HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel (21), Paulo Orlando (8), Luis Villegas (5), Alex Liddi (20), Erick Mejia (5), Jackson Lueck (4), Nick Hutchins (5), Tyler James (2), Reed Rohlman (5), Offerman Collado (2) Saturday BPKC Hitter of the Day: Tyler James 3-4 4R, HR, BB, 2 SB Saturday BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Foster Griffin 6.1 IP […]
Tag: Jackson Kowar
Diamonds in the Rough 8-4-18
HR Roll Call Luis Villegas (4), Nick Pratto (9) BPKC Hitter of the Day Isaiah Henry 2-4 2R, 3b, RBI, BB, K BPKC Pitcher of the Day Nolan Watson 6 IP 3 H 1 R 0 ER 0 BB 4 K 3-6 GO-FO 72p/49k Gm1 Lakewood BlueClaws 3 Lexington Legends 2 F/10 Gm2 Lakewood BlueClaws […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-17-18
HR Roll Call: Jack Lopez (5) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Cristian Perez 3-5 2R, 2b, RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Garrett Davila 4 IP 2 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 3K 7-1 GO-FO 71p/46k Transactions – OF Brewer Hicklen promoted to Wilmington from Lexington and OF Kyle Isbel promoted from Idaho […]
Pitching Prospects at Lexington-Andres Sotillet, RHP
Signed as a free agent in 2015 out of Venezuela, Andres Sotillet has been somewhat under the radar when compared to the virtual logjam of talent now residing in Lexington. However, fans are starting to become very aware of him, as he has steadily built a reputation for pinpoint control and versatility. Sotillet began his […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-12-18
HR Roll Call: Cam Gallagher (4), Brewer Hicklen (12), Nathan Eaton (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Brewer Hicklen 2-4 2R, HR, 2 RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day Kris Bubic 4 IP 2 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 5 K 5-2 GO-FO 57p/35k Transactions – RHP Jackson Kowar assigned to Lexington, […]
Royals Post Draft Top 30 Rankings
The 2018 MLB Draft is complete which for the Royals means step two in what I’m thinking is going to be a five step process and multiple years towards rebuilding a respectable team. Each draft year is another step with 2017 starting things off, and while Royals fans may not like to hear this, the […]
Diamonds in the Rough 6-19-18
HR Roll Call: Lucas Duda (1), Kyle Isbel (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Nick Pratto 2-5 HR, 4 RBI – MVP of South Atlantic League All-Star Game BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Jackson Kowar 6.2 IP 5 H 0 R 0 ER 2 BB 13 K 5-2 FO-GO 121 pitches Carolina League All-Star Game – […]
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 […]
Your Draft Pick Goes to College
If you have followed the MLB Draft during the first two days, you certainly noticed the seemingly strange trend that the Royals drafted a whole lot of college players in the first 10 rounds. In all, they picked up 13 players, 12 of whom were drafted out of college. And while they did go seemingly […]
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 […]