HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel (12), Parker Morin (1), Brewer Hicklen (5, 6), Cal Jones (3) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Brewer Hicklen 2-5 2 HR, 5 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Tad Ratliff 3 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 Bb 3 K 4-2 GO-FO 45p/33k Lexington Legends 8 Asheville Tourists […]
Author: Clint Scoles
Diamonds in the Rough 6-9-18
HR Roll Call Adalberto Mondesi (5), Kort Peterson (8), Seuly Matias (20) BPKC Hitter of the Day Gabriel Cancel 3-5 2R, 2b, 3 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Jake Kalish 5 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 5 K 1-0 GO-FO 64p/48k Game 1 Asheville Tourists 7 Lexington Legends 1 Game […]
Diamonds in the Rough 6-8-18
HR Roll Call Frank Schwindel (11), Humberto Arteaga (2), Luis Villegas (3), John Brontsema (2), Seuly Matias (19) BPKC Hitter of the Day Frank Schwindel 3-4 3R, HR, 3 RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day Josh Staumont 4.2 IP 5 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 5 K 4-2 GO-FO 75p/48k Game 1 […]
Diamonds in the Rough 6-7-18
HR Roll Call: Khalil Lee (4), MJ Melendez (9), Olivber Moreno DSL (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Khalil Lee 2-4 2R, HR, 2b, 3 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Richard Lovelady 2 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 5 K 1-0 GO-FO 33p/24k West Virginia Power 5 Lexington Legends 1 […]
Kansas City Royals 2018 Draft Review Rounds 1-5
Had most fans been told prior to the draft that Baseball America’s #4 rated prospect would land in the lap of the Royals front office, I’m sure we all would’ve been quite excited. Unfortunately, the Royals past history with college pitchers, pitching development in general and people like myself’s opinion of other draft prospects soured […]
Diamonds in the Rough 6-6-18
HR Roll Call: Rosell Herrera (4), Alex Liddi (8), Anderson Miller (5), Kort Peterson (7) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Anderson Miller 2-3, 2R, HR, 2 RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Jon Dziedzic 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 8-4 GO-FO, 91p/61k West Virginia Power 5, Lexington […]
Thanks Jon Jay, Royals add a pair of pitchers for the outfielder
The Royals exercised a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight, dealing Jon Jay for a pair of minor league pitchers, Gabe Speier and Elvis Luciano. The prospect that we are more likely to see the soonest is left-handed reliever Speier, currently at Double-A Jackson. Via 2080 Baseball – Not a guy with real big stuff, Speier has a pitch-to-contact […]
All College Arms On Deck – A Quick Recap of Day 1
On a night where people anticipate teams drafting on projection and future ceiling, the Royals loaded up on college arms with their first five picks in the 2018 MLB draft. With their first two picks, Lonnie Goldberg and company selected Florida Gators right-handers Brady Singer and Jackson Kowar. Those two were key cogs in the Gators […]
Royals select Brady Singer with the 18th Overall Pick
With the first of their five picks on Day 1 of the MLB Draft the Royals selected Brady Singer of the University of Florida. Teams won’t find many players with the college pedigree of Singer after dominating college baseball for the last two seasons in helping Florida win a national title last season. BA – Singer’s […]
What To Know about the Farm and the 2018 Draft
Twitter @ClintScoles The draft is coming fast and hard, and we know the Royals farm is in desperate need of additions after being ranked near the bottom of pretty much all publications during the preseason. The outstanding start to the seasons for MJ Melendez and Seuly Matias show that the farm system wasn’t quite as […]