Vinnie Pasquantino has been tearing it up at the Kansas City Royals’ Tripe-A affiliate and deserves to bring those talents to Kauffman Stadium as soon as possible.
Unsurprisingly, the Royals are off to a slow start this season. They’re 10-18 to begin their 2022 campaign, and the only thing blocking them from being in last place in the American League Central is the Detroit Tigers — one of the worst teams in baseball.
Do you know who has not gotten off to a slow start this season? The organization’s fifth-ranked prospect, Vinnie Pasquantino. The 24-year-old got a cup of coffee with the big league talent during spring training — and did well — but was relegated to Tripe-A’s Omaha Storm Chasers and has been the biggest bopper in the team’s lineup.
After 31 games this season, the first baseman is leading the team in home runs (7), runs-batted-in (23), runs (22) and walks (20). He is also second in on-base percentage (.374), slugging (.523), on-base plus slugging (.897), hits and doubles. And the player in front of him for many of those categories, Emmanuel Rivera, has half as many plate appearances after being called up in April. Suffice to say, Pasquantino is crushing Triple-A pitching in his first season at the level.
