of the most optimistic times of the year arrived Sunday when pitchers and catchers reported to Oakland Athletics camp in Mesa, Arizona, officially beginning Spring Training in 2019. Most other tandems will report Tuesday and Wednesday with position players coming

This is the fourth in a six-part Toolshed series that uses FanGraphs' Steamer600 projections to look at how prospects would fare over a full Major League season in 2019. The system bases its forecast on 600 plate appearances for position players, 450 plate appearances for catchers, 200 innings for starting

The future of the Reds will be on full display in Goodyear, Arizona beginning next month.The Reds extended non-roster invitations to Major League Spring Training camp to their top two prospects, Nick Senzel and Taylor Trammell. They are the biggest names among the 18 listed invitees, as announced by the

It may be the offseason, but Nick Senzel's 2018 calendar year has gotten even rougher. The Reds' top prospect will undergo surgery to remove two bone spurs in his left elbow, forcing Senzel to miss four to six weeks, though he's expected to be fully healthy when he reports to Spring

Even before he suffered a season-ending injury last week, Louisville infielder Nick Senzel admitted that 2018 has been a difficult season."It's been a tough year -- probably the most challenging year I've had in the Minor Leagues," he said a week before the injury while he and the Bats were

A once promising season for Nick Senzel is coming to a premature end. The top-ranked Reds prospect will undergo season-ending surgery next week to repair a torn tendon in his right index finger that he suffered in Friday night's game with Triple-A Louisville, the parent club announced Saturday morning. 

Throughout his tenure as a professional, Nick Senzel had the profile of a prototypical No. 3 batter with too much power to hit at the top of the order. Less than two weeks after a move to the leadoff spot for Triple-A Louisville, Cincinnati's top prospect is showing that home

Theme of the dayA big day for the Eastern League -- There was no more exciting circuit Tuesday than the Eastern League. Tigers No. 5 prospectJake Rogersconnected on three homers for Double-A Erie. Blue Jays No. 30 prospect Jon Harristossed six hitless innings for New Hampshire with No. 9 overall

While the Reds continue to experiment with top prospect Nick Senzel at different defensive positions, their latest idea of slotting him at the top of Triple-A Louisville's lineup is already yielding great results.MLB.com's No. 5 overall prospect doubled in his first four-hit game in the International League as the Bats rolled past Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,

For the second time in the past nine months, Nick Senzel was put on the seven-day disabled list with vertigo.The move was made retroactive to Sunday, when complaints of dizziness forced the Cincinnati's top prospect to exit Triple-A Louisville's game in Norfolk after one at-bat. Senzel also battled vertigo last

Reds fans probably spent the better part of the last 48 hours holding their collective breath after watching Nick Senzel leave Saturday's game with an injury to his left arm. The 22-year-old missed Sunday's contest, but his appearance in Monday's lineup surely eased some of the concern.His first at-bat did

Top Reds prospectNick Senzel injured his left shoulder while trying to field a ground ball Saturday and left Triple-A Louisville's game against Toledo in the sixth inning.Playing second base, Senzel dove to his left in an attempt to field a ball off the bat of Mud Hens designated hitter Chad

Amid questions of how ready he is for the Major Leagues and when he'll get there, Nick Senzel shook off an 0-for-7 slump to deliver his best offensive performance of the season on Friday night.The top Reds prospect went 3-for-4 with a homer, a walk, three RBIs and two runs

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Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2018 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization.Major League-ready: Nick Senzel, 3B/INFSenzel

Ronald Acuña Jr. may be ranked as the No. 2 overall prospect in baseball, but this spring, he played like No. 1.Now he'll put on the finishing touches back in the Minor Leagues, though, as the Braves reassigned the outfielder Monday. Meanwhile, No. 7 overall prospect Nick Senzel will continue