Road to The Show™: Royals’ Mitchell
Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at second-ranked Royals prospect Blake Mitchell. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Blake Mitchell’s numbers from his first full Minor League
Here's how the 12 postseason teams were built
There is definitely more than one way to build a winning Major League team, and the 12 clubs headed to the postseason in 2024 prove that. On one hand, there are the Tigers and Guardians, the AL Central teams leading the way with 16 and 15 homegrown players on their
Watch Royals, Astros affiliates meet in Triple-A title game
While Storm Chasers vs. Space Cowboys sounds like a summer blockbuster, it's gearing up to be a fall classic. Omaha (Royals) and Sugar Land (Astros) square off in a single-game Triple-A National Championship at 10:07 p.m. ET on Saturday at Las Vegas Ballpark, airing on MLB Network. This will be
Triple-A Omaha chases down history with International League crown
Longevity certainly has its perks. Just ask Triple-A Omaha and manager Mike Jirschele. As the ball settled into center fielder Drew Waters' glove for the final out, the Storm Chasers not only clinched their first International League championship, they accomplished something no other Triple-A club has ever done before. Omaha
Mitchell, Zobac and Roccaforte take home top Minor League awards
KANSAS CITY -- While the Royals are vying for a postseason spot at the Major League level, they celebrated their future on Friday night with Futures Night at Kauffman Stadium, honoring their top Minor League players from the 2024 season. Catcher Blake Mitchell, the Royals’ No. 2 prospect per MLB
No. 17 prospect Zobac blowing Royals' plans 'out of the water'
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Here are the weirdest stats and plays from the past month in the Minors
Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of August, features RBI explosions, epic sweeps, same-named individuals and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get in
Royals prospect a home run machine in Minors
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Gentry looking to help Royals during postseason push
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals lost a middle-of-the-order bat when they placed veteran right fielder Hunter Renfroe on the 10-day injured list on Sunday, but the club is hoping to replace that production with one of its hottest swinging prospects as Tyler Gentry was recalled from Triple-A Omaha ahead of
Caglianone, Mitchell lead Royals' newest Top 30 prospects list
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals have a new No. 1 prospect -- but their No. 2 prospect isn’t far behind. Jac Caglianone and Blake Mitchell, the Royals’ two most recent No. 1 Draft picks, are both in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 rankings at No. 18 and 56, respectively, and lead the
Top Royals pick Caglianone crushes first pro homer ... off a position player?
After setting the single-season (35) and career (75) home run records at Florida this year, it was a matter of time before Jac Caglianone brought his light-tower power to the Minors. He just didn't draw up his first professional home run looking like this. The sixth overall pick in July's
No. 8 prospect Jensen gets boost from this big leaguer
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Caglianone makes pro debut at High-A Quad Cities
KANSAS CITY -- Jac Caglianone, the Royals’ first-round Draft pick, will make his professional debut on Tuesday for High-A Quad Cities. After he was selected No. 6 overall in last month’s MLB Draft, Caglianone officially signed with the Royals on July 24 and headed to Arizona the next day to
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'Good idea to pick a Gator': Singer praises Caglianone's potential
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Two-way star Caglianone ready to work after signing with Royals
KANSAS CITY -- Not 10 minutes after Jac Caglianone heard the Royals call his name No. 6 overall in the 2024 MLB Draft, his phone dinged with a text from a number with a Texas area code. It was Bobby Witt Jr., the face of the Royals’ present and future.
This Royals Draft pick's fastball is 'just plain devastating'
KANSAS CITY -- “Disappearing,” “invisible” and “just plain devastating” are some of the ways evaluators have described L.P. Langevin’s four-seam fastball. The pitch generated a 45.4% whiff rate this spring for the Ragin’ Cajuns, tops in Division I baseball (min. 250 pitches), and it’s lethal at the top of the
Royals stick with heavy dose of college pitchers on Day 2 of Draft
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals went with a big, powerful college bat and a high-upside young prep arm on Day 1 of the MLB Draft with Florida first baseman/left-handed pitcher Jac Caglianone (No. 6 overall) and Mt. Lebanon (Pa.) High School lefty David Shields (No. 41) on Sunday night.
'Sky's the limit': Royals take prep lefty Shields with No. 41 pick
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals went with a big, powerful college bat in Florida two-way star Jac Caglianone with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft on Sunday night. Their second-round pick couldn’t have been more different in 17-year-old prep left-handed pitcher David Shields, but the excitement