Weekly Record: 2-4Overall Record: 43-54Standings: 12-17; 4.5 GB from first place Arkansas The Naturals started the week on a southern road trip. They lost the first series to the Corpus Christi Hooks two games to one after winning the opening game. Nick Heath started the week off continuing on his hot streak with a multi-hit…
Brewer Hicklen was selected out of the University of Alabama, Birmingham by the Royals with the 15th pick in the 7th round of the 2017 amateur draft. Originally a two sport athlete in football and baseball, Hicklen never got the opportunity to suit up on the gridiron collegiately given the school’s football program was disbanded.…
A 4th-round pick out of the University of Arkansas in last year’s MLB Draft, Eric Cole‘s 2019 season so far has been an ice-cold start followed by a red-hot run. And he’s still running. The 22-year-old switch-hitter got his start in rookie-level Burlington in 2018, where his traditional stats and peripherals showed true promise. Over…
Signed as an international free agent for $1.5 million in July 2015, SS Jeison Guzman has certainly had his share of both supporters and detractors when it comes to his potential and his ability to fulfill it. However, while he’s been a pro since age 17, he’s also been well below the average age at…
The Royals currently have MLB’s second worst record, and regardless of which team you are, that means that you’re nearly locked into your identity as a seller come the trade deadline at the end of July. They also had baseball’s second worst farm system prior to this year’s draft according to Fangraphs, and as such,…
Drafted in the 2nd round of the 2017 Draft out of Chipola College in Marietta, Florida, LHP Evan Steele has displayed an impressive arsenal at Lexington, this year. At 6’5”, 210, the 22-year-old Georgia native certainly looks the part of a power pitcher, though his strengths lie more simply in location and changing speeds. He…
You don’t get the title? It’s okay, I already lol’d myself to the grave. For those of you unfamiliar with the term “bulk man,” it is a reliever that typically handles a majority or “bulk” of the innings preceding an “opener.” Though still a concept in its infancy, an opener typically “starts” the game and…
