Early morning over Louisville Slugger Field on April 11. Later in the evening the Louisville Bats will play their home opener against Gwinnett.
Tim Adelman, Art Warren, Mark Payton, Scott Heineman, Mike Freeman, and Max Schrock are just six of the 30 players who’ll begin the 2021 season with the Louisville Bats, the Cincinnati Reds‘ Triple-A affiliate. All seven have major league experience. In fact, 21 of the 30 players have at least some amount of time on a big league roster.
The 2020 season relied heavily on the alternate site; for the Reds it was Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio.