Now in his second year of professional baseball, former Cerritos College player Joe Terry continues to learn about the rigors of the day-to-day grind. Just finishing the season with Class A Dayton Dragons of the Midwest League in the Cincinnati Reds organization, Terry continued to work on being an everyday third baseman, as he played the final 83 games for the Dragons after opening the season with the Bakersfield Blaze of the California League. He batted .255 with six home runs and 36 RBI, while clubbing 15 doubles and was fourth on the team with 22 stolen bases. He struggled defensively, but will spend the off-season working on honing his defensive skills.

 

While playing for the Falcons in 2009-10, Terry was named California Community College Southern California All-American as a freshman, as well as the South Coast Conference Player of the Year. In 2009, he batted .426 with four home runs, 57 RBI and a school-record 14 triples. An injury shortened his sophomore year, but Terry still batted .339 on the season.

 

After getting drafted in the 17th Round by the Seattle Mariners at the conclusion of his freshmen year and then the eighth round by the Chicago White Sox in 2010, Terry opted to transfer to Cal State Fullerton, where he was their everyday third baseman the first half of the season until a hamate-bone injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season. On the year, Terry batted .257 with nine RBI and in the 2011 MLB Draft, he was selected in the 30th Round by the Reds.

Terry is joined in the minor leagues by Daniel Nelson, who started the team with Triple-A Gwinnet Braves of the International League and ended up batting .314 for the Mississippi Braves in the Southern League in the Double-A, which are both affiliates in the Atlanta Braves organization. Nelson was a second baseman for the Falcons in 2003 and played on a conference championship team.