In the moments after Danny Duffy finished dissecting his latest start, the Royals' left-handed pitcher spared six words on Sunday afternoon to lavish praise on Frank Schwindel.
“He’s got some dummy pop, man,” Duffy said.
Like many around the Royals the last 10 days, Duffy was awestruck by the work Schwindel, recently named the winner of the Royals’ George Brett Award given to the best minor-league hitter in the organization, has done with his bat. For a handful of games, Schwindel was overshadowed by Mike Moustakas’ return to the lineup and an overall power surge that saw the Royals club 24 homers in eight games from March 13-20.