April 8, 2022 – Florida State League (FSL) – Daytona Tortugas News Release
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Daytona Tortugas, in conjunction with the Cincinnati Reds, have announced their Opening Day roster for the upcoming 2022 campaign, headlined by three first-round selections over the last two seasons – OF Jay Allen II (No. 30, 2021), RHP Chase Petty (No. 26, 2021), and OF Austin Hendrick (No. 12, 2020) The roster comprises of five of MLB.com’s top 30 Reds’ prospects and 30 total players, including 17 pitchers, two catchers, six infielders, and five outfielders.
Allen (Reds’ No. 6), a Fort Pierce, Fla. native, makes his full-season debut with the Tortugas after posting a .997 OPS with three home runs and 14 stolen bases over 19 games in the Arizona Complex League last summer. Petty (No. 7) will also make his debut at the full-season level after being acquired by the Reds from the Minnesota Twins’ organization in the RHP Sonny Gray trade on March 13.
Hendrick (No. 11) headlines a group of returnees to Daytona Beach in 2022. The 20-year-old is one of 14 players on the Tortugas’ break camp roster to have appeared in at least one game for the club in 2021. Hendrick leads all offensive returnees in home runs (7), and RBI (29). OF Justice Thompson (No. 28) also returns to the outfield after clubbing a pair of long balls in paradise green over 21 games a year ago.
OF Yerlin Confidan (No. 26) rounds out the list of prospects on MLB.com’s top 30 after collecting Arizona Complex…
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