Royals’ star wants to wear a 3-digit number on his uniform originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Somewhere along the way, the uniform gods decided that the numbers on the back of a jersey top could be either one digit or two digits.
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Why not three? That’s what Kansas City Royals star Vinnie Pasquantino wants to know.
Pasquantino recently joined in on some social media banter about Alex Bregman wearing the No. 2 on his jersey because he was the second pick of his draft.
The lefty slugger joked (or maybe was serious) that he wants to be number 319.
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Pasquantino was that 319th selection in the 2019 MLB Draft out of Old Dominion. That works out to be an 11th-round pick.
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He’s the only player from that round to have accumulated at least 1.0 Win Above Replacement in the major leagues.
Pasquantino has a really funny social media presence, which has to be fun for his fans.
And hey, maybe one of those Royals fans should start a petition. Or at least start selling some self-created Kansas City jerseys with the number 319 on the back. Pasquantino has earned that.
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