Royals speedster Nick Heath was called up a few days ago but didn’t get into a game until today. Tonight, against the Tigers in Detroit, manager Mike Matheny called Heath’s number 0 to get in the game. Heath entered into a 5-3 game after Jorge Soler singled and advanced to second on an error in…
The Royals already have some outfield depth with five guys who are projected to be on the opening day roster. Alex Gordon will probably be back for another year, Brett Phillips, Jorge Bonifacio, Bubba Starling, and Jorge Soler round out the rest of the outfield. Soler is really a full time DH so that leaves…
Film Study: Kris Bubic 8/8/19 Kris Bubic tore it up Thursday night striking out 11 Woodpeckers in a complete game victory for the Blue Rocks. Bubic set a career high in pitches thrown and innings worked in the dominate performance. With 1 out in the bottom of the 9th and a runner on third,…
An update on the struggling Blue Rocks offense I would assume that, if you’re reading this, you’re probably familiar with the fact that the Royals core of offensive prospects at High-A Wilmington have struggled mightily in 2019. Here is the current team stats leaderboard in the Carolina League Final line on Brady Singer: 5 IP,…
This will be a two-week update. The Storm Chasers finished up their series with the New Orleans Baby Cakes (Marlins) with back to back wins, and take the series 3-1. The Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals) then came to town for a three game series in which the Storm Chasers finished 1-2. Then they took a road…
Royals Trade Diekman to A’s for Two Saturday afternoon brought a flurry of moves from the Royals. Jake Diekman was traded to the Oakland A’s for OF Dairon Blanco and RHP Ismael Aquino, Ryan O’Hearn recalled and Lucas Duda released, Nick Heath promoted to Omaha, and Kyle Zimmer recalled to KC. I may have missed…
2018 Draft Class Review: Pitcher Roundup – 6/10/19 In the past week we saw Brady Singer get knocked around in his second AA start; While Bubic brought the funk with 10 strikeouts and a big time bounce back performance. Kowar evaded trouble early and often as he continues to display his durability, and Lexington suddenly…
Nick Heath had a solid fall season continuing to push his name into consideration as a prospect in the Royals system. You can read a prospect watch we did on him here. Heath hit .274/.376/.358 over the regular season. But in the Arizona Fall League, against the best prospects in baseball, he hit .338/.427/.442 with…
News: All Royals Staff Pitches Shutout AFL Week in Review: October 9-14 UPDATE: The Royals have added a seventh player to the AFL roster. RHP Arnaldo Hernandez joins the other six Royals guys in Arizona. I will post Arnaldo at the bottom if you want to read more about him. OCTOBER 9: The Royals…
The Royals selected Nick Heath as the 493rd player overall in the 2016 MLB Draft. Heath is a 6’1″ left-handed outfielder from Northwestern State University. Heath graduated from Junction City High School in Junction City, Kansas, as part of the class of 2012. Nick also ran some track and played a little bit of football…
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