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The KC Royals set social media ablaze Sunday evening. Some will say their credibility was the kindling, their draft strategy the match.
And the fire still burns, as a couple of minutes spent on the Internet perusing the Royals’ first draft pick will quickly reveal.
Kansas City had the seventh selection Sunday night and jolted the baseball world with it. It wasn’t Kumar Rocker, the hard throwing Vanderbilt pitcher nearly all the mock drafts predicted the club would pick.
Instead, the Royals mocked the mocks. They angered fans ready to make a run on Rocker jerseys.