HR Roll Call: None BPKC Hitter of the Day: Kort Peterson 4-5 R, 2b, 3b BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Glenn Sparkman 6.1 IP 6 H 2 R 2 ER 1 BB 4 K 9-3 GO-FO 104p/76k Potomac Nationals 3 Wilmington Blue Rocks 1 The Rocks received one of Cristian Castillo’s best starts of the […]
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Diamonds in the Rough 5-3-18
HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel (4), Adalberto Mondesi (2), Seuly Matias (8), Nick Pratto (3) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Nick Dini 3-4 2R, 2b, RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Dan Tillo 6.1 IP 1 H 3 R 3 ER 3 BB 10 K 6-2 GO-FO Columbia Fireflies 4 Lexington Legends 3 F/10 […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-15-18
HR Roll Call: Salvador Perez (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Frank Schwindel 3-7, 2-2b, 3 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Heath Fillmyer 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 5-3 GO-FO, 91p/55k NW Arkansas Naturals 3, San Antonio Missions 2 The Naturals pieced together enough offense to defeat […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-9-18
HR Roll Call: Angelo Castellano (1), Nick Pratto (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Jeison Guzman 2-4 2R, 3b, 3 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Jason Adam 2.1 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 3 K 1-2 GO-FO 36p/24k Lexington Legends 8, Greenville Drive 4 The Lexington offense continued their early […]
Spring Training Impressions
The Opening Day roster comes attached with quite a bit of fanfare, but I think the attention placed on it is generally pretty overblown. Sure, those who make it are the ones who get to step forward and wave to the crowd before the first game when their name is announced, but just because a […]
2018 Spring Training Diaries: Bonifacio’s Key Role
While I’m in Arizona for a few days, I plan to just give some notes from around the team from what I’m seeing while I’m soaking in the rays, which really means that I’m just fighting off sunburns. There is only so much you can glean from two or three games, especially when those games […]
Balancing the Books on the ’13 Draft
The title of this article might seem odd, but as other blogs and this site have pointed out, scouting director Lonnie Goldberg has had some drafts that have hurt the Royals balance sheet and the farm system in the process. This isn’t all his fault, but fans don’t care and the money doesn’t hit the registers if […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-10-17
A rough day for the affiliates before their one day break for the MLB All-Star game, going 1-6 on Monday HR Roll Call: Gabe Cancel (10), Joe Dudek (5), Robby Rinn (3), Seuly Matias (3) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Gabe Cancel 2-3, 2R, HR, 2b, 2BB, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Franco […]
Prospecting the Royals, Tier 3 (Mining The Diamonds)
After checking out a few of the higher profile players in the system (here’s Part One and Part Two), now it’s time to review a few others that need to fine tune some things to reach the bigs. These nine guys currently in the system have multiple tools to lean on, but either need to switch […]
Diamonds in the Rough – Season Ends in Midland
Midland RockHounds 4 NW Arkansas Naturals 1 Midland wins series 3-1 The Naturals season came to an end in the face of Texas League history Friday night. After a rain delay of over three hours Friday night the two teams got started after 10:00 pm with Midland in pursuit of a third straight Texas League […]