Flashback to the 2018 season and Kansas City Royals’ 2014 8th round draft pick, Ryan O’Hearn was promoted to the big leagues on July 31 after slashing 0.232/0.322/0.391 with 11 home runs and 52 RBI’s in 100 games for Triple-A Omaha.
With a struggling Lucas Duda for most of the season and his eventual trade to the Atlanta Braves at the end of August, it made a lot of sense to bring O’Hearn up to get a look at the 25-year old. In just 44 games, O’Hearn slashed 0.262/0.353/0.597 with 12 home runs and 30 RBI’s.