Throughout the 2018/2019 offseason, Marlin Maniac will devote one article each for every player who appeared in the Miami Marlins system for the 2018 season. Every. Single. Player. This is Part 206 of 286.
Joshua Travis Riddle is a 6’1″, 180 lb. lefty-batting righty-throwing shortstop from Frankfort, Kentucky, population 27,621. The town of Frankfort is the capital city of Kentucky, and has produced five major leaguers, but only two in the past 100 years including Riddle. Pitcher Ryan Speier played five seasons at baseball’s top level with the Colorado Rockies.
Riddle was born on October 12th, 1991, and in 2010 was chosen in the 35th round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the Boston Red Sox out of Western Hills HS.