With teams meeting the deadline to add players to their 40-man roster, the Royals added three pitchers on Tuesday in Scott Blewett, Josh Staumont and Arnaldo Hernandez. The three prospects find themselves on the roster after different career paths to date. In Staumont and Blewett, the Royals have a pair of 2nd round picks from the […]
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Diamonds in the Rough 8-21-18
HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel (22), Paulo Orlando (9), Samir Duenez (8), Jose Marquez (7), Chase Vallot (11) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Jose Marquez 3-4 4R, HR, 4 RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Emilio Ogando 7 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 5 K 9-1 GO-FO 92p/56k Lexington Legends […]
Friday Notes
The Royals roster currently has five players who are over the age of 30. Four of them are free agents at the end of the year (with one, Ian Kennedy, coming off the DL to add back to the 30+ group). The point here is that the youth has arrived, and while the results aren’t […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-15-18
HR Roll Call: Jack Lopez (8), Alex Liddi (21), Kelvin Gutierrez (10), Nick Pratto (10) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Kelvin Gutierrez 3-3, 2R, HR, 3 RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Arnaldo Hernandez 9 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 6-8 GO-FO, 97p/80k Hagerstown Suns 8, Lexington Legends […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-10-18
HR Roll Call Alex Liddi (19), Alfredo Escalera (2), Brewer Hicklen (14), Meibrys Viloria (6), Hunter Strong (2) BPKC Hitter of the Day Meibrys Viloria 2-4 HR, 2b, 4 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Arnaldo Hernandez 7 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 4 K 6-7 GO-FO 79p/54k Lexington Legends 4 […]
September Decisions
During a bad season like this one, I get quite a few questions and comments asking why the Royals aren’t calling up certain players. While I generally don’t mind these questions and comments people should understand that there is a process that is involved in it. One thing many don’t have a firm grasp on […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7/20-7/21/18
HR Roll Call Jack Lopez (6), Nicky Lopez (5), Gabe Cancel (7), Emmanuel Rivera (5), Seuly Matias (27), Manny Olloque (5), Chase Vallot (8), Offerman Collado (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day Friday Chase Vallot 4-6 3R, 2-2b, HR, 4 RBI, 2K BPKC Pitcher of the Day Richard Lovelady 2.2 IP 0 H 0 R […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-25-18
HR Roll Call Frank Schwindel (7), Elier Hernandez (2) BPKC Hitter of the Day Elier Hernandez 3-4 2R, HR, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Arnoldo Hernandez 6.1 IP 3 H 2 R 2 ER 3 BB 8 K 2-6 GO-FO 97p/60k Asheville Tourists 6 Lexington Legends 4 The Legends had a reliever struggle in […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-26-18
HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel (3), Billy Burns (1), Brandon Downes (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Billy Burns 2-3 2R, HR, 5 RBI, BB, CS (2), SAC BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Arnaldo Hernandez 5 IP 4 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 3 K 6-3 GO-FO 82p/50k Wilmington Blue Rocks 5 Potomac […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-20-18
HR Roll Call Dennicher Carrasco (3), Vance Vizcaino (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day Dennicher Carrasco 2-3 2R, HR, 2 RBI, SB (2) BPKC Pitcher of the Day Heath Fillmyer 6 IP 3 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 K 4-5 GO-FO 87p/58k Hagerstown Suns 9 Lexington Legends 7 The Legends received six […]