Royals prospect Kendry Chourio combined with Emmanuel Reyes to throw a no-hitter.
Chourio, 18, was acquired during the 2025 international signing period, and he quickly ascended to the Royals’ top prospect in Major League Baseball’s rankings.
“His change-up and his curveball were both good pitches with higher ceiling,” Royals senior director of pitching performance Paul Gibson told The Star’s Jaylon Thompson last month. “So like any young pitcher that has the velocity that Chourio has, running through
lineups with that fastball-heavy attack is going to be a natural thing.”
Baseball Pipeline noted Chourio had 18 swing-and-misses Sunday as he struck out 10 in five innings. Four of those strikeouts came against top Brewers prospects, an MLB.com story said: Luis Peña (No. 2/MLB No. 18), No. 12 Braylon Payne (fanned twice) and No. 22 Eric Bitonti.
Anne Rogers writes about the Royals pitching depth in the aftermath of Sunday’s drubbing by the Padres.
It’s been a particularly rough stretch for Cameron. In seven starts since June 13, he’s allowed 31 runs in 35 innings, good for a 7.97 ERA. He’s allowed five runs or more in four of his last five starts since June 24. There’s been different reasons for his struggles, but command and pitch execution are atop the list.
Following a rookie season in which he posted a 2.99 ERA across 24 starts, there was some expectation that Cameron would endure a few more bumps in his sophomore season. That tends to be normal across the league as hitters adjust.
But Cameron has yet to make the adjustment back. He could probably use a reset; he’s quickly approaching his Major League career-high in innings, hitting 100 2/3 for the season on Sunday after logging 138 1/3 innings last year. But the Royals are so challenged with their depth that they need Cameron to continue to eat innings.
David Lesky enumerates the interesting things we can watch for in the second half of the season.
It’s all about the continued development of Jac Caglianone and Carter Jensen as key pieces for an offense that’s been better than you probably realize this year. It’s about a trade deadline that won’t be terribly impactful for the Royals, but they have some interesting pieces. It’s about getting looks at various players who could be helpful to them next season and beyond. And it’ll be about watching a lineup as intended when Maikel Garcia gets back to join Jensen, Caglianone, Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino and others. We’ll see what the team looks like in two weeks after the deadline, but there are plenty of interesting things as we watch them for the final 62.
Miguel Andujar, who was hit by a Lucas Erceg pitch in Sunday’s game, is out with a wrist fracture.
The Marlins put Max Meyer on the injured list with a neck strain.
Adley Rutschman also hit the IL with left wrist inflammation.
The Mets activated Luis Robert Jr from the IL.
The Rockies traded Seth Halvorson to the Dodgers.
The Orioles and Red Sox are hot hot hot.
FIFA will open a disciplinary investigation into Argentina after the post-final scuffle between the South Americans and Spain.
Italy has approached legendary manager Pep Guardiola to manage Gli Azzurri (I took Italian in college and came to enjoy soccer during Italy’s 2006 World Cup run).
29 reasons why the World Cup was awesome from The Ringer. It’s a long one, buckle up if you click this one.
LIV Golf is getting sued for not paying its bills. This quote from a LIV representative is hilarious – “our view is that litigating outstanding invoices will not be a productive use of either of our time and resources”. In other words, “please don’t sue us”.
ESPN laid off NFL analyst Ryan Clark in the middle of a taping of his show.
Could the SEC split off from the rest of college sports to form some sort of … sports league? *Gasp*.
The Paramount-Warner Bros merger was put on hold (temporarily) due to antitrust concerns.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey made a boatload of money on its opening weekend.
Your song of the day is Foster the People with Lost in Space.
