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Royals Invite 23 Players to Major League Spring Training

January 26, 2015 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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KANSAS CITY, MO (January 26, 2015) - The Kansas City Royals announced today that the 2014 American League Champions have invited 23 non-roster players to Major League Spring Training in Surprise, Ariz. Among the invitations are 10 pitchers, three catchers, seven infielders and three outfielders.

Included in the 23 invitees are 15 players that were in the Royals' organization last season. Left-handed pitchers Scott Alexander (sixth round, 2010), Buddy Baumann (seventh round, 2009), Chris Dwyer (fourth round, 2009) and Sean Manaea (Competitive Balance Round - 34th overall, 2013); right-handed pitcher Christian Binford (30th round, 2011); catchers Cam Gallagher (second round, 2011) and Parker Morin (14th round, 2012); infielders Hunter Dozier (first round - eighth overall, 2013) and Whit Merrifield (ninth round, 2010) and outfielders Brett Eibner (second round, 2010) and Bubba Starling (first round - fifth overall, 2011) were all drafted by the Royals. Right-handed pitcher Miguel Almonte and infielder Raul Mondesi both signed as a non-drafted free agents. Right-handed pitcher Casey Coleman and first baseman Matt Fields both played in the Royals' system in 2014. Other non-roster invitees include: left-handed pitcher Joe Paterson, right-handed pitchers Brian Broderick and Ryan Madson, catcher J.C. Boscan, infielders Ryan Jackson, Gabriel Noriega and Ryan Roberts and outfielder Moises Sierra.

Pitchers and catchers will report to Surprise on Thursday, February 19. Workouts for pitchers begin the following day, Friday, February 20. The remainder of the squad will report on Tuesday, February 24 and begin workouts for the 2015 campaign on Wednesday, February 25.

The Royals' current 63-man Spring Training roster is listed on the next two pages.

For more information, members of the media may contact the Royals Media Relations Department at (816) 921-8000.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS 40-MAN ROSTER

Pitchers (20) B/T Ht Wt DOB Age MLS

Aaron Brooks R/R 6-4 220 4-27-90 24 0.009

Louis Coleman R/R 6-4 205 4-4-86 28 2.162

Tim Collins L/L 5-7 170 8-21-89 25 3.097

Wade Davis R/R 6-5 220 9-7-85 29 5.032

Danny Duffy L/L 6-3 205 12-21-88 26 3.085

Brandon Finnegan L/L 5-11 185 4-14-93 21 0.028

Brian Flynn L/L 6-7 250 4-19-90 24 0.032

Jason Frasor R/R 5-9 180 8-9-77 37 10.134

Jandel Gustave R/R 6-2 160 10-12-92 22 0.000

Jeremy Guthrie R/R 6-1 205 4-8-79 35 8.130

Kelvin Herrera R/R 5-10 200 12-31-89 25 2.157

Luke Hochevar R/R 6-5 225 9-15-83 31 6.151

Greg Holland R/R 5-10 205 11-20-85 29 4.028

John Lamb L/L 6-4 205 7-10-90 24 0.000

Michael Mariot R/R 6-0 190 10-20-88 26 0.104

Kris Medlen S/R 5-10 190 10-7-85 29 5.137

Yohan Pino R/R 6-2 190 12-26-83 31 0.048

Jason Vargas L/L 6-0 215 2-2-83 31 7.114

Yordano Ventura R/R 6-0 180 6-3-91 23 1.013

Edinson Volquez R/R 6-0 220 7-3-83 31 7.059

Catchers (3) B/T Ht Wt DOB Age MLS

Erik Kratz R/R 6-4 240 6-15-80 34 2.129

Francisco Pena R/R 6-2 230 10-12-89 25 0.034

Salvador Perez R/R 6-3 240 5-10-90 24 3.050

Infielders (8) B/T Ht Wt DOB Age MLS

Orlando Calixte R/R 5-11 160 2-3-92 22 0.000

Christian Colon R/R 5-10 190 5-14-89 25 0.071

Cheslor Cuthbert R/R 6-1 190 11-16-92 22 0.000

Alcides Escobar R/R 6-1 185 12-16-86 28 5.082

Eric Hosmer L/L 6-4 225 10-24-89 25 3.146

Omar Infante R/R 5-11 195 12-26-81 33 11.120

Kendrys Morales S/R 6-1 225 6-20-83 31 6.170

Mike Moustakas L/R 6-0 215 9-11-88 26 3.111

Outfielders (9) B/T Ht Wt DOB Age MLS

Lane Adams R/R 6-4 190 11-13-89 25 0.028

Jorge Bonifacio R/R 6-1 195 6-4-93 21 0.000

Lorenzo Cain R/R 6-2 205 4-13-86 28 3.074

Jarrod Dyson L/R 5-10 160 8-15-84 30 3.088

Reymond Fuentes L/L 6-0 160 2-12-91 23 0.035

Alex Gordon L/R 6-1 220 2-10-84 30 7.092

Terrance Gore R/R 5-7 165 6-8-91 23 0.029

Paulo Orlando R/R 6-2 210 11-1-85 29 0.000

Alex Rios R/R 6-5 210 2-18-81 33 10.130

KANSAS CITY ROYALS 2015 SPRING TRAINING NON-ROSTER INVITEES

(23 TOTAL)

Pitchers (10) B/T Ht Wt DOB Age MLS

Scott Alexander L/L 6-2 190 7-10-89 25 0.000

Miguel Almonte R/R 6-2 180 4-4-93 21 0.000

Buddy Baumann L/L 5-10 175 12-9-87 27 0.000

Christian Binford L/R 6-6 217 12-20-92 22 0.000

Brian Broderick R/R 6-6 205 9-1-86 28 0.054

Casey Coleman L/R 6-0 185 7-3-87 27 1.087

Chris Dwyer R/L 6-3 210 4-10-88 26 0.012

Ryan Madson L/R 6-6 210 8-28-80 34 9.155

Sean Manaea R/L 6-5 235 2-1-92 22 0.000

Joe Paterson R/L 6-0 190 5-19-86 28 1.052

Catchers (3) B/T Ht Wt DOB Age MLS

J.C. Boscan R/R 6-2 215 12-26-79 35 1.000

Cameron Gallagher R/R 6-3 210 12-6-92 22 0.000

Parker Morin L/R 5-11 195 7-2-91 23 0.000

Infielders (7) B/T Ht Wt DOB Age MLS

Hunter Dozier R/R 6-4 220 8-22-91 23 0.000

Matt Fields R/R 6-5 235 7-8-85 29 0.000

Ryan Jackson R/R 6-3 180 5-10-88 26 0.118

Whit Merrifield R/R 6-1 175 1-24-89 26 0.000

Raul Mondesi S/R 6-1 165 7-27-95 19 0.000

Gabriel Noriega R/R 6-2 180 9-13-90 24 0.000

Ryan Roberts R/R 5-11 185 9-19-80 34 4.098

Outfielders (3) B/T Ht Wt DOB Age MLS

Brett Eibner R/R 6-3 195 12-2-88 26 0.000

Moises Sierra R/R 6-1 220 9-24-88 26 1.105

Bubba Starling R/R 6-4 210 8-3-92 22 0.000

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