What Kansas City Royals 2019 30th round draft pick, Jimmy Govern did this year is pretty incredible. The former Eastern Illinois product slashed an impressive 0.326/0.404/0.609 with 16 doubles, 16 home runs, and 52 RBI’s as a senior. After being drafted, Govern played 46 games for the Arizona Royals rookie league and slashed 0.365/0.492/0.628 with 17 doubles, 6 home runs, and 33 RBI’s.
The reason he likely was promoted all the way to Triple-A? Govern took 34 walks compared to 20 strikeouts and his 1.121 OPS led the Arizona League, even ahead of San Diego Padres 6th overall pick CJ Abrams.