Promising Reds’ outfielder Nick Senzel has hired the Scott Boras Corporation as representation, tweets Jon Heyman of MLB Network. The 24-year-old remains two seasons from arbitration eligibility.
The former University of Tennessee star and second overall pick made his MLB debut in 2019. He tallied 404 unremarkable plate appearances (.256/.315/.427), although he did expand his defensive profile. A third baseman in Knoxville, Senzel added the keystone to his resume in the minors. Last season, he moved to center field, where he logged all 92 of his MLB starts. He figures to stick in center now that the Reds have inked Mike Moustakas to join Eugenio Suárez on the roster.
Senzel hasn’t wowed to the extent some may have hoped, but he remains a key long-term asset for the Cincinnati organization. A former consensus top ten prospect, he comes with six seasons of team control. He’ll first need to bounce back from season-ending shoulder surgery; at last check, the Reds were “optimistic” he’d be a full go in 2020.
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Ok. Why does this need to be a story, let alone on a rumors site?
Because it’s baseball related. Maybe you should check out Ranker to meet your needs?
You first, bleacherreport guy
Thank you!
Because we all clicked on it and commented so it did its job.
Senzel hires the most famous agent in pro sports. It’s news. Especially with the kind of offseason Boras has had.
give me the kind of off-season that destroys the sport
Why must you comment on something you don’t care about? They do it all the time with stories like agency changes. Don’t like it? Don’t comment. Plain and simple
I know. It’s super frustrating. I come here for baseball *rumors* and not baseball *facts*.
This fact can effects the rumors. Maybe the Indians would be less inclined to trade for him.
maybe some people to this would rather enjoy the sport then be constantly reminded of the greed to goes into it
I will never understand people that complain about what articles are posted here and that a specific piece of news is unworthy. If it’s not interesting to you scroll to the next article
it’s called thinking
Slow news day?
It’s the off season between the winter meetings and spring training after the top free agents have signed. They are all slow news days.
Jeff Todd will be along shortly to write an article about the highest WAR among hitters with at least three vowels in their last name, so we just have to wait a little while longer.
He was previously with Wasserman.
Bad year for Wasserman. Losing Bauer and Senzel.
Mr 1 year wonder, no multi-year deal Bauer is the last person id want to represent.
I’d be happy to represent Bauer. Of course, my standards aren’t as high as yours Darkside …
You’re right he’d be a pain, but he could still demand a fairly lucrative deal.
Gotta fill time until Josh Donaldson resigns with the Braves later today.
4 yrs, 80 million?
He’s getting traded to Cleveland
Sounds like mafia code for getting whacked
Comment of the day!
Good one
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Thanks guys
why did you send that then? He ain’t missed a meal yet.
Reds need to trade him, cause they wont be able to afford him much longer.
Won’t be able to afford his medical bill. Dude is made of glass. Ship him off to someone else’s DL/IL please!
this has absolutely nothing to do with the cost of him until he’s a free agent
So Mr Glass skips through arbitration right to free agency?
He’s paid whether he’s on the field or on the DL. How is his cost not a burden when he’s not producing but still getting paid.
Please enlighten me…
he’s going to play center field. it’s not a video game
Looking more and more like he’ll soon be changing uniforms. Looking like he may end up in Cleveland, with Lindor heads to Cincinnati. Happens prior to Christmas i bet. Stay tuned…..
The Reds would be foolish to give up five years of Senzel for two years of Lindor.
Its actually 6 years of Nick.
I would give up Six years of Nick, but not much more.
Maybe Galvis.
This is highly unlikely given Indians’ return demands for him, which will likely be much more than Senzel, whether it is warranted or not. Plus, why would the Reds give up that much control with his potential for an almost-free-agent with far less control and far more expensive?
They would give it up because you have a proven talent in Lindor, whereas Senzel has a lot to prove. That, combined with the fact that small market teams only have a half open window to strike in, make it necessary to make these type of moves. They won’t be able to maintain this pitching staff for long, so they have to be aggressive. I’d rather see them center a package around Aquino, but they need to do what they need to do to get this done. I wouldn’t hesitate to put Greene in there either, Lodolo would be the only one I would say no to…
Yeah, nope, I still don’t see it. I respect your opinion and understand your reasoning, but I don’t believe it will happen for a variety of reasons. Time will tell by I see Lindor being traded next year, if he’s traded at all. I’ve heard much news about Indians trading him before tomorrow, but I’m not buying it. Anyway, good luck, maybe your team gets him –
We know how these things go, we can all speculate all we want…lol…just have to wait and see!
so you want to trade our center fielder and our right fielder
That’s not what I said. I said I would rather see a package centered around Aquino…
it since I wasn’t our only center fielder it would be a good opportunity to try to win. but we simply don’t have anyone else to play in Center and if we trade for Lindor we don’t have the pieces or payroll room to get one
If they have to include Senzel, then they need to sign Dickerson. He’s played CF and I’d have no issue with him being out there. Winker and Ervin platoon in LF and Aquino in right. Lindor would cost them 16+ mill next year and we could probably get Dickerson 2/24. The key here is how much they are willing to spend and trade off. We just don’t know. But they have spoken with Dickersons camp with the last 5 days.
Stay Tuned is an under appreciated 80s comedy
90s*
Zero chance at extending, use him for 3 – 4 years and then he hopefully turns into a solid tradable asset.
Or now!
He tallied 404 unremarkable plate appearances.
Yep, time to change agents.
Amazes me how pissy some of you get when a player does anything in their own best interest.
For the owners it’s a business, for the players they must do it for the love of the game. Or at least that’s how some see it.
Sounds like something a slave trader may say in the 1700s.
? You lost me on the slave analogy…..For something analogous to your comment: Jacoby Ellsbury not getting paid is like the Jews being massacred by Hitler. It doesn’t track dude.
No corrective lenses tonight, Mr Papagiorgio?
No, sir, none needed. Just lost on the slave owner analogy. I’d like to hear the explanation…. I love learning, and I just think that may cross a bit of a line for some, without more context.
If that response wasn’t for me, I apologize.
Dynamite, are you talking about Wilford? Your reply went under Sky14…. maybe that is the misunderstanding???
All I’m saying is that throughout history, powers that be who hold all the cards and collect the plethora of the gold excel at getting one class of people to bicker at another and to say silly things like “they should do it for [whatever misguided reason], it’s tantamount to “do as you’re told, boy”.
I understand your perspective but I don’t think that’s what he was implying. Saying players should love the game is not mutually inclusive with do as your told. I think he was referring to the motivating factors… slavery was a bit extreme, but thank you for explaining your reasoning. I may actually change my username to papa Giorgio…. quite appropriate for a Bronx personality.
it’s amazing how Petty some of you get on people just point out the disgusting greed in America
Crap. Well there goes any sort of extension. I say deal him now for Lindor! Might as well have a guaranteed star for a few years.
Can you imagine if Cleveland had that same mindset about Franky 6 years ago? One in the hand, one in the bush?
I’ll never understand why people get so salty when someone changes agencies like this..
Because they think if they side with the billionaire class they may get a crumb tossed their way someday.
exactly
Jealous because they are broke, some people can’t stand for others to prosper. Low life’s will always be that way!
Billionaires would love to eliminate your job and strip you of your assets. And you admire them. BWAHAHAHA!
I believe it’s two sides of the same coin. To expound upon my analogy for the pro-owners, I think it is more about how the conceptualization of making someone do something with their money, i.e. pay someone they may not want to, goes against the grain of capitalism at its core. People view this as a microcosm of economic philosophy, imho.
For those that side with the players, I think it is more about the game than economic philosophy most of the time.
that’s f****** hilarious. let me guess you’re rich or plan on being. lol it’s called basic human decency making sure others have enough to eat before others have billions. you should try it sometime Ebenezer
Kinda harsh on him after 1 year. He quickly ascended to the majors. A setback and adjustment period is expected. I hate it when they are moved up a tad to quick during “rebuilds” because it always hurts the player. Swanson for the Braves is a good example. Progressed quicker than he prob should have. He’s finally showing some things to be a little excited for… but I’m not sure he’s gonna even hot that potential we were hoping for
Good point. Development is often an overlooked factor when considering the rookie performance of players considered to be top-level prospects.
The Indians will take the Dodgers trade now. They will want no part of a Nick Senzel – Scott Boras partnership
That was my thought. Or, the demand from Cincinnati just went up a bit.
You know Senzel doesn’t play for either the Dodgers or the Indians. Sooo….. did you mean the Reds will take a trade deal?
*****Insert generic slow news day / why is this news comment*****
This changes everything!
Cleveland gets Senzel, India, Galvis and a pitching prospect
Cincy gets Lindor and DeSheilds
Agreed, sounds about right. Red’s get a star, game changing player in Lindor and a speedy, good defending bonifed Center fielder.
So they got Deshields for trade bait? Alot better pieces you could use I imagine.
I just tossed it out there as a possibility in the event that Senzel is a must in the trade. If Senzel goes, that leaves the Reds with a glaring hole in CF with only Jankowski on the roster as a true CF. And I see the Indians, if they are even remotely serious about trading Lindor, pretty much demanding Senzel as the centerpiece. Name a decent CF in free agency. So that pretty much means if Senzel goes, the only realistic available option to replace him is via trade. Cleveland has a surplus of OFs and it’s not like DeShields would be the starter anyway. And I’m not remotely convinced that Cleveland would be willing to part with “a better piece”. Maybe I’m wrong.
not only that but there’s not a lot of guys in Center to be traded for and if we trade Lindor we’re going to be getting our farm and expanding our payroll to the point we can’t afford it
That is NOT happening
Reds2010 – Why in the world would the Reds make that trade? You’re replacing a weak hitting SS (career OPS+ of 82) with a weak hitting CF (career OPS+ of 76). AND it costs you controllable years, a top 5 prospect in India, and a pitching prospect. The Reds can’t replace the Senzel of 2019, much less what he will almost certainly grow into (he was the best hitter in his draft). Senzel can’t be traded for just two years of Lindor.
Because the Reds are starving for offense and want to win….now. Adding Lindor goes a long way toward making the Reds the favorite in the NL Central. But, to be clear, I was trying to come up with a trade that would satisfy Cleveland’s almost certain asking price and still help the Reds accomplish what they want to do.
If Cincy has a shot at landing a game changing player, they almost have to roll the dice and do it. Those chances don’t come along that often. Can you seriously say that adding Miley and Moustakas takes the Reds from last place to 1st?
All that being said, I don’t think it WILL happen. I think Lindor is going to stay right where he is and the Reds will shift their focus to signing an OF bat…probably Ozuna, roll with Senzel and Galvis and finish 3rd or 4th in the Central behind the usual suspects…depending on what moves the Cubs and Brewers have yet to make.
If Senzel had stuck with his previous hitting style and hit .280+ like he was before the org made him change; then not gotten hurt playing a position he had never played before last season while the club used a garbage rotation at the position (2B) he had been developed to play – the media and MLB fans would have realized his upside. But the Reds did what they always do. So good for Nick with the signing with Boras.
You’re right about that batting stance. That kind of move with a top prospect will make you a one and done batting coach…ask Turner Ward…
I think changing the greatest hitter of the Decades batting style had much more of a warning to turn towards ridiculous style then Nick senzel. first of all shame on Votto for even listening to this clown.. he should have really known better. Joey’s never going to be the Joey he was but I do expect to have a bit of a bounce back
Point taken, but you can also add Senzel to that list right behind Joey.
well I was planning on getting a his jersey. not now
Scott Boras vs the world