Pros

Baseball

Josh Reddick (Oakland Athletics) — Reddick didn’t make the All-Star team but he’s still enjoying one of his best seasons. He is hitting .288 with 11 home runs and 49 runs batted in and is second on the team in both homers and RBIs. His 82 hits also are second on the team.

Reddick also has three stolen bases and an OPS of .809. He also has 11 doubles and three triples and has struck out just 33 times in the first half of the season.

JB Wendleken (Birmingham Barons) — Wendelken is now 6-2 with an earned run average of 2.37. In 38 innings, he has struck out 45 and walked 11. He has allowed 32 hits, and opponents are hitting just .221. Wendelken also has three saves in his 24 appearances.

College

Baseball

Ryan Frederick (New Bedford Bay Sox) — In five games, three of them starts, with the New England Collegiate Baseball League team, he has an earned run average of 4.41, with 18 strikeouts and eight walks over 18 1/3 innings. He is 1-3.