SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Not that long ago, Royals right-hander Luke Farrell wondered if he would ever play baseball again.
It has been a long journey for Farrell, a sixth-round pick by Kansas City in the 2013 Draft and the son of Boston manager John Farrell.
Back in 2009, in the summer following his senior year of high school, Luke Farrell was at the dentist's office for an examination when the dentist noticed something irregular in the back of Farrell's throat. The dentist advised him to get it looked at by a physician.
Farrell didn't think a whole lot of it until he began feeling some unusual pressure in the area a short time later.