In a fitting conclusion to a season which saw many of Kansas City’s top prospects on their roster, in turn leading to their being one of the youngest teams in the league, the Lexington Legends edged the Lakewood BlueClaws, 2-1, taking the series three games to one and earning their first championship since the team […]
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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 […]
Lexington Takes On Rome In First Round of Sally League Playoffs
Today, for the first time in twelve years, the Lexington Legends are playing postseason baseball. They face off against the Rome Braves (71-62 overall, 40-29 in the first half), the first-half champion of the Southern Division in the South Atlantic League. The Legends (76-60 overall, 39-29 in the second half) finished the year as the […]
Diamonds in the Rough 7-2-18
HR Roll Call: Ryan O’Hearn (11), Humberto Arteaga (4), Nicky Lopez (4), Cheslor Cuthbert (1), Brewer Hicklen (9), Sebastian Rivero (5), Cal Jones (5), Juan Carlos Negret (2), Brady Cox (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Sebastian Rivero 3-3 4R, 2b, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Jake Kalish 7 IP […]
The All-Stars of Lexington
When the Lexington Legends posted their 2018 roster to begin the season, there were five nineteen-year old players coming to the South Atlantic League and full-season ball. Arguably drawing the most attention were 1B Nick Pratto and RF Seuly Matias, the #3 and #8 prospects in our preseason Prospect Guide. While much of the talk […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-12-18
HR Roll Call Elier Hernandez (1), Seuly Matias (11), Sebastian Rivero (3) BPKC Hitter of the Day Elier Hernandez 4-5 4R, HR, 2b, 4 RBI BPKC Pitcher of the Day Carlos Hernandez 5 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 9 K 4-1 GO-FO 62p/42k Lexington Legends 6 Greenville Drive 0 The Legends received […]
Diamonds in the Rough 5-7-18
HR Roll Call: Samir Duenez (5), Kort Peterson (4) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Kort Peterson 3-4 2R, HR, SB (1), CS (1) BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Scott Barlow 4.2 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 5 K 5-2 GO-FO 63p/45k Charleston RiverDogs 3 Lexington Legends 2 The Legends offensive struggles […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4/29/18 Weekend Recap
HR Roll Call: Ryan O’Hearn (1), Luis Villegas (2), Samir Duenez (3), Brandon Downes (2), Seuly Matias (7), MJ Melendez (3) BPKC Hitter of the Weekend: Elier Hernandez 7-13 3R, 2-2b, 4 RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Weekend: Ofreidy Gomez 6 IP 2 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 9 K 5-3 GO-FO […]
Diamonds in the Rough 4-25-18
HR Roll Call: Frank Schwindel (2), Sebastian Rivero (2), Brewer Hicklen (1) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Ramon Torres 3-5 3R, 2b, 3b, 2 RBI, BB BPKC Pitcher of the Day: Garrett Davila 6 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 3 K 7-2 GO-FO 61p/39k Game 1 Lexington Legends 12 Asheville Tourists […]
Diamonds in the Rough 8-14-17
Just four games on the docket with the affiliates going 1-3. Player movement – Ryan O’Hearn and Logan Moon were moved to NW Arkansas to make room for Hunter Dozier. Audio with Assistant GM of Player Personnel J.J. Picollo HR Roll Call Frank Schwindel 2 (20), Darrell Miller Jr. (3) BPKC Hitter of the Day: Frank […]