{"id":2441444,"date":"2026-06-02T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2441444"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:47:28","slug":"royals-prospect-justin-lamkin-rising-fast-in-minor-leagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-prospect-justin-lamkin-rising-fast-in-minor-leagues\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals prospect Justin Lamkin rising fast in minor leagues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!----><!----><\/p>\n<figure\/><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!----><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Left-handed pitcher Justin Lamkin has rocketed through the Kansas City Royals\u2019 minor-league system since being drafted in 2025. The 21-year-old Texas native recently earned a promotion to Double-A Northwest Arkansas after dominating in High-A.<\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>FULL STORY: <a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/sports\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/article315916961.html\">Meet the Royals\u2019 left-handed pitching prospect skyrocketing through the minors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Royals selected Lamkin in the Competitive Balance Round B (71st overall) of the 2025 MLB Draft out of Texas A&amp;M, where he played three seasons after a standout prep career at Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, Texas.<\/li>\n<li>The 6-foot-4, 210-pound southpaw posted a 1.27 ERA in six starts with High-A Quad Cities before his promotion. He now has a 3.97 ERA in 11 \u2153 innings at Double-A Northwest Arkansas.<\/li>\n<li>Lamkin throws four pitches: a fastball at 91-93 mph, a gyro slider, a changeup and a curveball. His deceptive crossfire delivery helps hide his pitches during his windup.<\/li>\n<li>Royals senior director of pitching performance Paul Gibson compared Lamkin to Royals lefty starter Kris Bubic, citing similarities in \u201cmakeup, work ethic, deception and delivery.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In a recent start against the Amarillo Sod Poodles, Lamkin allowed one run and struck out eight, throwing 52 of 73 pitches for strikes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"zone grid\">\n<div class=\"related-stories story-module\">\n<h5>Related Stories from  Kansas City Star<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-module\" wp_automatic_readability=\"28.718181818182\">\n<div class=\"author-card \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.8363636363636\">\n<div class=\"thumb\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/profile\/274524051\/\"><br \/>\n                        <br \/>\n                    <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"article-details\">\n<p>                <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/profile\/274524051\/\">Jaylon Thompson<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Added as per FE-855 --><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"credit\">The Kansas City Star<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Added as per FE-855 --><\/p>\n<p>                     <!-- End of class=\"social-media\" --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <span>Jaylon Thompson covers the Royals for The Kansas City Star. He previously covered the 2021 World Series and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jaylon is a proud alumnus of the University of Georgia.<\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kansascity.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-handed pitcher Justin Lamkin has rocketed through the Kansas City Royals\u2019 minor-league system since being drafted in 2025. The 21-year-old Texas native recently earned a promotion to Double-A Northwest Arkansas after dominating in High-A. FULL STORY: Meet the Royals\u2019 left-handed pitching prospect skyrocketing through the minors Here are key takeaways: The Royals selected Lamkin in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2395777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2441444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KC-Royals-snap-4-game-win-streak-in-5-2-loss-to.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441445,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441444\/revisions\/2441445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}