Tennessee Baseball: Former Vol Nick Senzel is Lighting it Up in Single-A

Former Tennessee baseball third-baseman Nick Senzel is dominating Minor League. The Volunteers star is with the Dayton Dragons, a Cincinnati Reds affiliate.

Just three months ago, Dave Serrano was failing to take a team with Nick Senzel to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth year in a row. But whatever failures he had at the college level, Senzel is dominating his first year in Single-A baseball.

The former Tennessee Vols baseball star, who was the Cincinnati Reds’ top pick in the draft, joined the Dayton Dragons at the very end of last month.

And in his first full month of professional baseball, through 25 games now, he has three home runs and his batting .333 with 87 at-bats. Senzel also has driven in 15 runs, and he already has nine stolen bases.

His OPS is a remarkable 1.013 with a .450 OBP and a .563 slugging percentage, showing that he is a complete five-tool player.

By the end of the year, Senzel will likely be called up again, and he could make the Reds roster in Spring Training at the start of next year.

Although he was not able to win anything for the Vols at the college level, Senzel still has superstar talent and could be an elite player within the next couple of years if things go right for him.

For the last 10 games, the Atlanta, Ga. prospect has even been better, hitting .357 with two home runs and nine RBIs.

Now we get to see as to whether or not that was a fluke, as he begins his second month of professional baseball with the team.