The most impressive performance of Jason Hammel’s spring was spoiled by one pitch to White Sox second baseman Yoan Moncada. Well, nearly spoiled.
“Save for the last pitch, it was a pretty good outing,” said Hammel, who was making his third start of the spring for the Royals. “And even that was a pretty good pitch.”
The pitch in question came against Moncada — one of the game’s top prospects — with one out in the bottom of the fifth on Wednesday afternoon. Moncada belted a two-run homer to right field, tying the score. He would later add another homer against reliever Kelvin Herrera in the White Sox’s 7-3 victory at Camelback Ranch.