Time to check in on some former Yavapai College baseball players in the professional ranks. Christian Encarnacion-Strand is back with the Cincinnati Reds after spending most of the first half of the season on the disabled list due to a back injury. In 32 games so far, he is batting .195 with five home runs, 15 RBIs, four doubles, and eleven runs scored.
Ethan Bell is in the Chicago Cubs organization pitching for the Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans. He is 0-2 with a 7.62 ERA, 22 strikeouts, and 19 walks in 13 innings.
Kenneth Jimenez just started playing for the New Jersey Jackals of the independent Frontier League. In five games, he is hitting .077 with an RBI and four runs scored.
Trey Morrill is in his third season with the Rocky Mountain Vibes, a team in the independent Pioneer League. In 16 games, he is 2-1 with a 5.87 ERA, four saves, 16 strikeouts, and seven walks in 15 innings.
***Photo of ex-Roughrider Christian Encarnacion-Strand, now with the Cincinnati Reds.