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Tennessee baseball: Cincinnati Reds promote former Vols 3B Nick Senzel from Class A Advanced Daytona to Double-A Pensacola

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 12, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers mascot carries the flag through the fans during Vol Walk prior to the game against the Oklahoma Sooners at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 12, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers mascot carries the flag through the fans during Vol Walk prior to the game against the Oklahoma Sooners at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports /
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Cincinnati promoted former Tennessee Volunteers third baseman Nick Senzel from the Minor League Baseball Class A Advanced Daytona Tortugas to AA Pensacola.

Despite playing during a bad period under Dave Serrano, Nick Senzel became one of the best Tennessee Vols baseball players in history. His efforts allowed him to be drafted second overall by the Reds in last year’s MLB Draft.

And now, he’s being promoted to the Double-A Blue Wahoos, according to a report by C. Trent Rosecrans of The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Promoted alongside Shed Long, spent 2016 with the Dayton Dragons and the Billings Mustangs, and he has spent this year with the Dayton Tortugas, all in Single-A.

For his career, he has 149 hits for a .305 batting average in 246 at-bats with 11 home runs, 71 RBIs, 82 runs, 27 stolen bases, and an .880 OPS with a .385 on-base-percentage and a .495 slugging percentage.

Senzel played at Tennessee from 2014 to 2016 and earned All-American honors his final year, when he had 74 hits in 210 at-bats for a .352 average with eight home runs, 59 RBIs, 25 stolen bases on 29 attempts, 57 runs scored, and an amazing 1.051 OPS due to a .456 on-base-percentage and a .595 slugging percentage.

For his college career, he had 196 hits in 591 at-bats for a .332 average with 13 home runs, 126 RBIs, 46 stolen bases on 56 attempts, 127 runs scored, and a .934 OPS due to a .426 on-base-percentage and a .508 slugging percentage.

Given this year’s draft, when four Tennessee Vols were taken, and Senzel being promoted, one thing is clear.

Dave Serrano’s system of small-ball may not have worked in the SEC, but he still produced quite a bit of professional talent with that style.

It just never transitioned onto the field.

Senzel is showing that more than anybody else right now.

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