LITTLE ROCK - Little Rock catcher Kale Emshoff has agreed to terms in a free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals, announced Sunday evening.
Emshoff becomes the 28th Trojan to sign a deal with a Major League Baseball program, marking the eighth-straight season at least one Trojan has signed a professional contract, extending the program's all-time longest streak.
"We'll say his name around this program for years and years to come," said head coach Chris Curry. "One of the biggest disappointments for me is that Kale never got to have what should have been his farewell season, and it very well could have been the greatest season that never was.