https://ucasports.com/news/2021/7/12/baseball-royals-draft-ucas-cameron-in-7th-round.aspxCongrats to Noah Cameron.....another UCA pitcher drafted by the Royals....look forward to him making it to AA so I can see him with the Naturals....
Royals Day 2 Recap of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft ..from Royals alerts...
The Kansas City Royals selected 10 players on the second day of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft, including three right-handed pitchers, two left-handed pitchers, three middle infielders, one outfielder and one catcher. Three of their first four picks today were high school players, but five of their last six selections were from the college ranks.
Three of the Royals’ 10 picks today are local products, including right-handed pitcher Ben Kudrna (2nd round) out of Blue Valley Southwest High School in Overland Park, Kan.; catcher Carter Jensen (3rd round) out of Park Hill Senior High School in Kansas City, Mo.;
and left-handed pitcher Noah Cameron (7th round), out of the University of Central Arkansas, by way of Central High School in St. Joseph, Mo. The Royals selected Ben Kudrna in the second round (43rd overall), a right-handed pitcher from nearby Blue Valley Southwest High School in Overland Park, Kan. Kudrna, 18, was named Gatorade State High School Player of the Year. He went 9-1 with a 0.99 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 57.1 innings as a senior this season and pitched a three-hit shutout in the Kansas 5-A state championship game.
With the 66th overall pick in Competitive Balance Round B, the Royals selected Peyton Wilson, a second baseman from the University of Alabama. Wilson, 21, started all 58 games as a sophomore this season and hit .290 (72-for-248) with 23 extra-base hits and 10 stolen bases, and five of his nine home runs were leadoff shots. Peyton is the brother of John Parker Wilson, who played quarterback at Alabama, and Ross Wilson, who was selected by the White Sox in the 10th round in the 2010 Draft.
The Draft concludes with rounds 11-20 tomorrow, beginning at 11:00 a.m. CT on MLB.com.
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