HR Roll Call: Nick Pratto (5), Brewer Hicklen (2) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Nick Pratto 3-4 HR, 4 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Grant Gavin 2 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 4 K 0-2 GO-FO 31p/20k Lexington Legends 7 Delmarva Shorebirds 4 The Legends offense enjoyed their return to […]
Tag: Alec Mills
Champ to Champ Trade Number Two
With the official signing of Jason Hammel on Wednesday the Royals needed to do some housekeeping to free up a spot on their 40-man roster. In order to perform this function the Royals decided to DFA minor league starting pitcher and 2016 callup to the bullpen, Alec Mills. Just a few hours later it was […]
9 Innings with Alec Mills
The Royals added Alec Mills in the 22nd round of the 2012 draft after scout Sean Gibbs advised Lonnie Goldberg to give the Ohio Valley Conference righty a shot. It’s not quite the Jarrod Dyson 50th round pick to bigs story, but to find any major league pitcher from the 22nd round is still quite […]
Rotation Depth Bodes Well For Royals
While this has been a quiet offseason for the Royals, I feel good about the rotation headed into the 2017 season. This is no small feat, because as we chronicled plenty here last season, the rotation was a big reason the 2016 Royals missed the playoffs and limped home with a .500 record. That excitement […]
Prospecting the Royals in 2017
Breaking down the Royals prospects is definitely an inexact science. The development path of each player is different player to player as we saw in the late blooming careers of Danny Duffy, Whit Merrifield and Cheslor Cuthbert last season in Kansas City or the ascension of Matt Strahm into his bullpen role. Still, every season […]
BPKC Minor League Player of the Year
The Royals had three different players jump out to excellent minor league seasons this year with Cheslor Cuthbert, Hunter Dozier and Ryan O’Hearn all having big Aprils, but only one was able to sustain that success at the minor league level to win the first BP Kansas City Minor League Player of the Year Award. […]
Diamonds in the Rough 9-2-16
A 3-2 Friday despite five good starts by the Royals affiliate’s starting pitchers. HR Roll Call Angelo Castellano (2) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Mauricio Ramos 3-4 2R, 2b, 2 RBI BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Alec Mills 6 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 9 K 6-1 […]
Wake Me Up When September Begins
I’m not actually going to sleep all day or anything, but September has a chance to be a really fun month for the Royals. For one thing, you may have heard that they’re actually in the race, so rather than watching prospects prepare for the 2017 season, the final month is going to matter for […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-28-16
A 5-2 Sunday for the affiliates with big wins in Arkansas, Burlington and Arizona. HR Roll Call Jorge Bonifacio (18), Chase Vallot (14), Yeison Melo (5), Wander Franco (6), Joel Arias (1) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Joel Arias 3-4, HR, 2b, 2 RBI BP KC Pitcher of the Day – Andres Machado 6 […]
Royals Can Make the Most of Dim Opportunity
I’m sure there are some dreamers out there who think the Royals can put it all together and make a crazy run to a Wild Card or even a division title this season. As of this date, with the Royals under .500 with less than two months to go and so far out of either […]