Six prospects from the Royals’ organization were assigned to the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League, and will be accompanied by Wilmington Manager Scott Thorman and Burlington strength Coach Yannick Plante. The players include: infielder Gabriel Cancel, outfielders Brewer Hicklen and Kyle Isbel and pitchers Daniel Lynch, Tad Ratliff and Daniel Tillo.
The AFL season will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
Nina Zimmerman contributed to this article.
(All statistics and rankings were recorded through August 29)
INF Gabriel Cancel
Cancel has spent the entire 2019 season with Double-A Northwest Arkansas, batting .