Anne Rogers details the impressive first pro season for David Shields:

With young pitchers, the Royals like to focus first on their delivery and attacking the zone. Shields’ maturity with all of that already allowed the club to move on to the pitch grips and execution in his first season.

“He’s a kid beyond his years,” senior director of pitching Paul Gibson said earlier this season. “He’s very confident. Very much a strong believer in himself. Recognizes mistakes. Knows what he needs to work on. Really good idea on how to pitch. Reads swings really well. And location of his fastball is fairly incredible for an 18 year old kid from the Northeast with limited exposure.”

Here is your Arizona Fall League Royals roundup — three of their games this week were banged due to inclement weather s

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