NORMAL, Ill. – Former Redbird Ryan Court is back in affiliated baseball and putting up some of the best numbers of his career.
The former Redbird, who starred at Illinois State from 2008 to 2011, was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 23rd round of the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He advanced as high as the Double-A level, in both 2013 and 2014, but was released by the organization early in 2015.
Court played for the independent Sioux City Explorers in 2015, and started the 2016 season there as well before catching the eye of the Boston Red Sox organization, who signed Court to a minor-league contract on May 2.