Mike Gillespie

Columbia

Sports Director and Anchor at WOLO-TV (Columbia, SC)

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Articles

Is this budding star the future of the KC Royals' starting rotation?

1 week ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

A rookie standout is making his mark in Kansas City. Moving Jac Caglianone out of the spotlight has proven all but impossible for any Kansas City Royals prospect since the club grabbed him in the first round of last summer's amateur draft. He is, after all, the Royals' No. 1 prospect, a red-hot phenom who's oh-so-close to the majors after bashing five home runs in his first six Triple-A games last week.
Newly-signed KC Royals veteran journeyman dazzles in first start of season

2 weeks ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

Sage left-hander began his quest for a big-league roster spot Monday. Superstar-in-the-making and top Kansas City Royals prospect Jac Caglianone, now almost certain to play in Kauffman Stadium before this, his first professional season, ends, made his Triple-A debut Tuesday night. Playing against Sacramento for the Storm Chasers, Caglianone had an uneventful night, going 1-for-4 with a single at the Bees' The Ballpark at America First Square.
Jac Caglianone wasn't the only top draft pick the KC Royals promoted Sunday

2 weeks ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

Kansas City bumps a hot hurler up an important notch. Not unexpectedly, and just as it has since the Kansas City Royals chose him with their first pick in last year's amateur draft, the latest Jac Caglianone news pushed everything else Royals-related to the back burner Sunday. After weeks of speculation and fan anxiety, the club moved Caglianone one step closer to the majors when they promoted him from Double-A Northwest Arkansas to Triple-A Omaha.
Tough schedule raises questions for KC Royals after rotation suffers major blows

2 weeks ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

What might Kansas City have in mind after losing Seth Lugo and Cole Ragans? Noah Cameron, the talented southpaw starter who baffled Tampa Bay in his May 1 major league debut only to be sent back back to Triple-A Omaha the next day, proved his value to the Kansas City Royals again Saturday night.
Underrated KC Royals reliever could play huge role in club's trade deadline thinking

3 weeks ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

Right-hander's good relief work means he may figure into trade discussions in more ways than one. Just three days after Kansas City Royals catcher Freddy Fermin's 12th-inning RBI single gave reliever Steven Cruz his first major league victory, Cruz suffered his first unsightly performance of the season.
Deepening slump threatens demoted KC Royals outfielder's MLB future

3 weeks ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

Things aren't looking good for MJ Melendez in the minors. MJ Melendez, the catcher-turned-outfielder whose painful-to-watch four-year struggle with major league pitching hadn't previously moved the Kansas City Royals to action, went 0-for-4 in the club's April 16 loss to New York at Yankee Stadium. Three days later, the Royals gave him the news everyone suspected was coming sooner or later.
Scorching center field bat is welcome change for KC Royals

3 weeks ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

Kyle Isbel isn't known for his hitting. But he's suddenly hot at the plate. Ever since at least 2020, when he put his impressive glove work on display during his second stab at major league spring training with the Kansas City Royals, Kyle Isbel's defense has been his baseball forte.
MLB insider reports former KC Royals star will pitch again

3 weeks ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

An ex-Kansas City starter appears headed for a new pitching job. Almost four years have passed since Danny Duffy last threw a pitch for the Kansas City Royals — or any other major league team, for that matter. Just days after lowering his ERA to 2.51 with a one-run, four-inning start against Baltimore, his second flexor strain of the 2021 season forced him to the Injured List and interrupted what had been sizing up as one of his best campaigns ever.
Speedy, versatile outfielder returns to KC Royals organization

1 month ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

Kansas City adds some outfield depth. Rudy Martin has traveled many a baseball road since the Kansas City Royals chose him in the 25th round of the 2014 amateur draft. But unlike the journeys of Brandon Finnegan, Ryan O'Hearn, Tim Hill, and Scott Blewett, all of whom the Royals also picked in that draft, Martin's never ended at Kauffman Stadium.
1 former KC Royals pitcher finds new home, another leaves the game

1 month ago | kingsofkauffman.com | Mike Gillespie

Two ex-Kansas City hurlers are headed in very different directions. Earlier this year, as the varied promises of another baseball season began to dawn in the spring training camps of Arizona and Florida, Austin Cox and Ross Stripling, two pitchers with markedly different professional résumés, pinned their aspirations of returning to the major leagues on the non-roster invitations to spring camp the Kansas City Royals handed them.