KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jim Fregosi Jr., a baseball All-American at New Mexico in 1985 and a special assistant in the Kansas City Royals’ front office has died. He was 57.
Fregosi, son of a longtime major league player and manager, died Thursday in Los Angeles, the Royals said. No cause of death was given.
Fregosi spent 17 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies as an area scout, scouting cross-checker and major league scout over two stints around time with the Colorado Rockies in 1999 and 2000. He joined the Royals after the 2011 season.