UPDATED 6:35 a.m. Monday with additional player information from the Kansas City Royals.
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With the seventh pick in the first round of the MLB Draft, the Kansas City Royals this evening drafted LHP Frank Mozzicato. From the Kansas City Royals Facebook page:
This marks the third time in the last four years that the Royals have selected a pitcher with their first pick, following Asa Lacy (4th overall) in 2020 and Brady Singer (18th overall) in 2018.
Mozzicato, 18, is committed to the University of Connecticut.
The Royals’ next pick will come tomorrow in the second round (43rd overall). Day two of the draft will begin at noon on MLB.com.