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The excruciating wait for announcements of minor league affiliates is finally over. One former KC Royals partner is left without a major league team.
After months of speculation, we finally know the four towns that will be associated with the KC Royals. Roses were offered to Omaha and Northwest Arkansas which, as we have previously noted, seemed like givens, and the Quad Cities River Bandits and Columbia (South Carolina) Fireflies. The latter two will serve as the Class A teams.
No longer will the Wilmington Blue Rocks and Lexington Legends be part of the growth process for Royal draft picks.