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Royals Corner Daily Prospect Update
August 18, 2005
Compiled by RC staff

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Today on Royals Corner:

Royals drop 18th straight.

25th anniversary of George Brett going over .400 on August 17,
1980

Tomorrow night, check out our first installment of RC's plan for the coming
offseason. Why do we remain so optimistic in the face of such miserable
failure on the diamond? You'll have to stop by Royals Corner to find out.
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Organizational scores (8/17/05):

Omaha 6 @ New Orleans 2 - (W)
Wichita 13,5 vs. San Antonio 5,4 - (2W - doubleheader sweep)
High Desert 5 vs. Stockton 5 (game tied at press time)
Burlington 10 vs. Wisconsin 2 (W)
Idaho Falls - No game tonight
Arizona Royals 4,7 vs. Arizona Angels 0,9 (split doubleheader 8/16)

News and Notes:

#1 prospect Billy Butler drilled his first double-A homerun, a grand slam in Wichita's
10-run sixth inning in the first game of their doubleheader. On the
night, Butler was 2-for-7 with 4 RBI.

#5 prospect Luis Cota got the win for Burlington, pitching
seven beautiful innings. Cota took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, and only
allowed 2 hits overall.

#10 prospect Leo Nunez entered Wichita's second game in the top
of the sixth inning with a 5-2 lead, one out, and the bases loaded. Nunez struck
out the first batter he faced, and induced a harmless groundout to first to
record the third out, thus keeping the three-run lead in tact. Wichita's
announcer said he's never seen Nunez pitch better. Of course, Nunez struggled in
the following inning, surrendering a two-out, two-run HR before closing the game
out and collecting the save. Both runs were unearned because of an error on Mike
Aviles, which was his 36th of the season.

#17 prospect Brent Fisher had another stellar outing for the
Arizona Royals on Tuesday. The Royals 7th round pick in the 2005 draft, Fisher
just turned 18 years old less than two weeks ago, and the lefty is absolutely
dominating Arizona League competition thus far -- 11.8 K/9 ratio, 1.18 WHIP,
2.60 ERA, 6.56 K/BB ratio. He's definitely someone to keep an eye
on.

Matt Diaz (OMA) went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, a triple (4), and a SB
(8). Current BA: .377

Ruben Gotay (WCH) went 2-for-4 with 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B, and 3
BB.

----- Daily update for key Royals farmhands - 8/17/05 ------






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