The Cincinnati Reds have misplaced a little bit little bit of depth within the minor leagues on the outfield place because the crew has launched outfielder Peyton Burdick. When the 2024 season started, Burdick was within the Baltimore Orioles group, however after three weeks in Triple-A to start his season the Orioles positioned him on waivers and the Reds picked him up and optioned him to Louisville.
A month later is when Peyton Burdick made himself identified to the Reds sphere, even when only for a little bit bit. On Might twenty first the Batavia, Ohio native was in Louisville and hit a 500-foot dwelling run.
Whereas it’s “simply” Triple-A, that distance would maintain up because the longest dwelling run of the 2024 skilled baseball season. The longest dwelling run hit within the large leagues in 2024 was 480 toes. Humorous sufficient, that dwelling run was served up by the Reds personal Jakob Junis again in August when Jesus Sanchez and the Miami Marlins hosted Cincinnati – it was the debut in a Reds uniform for Junis and he obtained clobbered as he gave up three runs on six hits in 1.2 innings, however Cincinnati received 10-3 that day.
About six weeks after hitting the longest dwelling run of the yr, the Reds positioned Peyton Burdick on waivers and he went unclaimed. Cincinnati outrighted him to Triple-A. Two weeks after that he wound up on the injured record and didn’t return to the sector for the ultimate two-and-a-half months.
Whereas there was clearly numerous energy potential there for Burdick, he merely didn’t hit all that a lot. He performed in 47 video games for Louisville earlier than damage price him the remainder of the season however when he was wholesome and on the sector he hit simply .189/.291/.341 and he had 80 strikeouts in 189 plate appearances. His outcomes had been related in his 16 video games in Triple-A with Norfolk whereas within the Orioles farm system to start the season.
The 2019 third spherical choose of the Marlins out of Wright State noticed motion within the large leagues with Miami in each 2022 and 2023, taking part in in 46 video games and hitting 5 dwelling runs. In 2024 he didn’t attain the massive leagues with both the Orioles or the Reds.
A launch in December is each unusual and customary. Often with a participant like Burdick if they’re launched in December it’s as a result of they’ve gotten a chance to play abroad someplace and had been granted a launch. Some fast web looking out has not revealed that to be the case at this level, however that doesn’t imply it’s not what occurred – simply that if it has that it hasn’t been reported but. Both method, Burdick isn’t with the Reds anymore and can be new alternatives.
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