With the end of the 2024 minor league season nearly upon us, it’s time to reflect back and look at which players had the most standout seasons. Last year’s award winners included Tyler Tolbert, Mason Barnett, Javier Vaz, and Austin Charles. A full list of last year’s award winners is listed below. The Royals award…

Week record: 2-4 Overall record: 82-54 After a dominant 13-3 win to kick off the series versus the Redbirds, the Storm Chasers’ bats cooled off quickly for the rest of the week. They still managed to finish 12th in the International League in batting average (.251) but finished 17th in slugging percentage (.364), and were second to last in extra-base hits.…

The 2024 minor league season is more or less at its end. For two Royals affiliates, there will be playoff baseball. The Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers and High-A Quad Cities River Bandits have punched their ticket to the playoffs this season. The Columbia Fireflies wrapped their season on Sunday and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals will……

There’s no question that 2024 has been an excellent bounce-back campaign for Royals captain Salvador Perez. Even though he made the All-Star team last season, it was far from an “All-Star” season for the Royals veteran catcher. While he hit 23 home runs in 140 games, Salvy only posted an 86 wRC+ and a -0.4…

Final Score: MIN 0 | KC 5 Overall Record: 77-65 Winning/Losing Pitcher W: Cole Ragans (11-9 | 3.33 ERA) L: Zebby Matthews (1-3 | 7.36 ERA) Cole Ragans 6.0 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 7 K, BB The Royals truly needed their ace in this one, and Cole Ragans did what all aces are supposed…

With the minor league season winding down, many of the Kansas City Royals minor league prospects will set their sights on the offseason. Some will play in minor league playoff series. Both the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers and High-A Quad Cities River Bandits have punched their tickets to postseason play. Others may end up playing…

Skip to content Home Minor Leagues Naturals’ Hitter and Pitcher of the Month – August It was a pretty inconsistent month of August for the Naturals, but a couple of guys still made an impression. The team struggled to turn their production into wins. The offense and pitching rarely lined up to produce wins, however,…

Every player has weaknesses in their game. Yes, even Bobby Witt Jr. But what Bobby and countless others who have made it to the majors have done is improve many of those weaknesses, turning some of them into strengths. Bobby, for example, has increased his walk rate and decreased his strikeout rate in each year…

Image Credit: AP Photo / Charlie Riedel Final Score: LAA 0 | KC 3 Overall Record: 71-56 Winning/Losing Pitcher W: Michael Lorenzen (7-6 | 3.47 ERA) L: Johnny Cueto (0-1 | 4.26 ERA) Michael Lorenzen: 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 5 K, 2 BB Lorenzen appears to have acclimated quite well to the change…

It’s always a great day when all five teams in the Royals organization come away with a win. That was the case on Wednesday, with the Royals closing out a series win against Los Angeles and all four affiliates winning behind them. The River Bandits have moved within 1.5 games of a playoff spot and……