FanPost

Royals Minor League Transactions (5/19-5/25)

Louis Coleman (RHP-27): Promoted to Kansas City from Omaha on 5/23. Coleman was 2-1 (3 saves) with a 1.03 ERA in 26.1 IP allowing 0 HRs at AAA.

Kelvin Herrera (RHP-23): Demoted to Omaha from Kansas City on 5/23. Herrera was 2-4 with a 4.78 ERA in 20.1 IP with the Royals this season. He also gave up 8 HRs in that span.

Yowill Espinal (INF-22): Promoted from Lexington to Wilmington on 5/23. In 23 games at A this year he went .209/.321/.328 with 1 HR and 3 SB. He's made 5 errors in 82 chances this season, primarily playing 2B.

Kenny Diekroeger (2B-22): Demoted from Wilmington to Lexington on 5/23. In 33 games at A+ this year, he went .207/.232/.306 with 3 HR and 0 SB. He's made 5 errors in 85 chances this season, primarily playing 2B, with some time at SS. Diekroeger was selected in the 4th round of the 2012 draft by the Royals out of Stanford.

Nick Cuckovich (OF-21): Demoted from Lexington to Idaho Falls on 5/23. In 28 games in low A this year he hit .180/.215/.225 with only 4 XBH in 94 PA. He was drafted in 2011 in the 17th round.

Matthew Murray (RHP-Lexington-23): Activated from the 7-DL on 5/23. Murray has not pitched since 2011 in Rookie ball where he went 2-4 with a 3.40 ERA and a nice 9.8 K/9 ratio. He was a 2011 10th round draft pick.

Mark Peterson (RHP-Lexington-22): Placed on the 7-day DL on 5/23. He's pitched 17.2 innings for Lexington going 0-1, 3.06 ERA.

Mark Donato (1B-21): Promoted to Lexington from AZL Royals. Last year in Rookie ball he hit .253/.305/.435. He was a 2012, 26th round selection.

This FanPost was written by a member of the Royals Review community. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the editors and writers of this site.