Colorado Rockies prospect Chad Spanberger won the South Atlantic League's All-Star Game Home Run Derby on Tuesday night, but he was expecting a challenge going into the competition.
That's because Spanberger knows all about Royals' minor-league star Seuly Matias, who has already hit 22 home runs this season. Want to know more about Matias, read this feature from Maria Torres, the Royals beat writer for The Star.
"I've seen him hit them like 450, 460 feet," Spanberger told MiLB.com. "But it looked like it was farther. … I've seen him play in games.