Royals infielder Adalberto Mondesi is a man of many nicknames.

There’s Mondi, commonly used around the organization. There’s Ada, short for his first name and a tribute to his mother.

But the one he’ll sport on his jersey during baseball’s second Players Weekend at the end of August is an homage to the moniker bestowed upon him by family members while he was growing up in the Dominican Republic: La guinea, a bird known for its quickness and evasiveness.

“I ran a lot,” he explained in Spanish.

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