Fansided · Apr 24, 2020
KC Royals: Meet Stephen Ridings, strikeout machine
A pitcher the KC Royals obtained in a 2019 minor league trade has become a strikeout machine.
Nestled close to Philadelphia, about three miles from the City of Brotherly Love, stands Haverford College, a small but excellent liberal arts school likely known more for its sterling academics and distinguished alumni than its good Division III baseball program. Stephen Ridings is a Haverford graduate who may someday take his place among Haverford alums who’ve won Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes; for now, he is a pitcher in the KC Royals organization just trying to make it to the major leagues.