Welcome to the show, Tyler Gentry!
The Royals called up outfielder Tyler Gentry to fill in for injured outfielder Hunter Renfroe.
That move was calling up Gentry, ranked as the Royals’ No. 15 prospect by MLB Pipeline. The 25-year-old outfielder is slashing .256/.346/.429 with 13 home runs in 105 games for the Storm Chasers this season, but he’s really turned things around post-All-Star break.
“Since June, he’s been really swinging the ball well,” Quatraro said. “My impressions are [that] he’s a gamer. He plays hard. He’s got a great arm. He puts good at-bats together. He drives the ball to all fields. It’s exciting that he’s put the last few months together to get himself up here.”
Renfroe doesn’t expect to be out too long.
The Royals placed Renfroe on the injured list after he felt something in his hamstring while running in the outfield Saturday night against the Phillies. The club doesn’t believe Renfroe will be out long, but a move was necessary because of the stretch the Royals are in — 14 games in 13 days. Renfroe is batting .263 with a .769 OPS and four homers in 28 games since the All-Star break.
A young Cole Ragans was impressed with Michael Wacha’s performance in the playoffs, writes Anne Rogers.
Eleven years later, Ragans is in the same rotation as Wacha — and eyeing a postseason run with the Royals. During the first week of the 2024 season, a high school friend of Ragans messaged him to remind him about those days.
“How crazy it is that we were sitting in science class in 2013 talking about Michael Wacha, and now you’re teammates with him?” the message read.
Ragans added: “It just goes to show you how good he is. How good he’s been. To still be playing in the big leagues 11 years later and having an unbelievable season, it goes to show the hard work and process.”
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