For the first time in three years, it seems unlikely that the Reds will select a right-hander from Wake Forest with their first pick.

On its face, a three-game set in steamy July against 21-win Colorado might not seem like much of an attraction. But it should be.

Jordan Beck started in left field and batted cleanup in the Rockies' lineup. He went 0-for-3 against Burns and was struck out twice. The former Vol went 1-for-4 in the game. Beck and Burns were teammates on Tennessee's 2022 SEC Tournament and regular-season championship team.

With the Major League Baseball trade deadline less than a month away, the Cincinnati Reds sit just 1 1/2 games out of the last National League wild card spot.

The best start of the four Chase Burns has logged so far for the Cincinnati Reds wasn't enough to spur the team a win.

To borrow Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous quote, for Cincinnati Reds outfielder Austin Hays it was, “A day which will live in infamy.”

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Cincinnati Reds catcher Jose Trevino didn't strike anyone out during his pitching appearance in the final two innings of the Reds' 12-2 loss to the Miami Marlins. Trevino did, however, manage to throw the slowest pitch of this MLB season: 31.8 miles per hour, according to Baseball Savant. He threw another pitch 33 MPH.

Doug Feldmann, a Jacobs alum who played baseball at Northern Illinois, takes on role as Cincinnati Reds’ official scorer.