The big news on the farm yesterday was that the Cincinnati Reds assigned their 1st round draft pick, Nick Lodolo, to the Advanced-Rookie level Billings Mustangs. The now former TCU left-handed pitcher is the 5th consecutive Reds 1st round pick to spend time in Billings. The last 1st rounder taken by the Reds to not see time in Billings was Nick Howard back in 2014, who joined the Dayton Dragons for his first assignment.
While Nick Lodolo didn’t make his debut on Tuesday night for the Billings Mustangs, several draft picks did make their professional debuts on the other side of the country with the Greeneville Reds – who opened up their season at home in Tennessee.