Minor League Minutes for 9/3/19: Burlington one win away from a championship

Alex Duvall / September 3, 2019

ICYMI: Last night we announced the two final September call-ups that will be joining the big league club.

Gabe Speier had a great season with AA Northwest Arkansas before being promoted to Omaha. At AA, Speier posted an 11.28 K/9 and 2.42 ERA in 22.1 IP. Speier struggled with the homerun ball a bit upon arriving in the PCL, but still struck out 10.13 batters per nine and kept his walk rate firmly in check. Speier works with a low to mid-90’s fastball and a nice breaking ball that keeps lefties firmly in check.

Mejia had something of an offensive renaissance in the PCL. Can play SS/2B/3B/LF/CF all really well IMO. Switch hitter. Could be THE utility guy in Kansas City next year.

— Royals Farm Report (@RoyalsFarm) September 2, 2019

You won’t believe this (you’ll totally believe it) but Vinnie Pasquantino homered in his first PA tonight. https://t.co/elubxtCUPz

— Royals Farm Report (@RoyalsFarm) September 2, 2019

Ball game. Royals will be going for their first championship as a Royals affiliate and Burlington’s baseball first championship since 1993 pic.twitter.com/EPtBOAgyVF

— Burlington Royals (@BRoyalsKC) September 3, 2019

Lexington’s season officially wrapped up today.

Carlos Hernandez’ final line of 2019:

6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K.

Fantastic to see him return healthy for the end of the season. Fully expect to see him at AA sometime in 2020.

— Royals Farm Report (@RoyalsFarm) September 2, 2019

Carlos Hernandez, the #Royals’ No. 13 prospect according to @MLBPipeline, posts a 1.29 ERA (4 ER/28.0 IP) in his final 5 regular-season starts. He allowed just 19 hits and struck out 36 in that span. #AlwaysRoyal #MiLB https://t.co/fDEcltW0NN

— Munger English SM (@MungerEnglishSM) September 2, 2019

Omaha’s season is officially wrapped up as well.

Richard Lovelady, Andres Machado, and Yunior Marte each threw a scoreless inning in relief. 1 H, 3 K between them.

Jimmy Govern went 3-4 with a HR.

— Royals Farm Report (@RoyalsFarm) September 2, 2019

BIG TIME JIMMY TIM!@jgov_11 blasts his 2nd Triple-A homer in as many games to make it 6-0 in the 5th! pic.twitter.com/A5ywhUF2gG

— Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) September 2, 2019

Last game of the season and this guy thinks it’s the Super Bowl.@RudyM4rtin’s leadoff homer gives us a 1-0 lead in the 1st! pic.twitter.com/1fKkHPXLYg

— Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) September 2, 2019

The #NWANaturals Win‼️

RH Tyler Zuber slams the door on the RoughRiders in the season finale to collect his 10th save of the season. RH Grant Gavin picks up his sixth win in relief while Kevin Merrell delivered the game-winner. #GoNaturals #NWAvsFRI pic.twitter.com/X2GTE4m8le

— NW Arkansas Naturals (@nwanaturals) September 2, 2019

One thought on “Minor League Minutes for 9/3/19: Burlington one win away from a championship”

Dave says:

September 3, 2019 at 10:41 am

The Royals would be foolish not to protect Carlos Hernandez this year. 2019 was about establishing his health and he seems to be on track. Numbers reflect some of his early struggles but down the stretch he was fantastic. Teams don’t let their #13 prospect go unprotected especially with some of the fringy types on KC’s current 40 man. If Royals move Hernandez to the pen, he could be in KC by end of 2020.

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