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The Royals may have a diamond in the rough in camp as their best players compete in the World Baseball Classic.
Between first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino being Team Italy's captain in the World Baseball Classic (WBC), catcher Salvador Perez doing the same for Team Venezuela, and shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. making highlight defensive plays for Team USA, there are plenty of headlines about Kansas City Royals players right now. Conversely, pitching prospect Dennis Colleran has flown under the radar nationally, but that could change over the next couple of years if he continues his current trajectory.
Royals manager Matt Quatraro shared kind words about the 2024 seventh-round pick on Monday, per The Athletic's Jim Bowden. “Dennis has been absolutely electric. He has an upper-90s fastball coming out of a low arm slot with an emerging slider," he said.
"Hitters have really had uncomfortable at-bats against him. ” Colleran has tossed four scoreless innings with three strikeouts, no walks, one hit allowed, and one save for Kansas City in spring training thus far. The 22-year-old also notched a 2.
85 ERA over 44 minor-league appearances last season. He started the campaign in A-ball before getting promoted to High-A, and he logged one Double-A appearance. Colleran is the Royals' No.