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Diamonds in the Rough 7-24-17

Reviewing the Trade – The Royals made a move on Monday, flipping a controllable and injured pitcher in Matt Strahm, struggling lefty Travis Wood and rookie league infielder Esteury Ruiz in exchange for Trevor Cahill, Brandon Maurer, and Ryan Buchter. Checkout what David Lesky wrote about it here. In my opinion, the loss of Strahm […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 6-9-17

Royals affiliates went 3-2 with a powerful inning in Omaha on Friday. HR Roll Call Jorge Soler (7), Bubba Starling (4), Ruben Sosa (3), Khalil Lee (9) BPKC Hitter of the Day Angelo Castellano 4-5 R, RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Foster Griffin 7 IP 3 H 1 R 0 ER 2 BB 6 […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-24-17

A 2-6 day for the Royals affiliates with a pair of wins at Low-A. HR Roll Call: Mauricio Ramos (7), Zane Evans (3), Emmanuel Rivera (3) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Mauricio Ramos 3-8, 2R, 2b, HR, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Geoffrey Bramblett 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-16-17

2-1 day for the affiliates with a rainout at Triple-A HR Roll Call: Mauricio Ramos (5)  BPKC Hitter of the Day: Allen De San Miguel 3-4, R, 2b, 2 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Jake Newberry 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO, 23P/12K,  SV (6)   […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 5-6-17

Solid day for the affiliates with three wins. HR Roll Call Ramon Torres (4), Mauricio Ramos (3), Elier Hernandez (4), Chris DeVito (10), Manny Olloque (4), Meibrys Viloria (2) BPKC Hitter of the Day Chris DeVito 2-5 HR, 4 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Emilio Ogando 6 IP 5 H 0 R 0 Er […]

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Diamonds in the Rough – Texas League Championship Game 3

NW Arkansas Naturals 4 Midland RockHounds 0 Midland leads series 2-1 (best of 5)  With the season on the brink the Naturals turned to their most impressive starter during the last month of their season and once again he delivered. Fireballing Josh Staumont who pitched NW Arkansas into the playoffs before pitching a fantastic game […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 9-7-16

The Burlington Royals fell short in their championship bid while NW Arkansas got off to a powerful start in their first playoff game. HR Roll Call: Corey Toups 2 (14), Jon McCray 2 (9) BP KC Player of the Day – Corey Toups 3-4, 4R, HBP, 2 HR, 3 RBI Playoffs Junction City wins series 2-0 […]

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Diamonds in the Rough 9-4-16

Royals affiliates went 3-3 on Sunday, with a playoff loss in Burlington and a must-have win at Double-A. HR Roll Call: Corey Toups (12), Robert Pehl (1), Travis Maezes (15), Ben Johnson (6), Manny Olloque (7), Rudy Martin (2) BP KC Hitter of the Day – Robert Pehl 2-4, 2R, HR, 4 RBI BP KC […]