JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Do you know who this is,” Ricky Whaley says to his Agriscience class at Jacksonville High School.
“This is Shed Long,” Whaley points to the 22-year-old standing in front of a classroom he once sat in. “He plays for the Reds.”
Shed Long, one of the Reds' top prospects, has played 331 regular-season games as a professional baseball player since he was drafted out of high school in the 12th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. None of those games have been for the Cincinnati Reds.
So far, he’s been an Arizona League Red, a Billings Mustang, a Dayton Dragon, a Daytona Tortuga and a Pensacola Blue Wahoo.