2015 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 25-MAN ROSTER (as of June 24) Manager: Ned Yost (3). Coaches: Pitching-Dave Eiland (58), Catching-Pedro Grifol (28), Bullpen-Doug Henry (57), Third Base-Mike Jirschele (23), First Base-Rusty Kuntz (18), Hitting-Dale Sveum (21), Bench-Don Wakamatsu (22). No. Pitchers (13+5 D.L.) B-T Ht. Wt. Born Age Birthplace 49 Joe Blanton R-R 6-3 215 12-11-80 34 Nashville, TN 55 Tim Collins (60-day D.L.) L-L 5-7 170 08-21-89 25 Worcester, MA 17 Wade Davis R-R 6-5 220 09-07-85 29 Lake Wales, FL 41 Danny Duffy L-L 6-3 205 12-21-88 26 Goleta, CA 27 Brandon Finnegan L-L 5-11 200 04-14-93 22 Fort Worth, TX 33 Brian Flynn (60-day D.L.) L-L 6-7 250 04-19-90 25 Owasso, OK 54 Jason Frasor R-R 5-9 180 08-09-77 37 Chicago, IL 11 Jeremy Guthrie R-R 6-1 205 04-08-79 36 Roseburg, OR 40 Kelvin Herrera R-R 5-10 200 12-31-89 25 Tenares, DR 44 Luke Hochevar R-R 6-5 225 09-15-83 31 Denver, CO 56 Greg Holland R-R 5-10 205 11-20-85 29 Marion, NC 46 Ryan Madson R-R 6-6 225 08-28-80 34 Long Beach, CA 39 Kris Medlen (60-day D.L) S-R 5-10 190 10-07-85 29 Artesia, CA 47 Franklin Morales L-L 6-1 210 01-24-86 29 San Juan Morros, Venezuela 51 Jason Vargas (15-day D.L.) L-L 6-0 215 02-02-83 32 Apple Valley, CA 30 Yordano Ventura (15-day D.L) R-R 6-0 195 06-03-91 24 Samana, DR 36 Edinson Volquez R-R 6-0 220 07-03-83 31 Barahona, DR 32 Chris Young R-R 6-10 255 05-25-79 36 Dallas, TX No. Catchers (2) B-T Ht. Wt. Born Age Birthplace 9 Drew Butera R-R 6-1 200 08-09-83 31 Evansville, IN 13 Salvador Perez R-R 6-3 240 05-10-90 25 Valencia, Venezuela No. Infielders (6) B-T Ht. Wt. Born Age Birthplace 24 Christian Colon R-R 5-10 190 05-14-89 26 Cayey, PR 2 Alcides Escobar R-R 6-1 185 12-16-86 28 La Sabana, Venezuela 35 Eric Hosmer L-L 6-4 225 10-24-89 25 South Miami, FL 14 Omar Infante R-R 5-11 195 12-26-81 33 Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela 25 Kendrys Morales S-R 6-1 225 06-20-83 32 Fomento, Cuba 8 Mike Moustakas L-R 6-0 215 09-11-88 26 Los Angeles, CA No. Outfielders (4) B-T Ht. Wt. Born Age Birthplace 6 Lorenzo Cain R-R 6-2 205 04-13-86 29 Valdosta, GA 1 Jarrod Dyson L-R 5-10 160 08-15-84 30 McComb, MS 4 Alex Gordon L-R 6-1 220 02-10-84 31 Lincoln, NE 15 Alex Rios R-R 6-5 210 02-18-81 34 Coffee, AL 2015 Pronunciation Guide Name Pronunciation Name Pronunciation Jarrod Dyson ...................................... juh-ROD Mike Jirschele .................................... Jersh-LEE Alcides Escobar ..................................al-SEE-dess Franklin Morales . moer-AH-lez Jason Frasor ......................................FRAY-zoer Kendrys Morales .....................KEHN-dreez moer-AH-lez Luke Hochevar..................................HO-chay-vur Mike Moustakas.............................. Moo-STOCK-us Eric Hosmer .......................................HOZ-mur Yordano Ventura................................ your-DON-oh Omar Infante ...................................in-FAHN-tay Edinson Volquez . .EHD-in-sin VOHL-kehz.