As we await another week of exciting #RaisingRoyals👑 baseball, last week had some special moments with the glove you should definitely check out.

Recognizing 8 playing in the Royals minor leagues who put together standout weeks.

Off day in the #RaisingRoyals👑 realm, so let’s recognize those who just wrapped up a strong week!

Royals minor league left-handed pitcher David Shields won the Midwest League Pitcher of the Week for Quad Cities.

Third-youngest pitcher in the entire Midwest League. He doesn’t worry about that.

Congratulations David Shields, the Midwest League Pitcher of the Week!

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Our “Figgy” went “Wee Wee Wee” all the way home…twice.

Derlin Figueroa with a multi-HR game today for the Quad Cities River Bandits!

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It was pure David Shields domination today in Cedar Rapids for the @QCRiverBandits!

5️⃣ HITLESS innings
1️⃣ walk
8️⃣ punch outs

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Filed away already for this week’s top defensive plays reel.

Josh Hammond and Stone Russell combine for a beauty in Columbia’s game at Charleston.

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Royals minor leaguers who have stood out over the past week at all four affiliates.

The first full week of the #RaisingRoyals👑 season means we have our first standouts!

“Mendi” is moving up!

Congratulations to reliever Augusto Mendieta on his promotion today to the Naturals!

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Royals minor league outfielder John Rave was named International League Player of the Week for Omaha and outfielder Carson Roccaforte was named Texas League Player of the Week for NW Arkansas.

A “Rave and a Roc” honored by their respective leagues last week!

Congratulations to both John and Carson!

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The first career grand slam for Roni Cabrera!!!

Fireflies take the early 4-0 lead.

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Tyriq Kemp!

First professional home run for the kid from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱

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Brooks Bryan has homered in back-to-back games for the @ColaFireflies!

Our 8th rounder in 2025 out of Troy University has an extra-base hit in all 6 of his games in 2026.

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2 doubles
Triple
Home run

19-year-old Josh Hammond tonight became the first full-season #RaisingRoyals👑 player 21 or younger to collect 4 extra-base hits in a game since at least 2008!

The very first pro home run for Josh Hammond!

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Happy Friday to all except those who have to pitch to Brett Squires!

The Naturals first baseman has hit in all 6 games and leads the Texas League in HR (3), RBI (11), SLG (.870) and OPS (1.314).

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The pitching at the minor league level for the Royals on Thursday was nearly perfect.

Mound Presence.

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Blake Mitchell and Ramón Ramírez go back-to-back in the first inning for the Quad Cities River Bandits tonight.

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Kendry Chourio doing Kendry Chourio things tonight for @ColaFireflies.

4.2 perfect innings
6 punchies
59 pitches, 38 strikes

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ICYMI…

Blake Mitchell connected for his first long ball of 2026 last night for the River Bandits.

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How this for a pro debut?

4️⃣innings
0️⃣hits
0️⃣runs
6️⃣strikeouts

Take a bow, Justin Lamkin!

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Josh Hammond, the 28th overall pick in last year’s draft, flashed his athleticism last night on defense for Columbia.

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8 runs
5 hits
5 walks
13 batters
53 pitches seen

Allow broadcaster Shawn Murnin to paint the story of the Naturals’ 7th inning tonight.

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Tread. A visit to KC. Studying hitters.

Without further delay, here’s part two on RHP Michael Braswell.

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Georgia kid. Mom and dad foundation. An LSU ring 💍.

An introduction infielder turned RHP Michael Braswell, who joined us in December.

Part 2 to follow shortly.

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441 feet 🚀

Iván Sosa is enjoying his time in Hickory.

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Very strong Double-A debut for righty Félix Arronde today at Wichita.

🔹4 innings
🔹1 run allowed
🔹0 walks
🔹3 strikeouts

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The Fireflies have exploded in the 5th at Hickory!

🔹Iván Sosa solo shot
🔹Sean Gamble 2-run blast (first professional HR!)

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Yep, it’s time for the second part of our #RaisingRoyals👑 Hairstyle Challenge.

Some great stuff in here!

Can you identify your teammate purely by their cut?

We know you’ll enjoy part one of our #RaisingRoyals👑 Hairstyle Challenge!

The breaking roster for the 2026 Columbia Fireflies, the Single-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.

Under the direction of skipper David Noworyta, this is the breaking roster for the 2026 Columbia Fireflies.

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