Cincinnati Reds outfielder TJ Friedl should be a National League All-Star this season. He has had a monster year for Cincinnati. He currently ranks third in the National League in WAR (Wins Above Replacement) behind Pete Crow-Armstrong from the Cubs and Andy Pages from the Dodgers.

"All I can do is go out there and do the best I can for my team every day, and the rest will take care of itself," Cincinnati Reds CF TJ Friedl said.

The Cincinnati Reds are in the middle of the standings in their division, making them a team with many options available at the deadline.

Six Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates were in action on Thursday. Here is how their top prospects performed: Louisville Bats (27-39) Lost 10-2 and Lost 5-4 Chase Burns gave up two runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings.

The Guardians scored more than five runs for the first time in the month of June and Carlos Santana won somebody a new car with a grand slam.

"It's a good check to see where we're at. It's gonna show what areas we need to work on, what areas we excel at," Nick Martinez said.

The Cincinnati Reds activated left-handed reliever Brent Suter from the bereavement list on Friday. On Thursday, the Reds sent reliever Joe La Sorsa to Triple-A Louisville. Suter has appeared in 21 games for Cincinnati this season and has an ERA of 2.27 and a WHIP of 0.98.

Hunter Greene can’t help the Cincinnati Reds beat the Mets, the Yankees or the Dodgers if he doesn’t pitch against them.

Cincinnati Reds All-Star shortstop Elly De La Cruz leads the Reds in home runs, runs batted in and stolen bases.