Tomorrow at Lakewood, it’s Game Three of the South Atlantic League Championship, and Lexington has yet another promising hurler on the mound. Here’s a quick overview of the Legends starter, Daniel Lynch. Lynch has seemingly cruised through his short stint here in Class-A. Lynch’s arsenal is centered around a fastball that sits comfortably around 90-92 and […]
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Lexington Rebounds, Takes Game Two of Championship, 5-2
After a bitter defeat at the hands of the visiting Lakewood BlueClaws on Monday, a loss that saw their bullpen falter to the tune of five runs in the ninth inning, the Lexington Legends took back their house in a 5-2 win on Tuesday in Game Two of the SAL Championship. We saw another dominant […]
Lakewood Downs Lexington 6-5, In SAL Championship Game One
The beauty of baseball is that anything, anything can happen, as long as you’ve got outs left. But beauty to one team may be beastly to another. Making their second appearance in the South Atlantic League Championship, as they were declared co-champions while holding a 2-0 lead in their inaugural season with the Asheville Tourists when […]
Pitching Prospects At Lexington-Daniel Lynch, LHP
Scooped up by the Royals in a draft that saw them acquire both Jackson Kowar and Brady Singer in the first round, Daniel Lynch could end up rounding out this trio in a big-league rotation in a few years. The Virginia starter signed for $1,697,500 as the 34th-overall pick in this year’s draft, immediately after […]
Pitching Prospects At Lexington-Charlie Neuweiler, RHP
A 5th-round pick in 2017 out of McClancy Memorial High School in East Elmhurst, NY, RHP Charlie Neuweiler has quietly acclimated himself to professional baseball. After becoming one of only 64 prep-level players selected in the first ten rounds in last year’s draft, Neuweiler made his first pro start for the rookie-level Burlington Royals in […]
Pitching Prospects At Lexington-Holden Capps, LHP
An eighth-round pick out of the University of Central Oklahoma, LHP Holden Capps has quietly been posting some very good performances for Class-A Lexington. Coming off of a high school career that saw him make the All-District, All-Area, and All-State teams for Lawton High School in 2013, Capps began his collegiate career with Redlands Community […]
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 […]
Pitching Prospects At Lexington – Garrett Davila, LHP
Aside from all the talent at various positions in Lexington, there are a number of worthy prospects on the pitching staff that deserve your attention. We’ll start with a sleeper out of the 2015 Draft. Garrett Davila, LHP 3-4, 4.08 ERA in 15 starts, 64 IP, 23 BB, 46 K, 15 HRA I’ve seen a […]
Royals Prospects at Class-A Lexington-Part Two
In Part One, I took a look at the four Lexington Legends selected to the South Atlantic League All-Star Game, this year. While these four are certainly deserving of the attention, there is more to this team than just the high-profile prospects; a great deal more, as it turns out. Here’s just a few more […]
Minor League Roster Breakdown
The Royals released their minor league rosters on Monday for the full season squads. Other than some injury announcements, the rosters weren’t that surprising. The rosters have quite a few players repeating the Double-A level, although there are some interesting repeats of other levels as well. Instead of going through each roster which you can find on milb.com, I thought […]