Nicholas Peter Senzel (sen-ZELL)...Graduated from Farragut (Tenn.) High School and attended the University of Tennessee...Was a semifinalist for the 2016 Golden Spikes Award...Was the MVP of the Cape Cod League in 2015.
2023
Hit a career-high 13 home runs and matched a career-high with 42 RBI in 104 games...Hit .347 with a .619 slugging percentage against left-handed pitching...Nine of his 13 home runs were off left-handed pitchers...Named National League Player of the Week April 30 after leading National League hitters in batting average, RBI and runs scored...He hit .476 (10-for-21) with a double, two homers, nine RBI, four walks, three strikeouts, one stolen base and eight runs scored in six games during the week...Finished strong, hitting .333 (15-for-45) with a double, three homers, four RBI, one walk and 10 runs scored in his final 19 games of the season...He hit safely in 12 of the 19 games...Saw action at third base (57 G), left field (23 G), center field (18 G), right field (18 G), second base (6 G) and designated hitter (4 G).
2022
Beginning 9/21 missed the last 14 games of the season with a sesamoid fracture in his left great toe suffered on 9/20 vs Bos while trying to make a catch against the outfield wall...Was transferred to the 60-day injured list on 9/23, when RHP Connor Overton was reinstated from the 60-day IL... In August was bothered by tightness in both hamstrings...from 8/15-8/17 missed three games with right hamstring tightness...from 8/26-8/28 missed three games with left hamstring tightness...Had two stints on the injured list with illness...from 5/4-5/22 missed 17 games...from 4/13-4/18 missed six games but spent just two of those days on the injured list (4/16-4/17)... Made 98 starts in CF, five starts at DH (last, 9/13/g2 vs Pit) and one start at 3B...On 8/25 at Phi, made his third career start at 3B (5/16/21 at Col, 5/17/21 vs SF)...Also made one appearance at 2B following an in-game injury to India (8/24 at Phi)...In the 2-1 win on 5/31 at Bos, was a late addition to the starting lineup after Tommy Pham was scratched with left calf discomfort...made his only career start batting third in the order and went 0-for-4...15 times in his career, including nine times in 2022, reached first base on catcher's interference (last, 8/20 at Pit, C Tyler Heineman)... In the 20-5 win on 5/26 vs Cubs, for the first time in his career reached base safely in six plate appearances (4 singles, 2 walks, 3 runs)...tied his career high with four hits...In the 10th inning of the 2-1 win on 7/8 vs TB produced his first Major League sacrifice bunt in his 838th career plate appearance...sent to third base pinch runner Mark Kolozsvary, who two batters later scored on Matt Wisler's game-ending balk...was Senzel's second professional sac bunt, his first since his 2016 debut season (9/2/16 for Class A Dayton vs Lake County)... In the 10-inning, 5-4 win on 7/9 vs TB produced the first walkoff hit and RBI of his career (RBI-single off Calvin Faucher).
2021
Didn't play for the Reds after 5/17...missed the last 123 games of the season with a left knee injury that led to arthroscopic surgery on 5/28 to clean out cartilage on the undersurface of the patella...On 5/21 went on the 10-day Injured List...on 6/13 was transferred to the 60-day injured list...From 7/30-8/14 made 10 rehabilitation appearances for Louisville (7gs in CF, 2gs at SS, 1gs at DH, .286, 3 2b, 1 3b, 2rbi) before he was reinstated from the 60-day IL and optioned to Louisville on 8/15...On 8/19, because of the accumulation of fluid in his left knee and without making an appearance in a game for Louisville, his 8/15 option was reversed and he was returned to the 60-day injured list...spent the rest of the season at the Reds' player development complex in Goodyear...Made 36 appearances and 29 starts (29g/21gs in CF, 8g/6gs at 2B, 3g/2gs at 3B)...were his first career starts at 2B and his first career appearances at 3B..Made his first 17 starts of the season in CF...beginning 4/30 made six starts at 2B, four starts in CF and two starts at 3B...On 5/7 at Cle started at 2B in Wade Miley's no-hitter...was his sixth Major League appearance and third career start at that position...Hit safely in 10 of his last 14 appearances for the Reds (16-52, .308, 1 2b, 1hr, 5rbi, .357obp), a stretch that included a four-hit game in the 8-0 loss on 4/28 at LAD that tied his career-high and his only home run of the season (2-run off Jake Arrieta, 4/30 vs Cubs)...In that game on 4/28 at LAD become only the second Reds batter with three hits in a game off Clayton Kershaw (Brandon Phillips, 8/22/2010) and the third player at that point of the season to collect three hits in a game off Kershaw (Trea Turner, Chris Owings)...From 4/11-4/20 went 0-for-21, the longest hitless stretch of his career...the skid followed a four-game stretch in which he produced eight hits in a span of 13 at-bats...With two outs in the ninth inning of the 10-inning, 3-2 win on 4/17 vs Cle pinch ran for Max Schrock, who reached on Josh Naylor's error, and scored the tying run on Jesse Winker's single...remained in the game to make his first career appearance at 3B.
2020
With two outfield assists shared the team lead with Shogo Akiyama... From 8/19-9/13, missed 27 games (12-15) while on the injured list...from 9/1-9/12 rehabbed at the alternate training site... Returned to the lineup on 9/14 and helped the Reds win 10 of their last 13 games to earn their first Postseason berth since 2013... On 9/14 was reinstated from the injured list and was designated the 29th player for that day's doubleheader... in Game 1 started in CF (0-3) in his first appearance for the Reds since 8/14 vs Pit...didn't play in the nightcap, but following the doubleheader sweep was added to the 28-man roster... In the sixth inning of the 4-3 win in Game 1 of the doubleheader sweep on 8/2 at Det, singled off Carson Fulmer for his 100th Major League hit... Started in CF in both games of the Reds' series sweep loss at Atl in the Wild Card Series.
2019
In his Major League debut made 92 starts, all in CF, and 104 appearances overall...With 12 HR and 14 stolen bases, became the first Reds player with at least 10 HR and 10 SB in his Major League debut season since Chris Sabo had 11 HR and 46 steals in his 1988 Rookie of the Year season...Didn't debut until 5/3 but still ranked among the National League rookie leaders in outfield assists (4, T3rd), walks (T6th), stolen bases (8), doubles (T8th), multi-hit games (28, T8th), runs scored (9th) and extra-base hits (36, T9th)...Led the Reds in starts in CF (92) and in starts batting leadoff (62)... tied Yasiel Puig for the team lead in stolen bases (14)...Because of a right shoulder injury did not start any of the Reds' last 23 games of the season and, while not on the injured list, was unavailable to play the last 19 games...Made his last start of the season on 9/3 vs Phi...on 9/4 was scratched with right shoulder soreness...pinch hit on 9/5...pinch ran on 9/6...pinch ran on 9/7, his last appearance of the year...An MRI on 9/6 revealed a tear in the labrum of his right shoulder... had surgery on 9/24...Is the only player in Reds history, and one of only 22 players in Major League history, to produce three HR in his first four Major League appearancess...Produced three leadoff HR (5/6 vs SF off Drew Pomeranz, 6/12 at Cle off Zach Plesac, 8/17 vs StL off Miles Mikolas)...Zack Cozart (4 in 2012) and Drew Stubbs (3 in 2009) are the only other Reds rookies with at least three leadoff HR in a season...On 5/3 was promoted from Louisville and that night vs SF made his Major League debut, started in CF and batted second in the order (1-5, 2bb, 1r)...Recorded his first career hit in his Major League debut (single off Tony Watson), his first HR in his second appearance (solo off Dereck Rodr¨ªguez), his first stolen base in his third game and both his first career leadoff HR (off Drew Pomeranz) & first career two-homer game in his fourth appearance...On 5/4 vs SF, in the fifth inning homered behind Derek Dietrich as the second of back-to-back HR off Dereck Rodr¨ªguez...became the first Reds batter to homer in his first or second career appearance since Drew Stubbs did it in his second game on 8/20/09 vs SF, also at GABP...In the 12-4 win on 5/6 produced his first career leadoff HR (Drew Pomeranz) and his first career multi-homer game (both off Pomeranz)...Reached base safely in each of his first 16 appearances at Great American Ball Park, a streak snapped on 6/2 vs Wsh (20-68, .294, 4hr, 7rbi, .364obp)...was the longest such home streak by a Reds player to start his career since Drew Stubbs reached base safely in each his first 25 appearances at GABP spanning the 2009 and 2010 seasons...From 5/3, the date of his promotion, through 6/8 started in CF in 32 consecutive games and played every inning...that 32-game streak of consecutive starts was the longest by any Reds player this season and was snapped on 6/9 at Phi, but in the seventh inning of that 4-3 win he pinch hit, singled and then scored the go-ahead run before playing the last 3 innings in CF...In the 10-2 win on 5/26 at Cubs had three hits and four runs scored...became the first Reds batter since at least 1908 to score four runs in a game within his first 21 career appearances and the first Reds leadoff hitter with four runs in a game since Billy Hamilton did it on 5/5/17 vs SF...In the 17-9 win on 7/13 at Coors Field produced a career-high four hits, including a double and two triples, and fell a home run shy of the cycle...Went hitless on 6/2 vs Wsh, snapping his season-high nine-game hitting streak (14-41, .341, 5 2b, 1hr, 5rbi, .378obp) and a 20-game on-base streak that tied Joey Votto's for the longest by a Reds hitter in 2019 (26-86, .302, 6 2b, 2 3b, 1hr, 8rbi, 4sb, .358obp)...In the eighth and ninth innings of the 12-5 loss on 8/8 vs Cubs, as a part of a double switch made his only Major League appearance at 2B...On 9/1/night at StL snapped a season-high 0-for-17 skid (8/28-9/1) with a solo HR off Daniel Ponce De Leon...Was one of five Reds players to make his Major League debut (IF/OF Josh VanMeter, OF Brian O'Grady, RHP Jimmy Herget, RHP Joel Kuhnel)...Began the season on Louisville's injured list with a right ankle sprain suffered on 3/25 during a spring training game in Goodyear...came off the IL on 4/23 and made eight appearances for the Bats before he was promoted on 5/3...Participated in his second straight Major League spring training camp as a non-roster invitee...in 12 spring training appearances for the Reds hit .308 (6 2b, 3rbi, 4sb)...was reassigned to minor league camp on 3/22, just two days before the Reds broke camp...Entered the season rated 10th on Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list.
2018
On 6/28 had season-ending surgery to reduce a fracture in his right index finger...there was no damage to the tendon in that finger...on 10/16 had arthroscopic surgery to clean out bone spurs in his left elbow...prior to that elbow surgery played LF and CF during the Reds' instructional league games...suffered the finger injury on 6/22 while playing for Class AAA Louisville...when injured ranked fifth in the International League in hitting and finished his season with an active 11-game hitting streak (22-50, .440)...from 5/8-5/28 also was disabled with symptoms of vertigo...for the Bats played 2B (28g), 3B (14g) and SS (1g)...on 4/30 vs Columbus hit an inside-the-park home run..was the organization's Player of the Month for June (19g, .387, 8 2b, 3hr, 16rbi, 3sb, .434obp, .613slg, 1.047ops)...following the season was rated by Baseball America the best player in the organization, the International League's best defensive second baseman and the IL's sixth-best prospect overall...entered the season rated by Baseball America and MLB.com the best prospect in the organization...was a non-roster invitee to 2018 Major League spring training camp, his first.
2017
In 119 appearances at Class A Daytona and Class AA Pensacola combined to hit .321 with 40 doubles, 3 triples, 14 HR, 65 RBI and 14 stolen bases...received the Sheldon "Chief" Bender Award as the organization's Minor League Player of the Year, was a Baseball America All-Star, Southern League Player of the Week for 8/7-8/13 (5g, .522, 4hr, 9rbi, 1.690ops) and participated in both the Florida State League All-Star Game and SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game...was the organization's Player of the Month for August (22g, .359, 4 2b, 6hr, 16rbi, 4sb, 1.092ops)...following the season was rated by Baseball America the second-best prospect in the Southern League and fourth-best prospect in the Florida State League...also was rated the FSL's best batting prospect and best defensive third baseman...among all Reds minor leaguers was rated best hitter for average and infielder with the best arm...among all Reds minor leaguers ranked second in hitting (.321) and fourth in RBI (65).
2016
Following the season was rated by Baseball America the top prospect in the Midwest League and by MiLB.com the top prospect in the organization and 43rd-best prospect overall...was an MiLB.com Organization All-Star...made his professional debut on 6/17 for Billings vs Missoula and went 2-for-3 with a run scored, 2 RBI and a stolen base...was hit by a pitch in his first plate appearance...at Class A Dayton, his .567 slugging percentage and ratio of extra-base hits per game (.57) were the highest marks in franchise history for a player with at least 50 appearances.
