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Kansas City Royals: 3 stars from Lexington’s Championship run

The future would appear to be extremely bright for the Kansas City Royals big league roster as their Single-A affiliate, Lexington, won back-to-back SAL titles on Friday night. Despite finishing in first place in the Southern Division with an unimpressive record of 37-32, the roster was loaded with budding talent.

Set to take on the Giants’ affiliate in the semifinals in a best of three series, Lexington managed to take the first two games in 2-1 and 4-2 fashion, respectively. The Legends benefited from a tremendous start in Game 1 from Jon Heasley. The 2018 13th round draft pick out of Oklahoma State tossed 7.