Cam Devanney #34

Cam resides in Hudson, N.H....He graduated from Central Catholic HS (N.H.) in 2015, where he was twice a league All-Star and a two-time Merrimack Valley Conference MVP (2013, 2015)...Attended Elon University (N.C.) from 2016-19, where he was a captain of the baseball team and named Second-Team All-CAA as a redshirt junior...Was teammates with Mariners ace George Kirby from 2017-19.

2024

Appeared in 15 games during Spring Training after earning his first invitation to Major League camp, and batted .269 (5-for-24) with one home run, five RBI, two walks and a stolen base...His home run was a two-run shot off Drew Smyly in Mesa on March 16...Spent the season with Triple-A Omaha, slashing .254/.336/.445 (117-for-461, .781 OPS) with 27 doubles, two triples and 19 home runs (third among Royals Minor Leaguers), driving in 77 RBI (first, career-high)...Appeared in 123 games (122 starts) at shortstop, posting a .968 fielding percentage (14 errors in 1060.1 innings)...1060.1 innings at shortstop not only led the Storm Chasers, but were tied for the fifth-most innings of any Minor League player at a single position this year with José Ramos (LAD, CF), behind Tim Elko (CWS, 1B, 1122.1), Colson Montgomery (CWS, SS, 1082.0), Noah Miller (LAD, SS, 1074.1) and Alex Freeland (LAD, SS, 1061.2)...Only six Minor League shortstops played at least 1,000.0 innings, and Devanney’s .968 fielding percentage ranked third only to Miller (.986) and Josh Kasevich (TOR, .973, 1027.2)...Tied for the International League lead with 20 RBI when hitting with the bases loaded, and tied for second with 13 total bases with the bases loaded, going 9-for-17 (.529) in those situations.

2023

Appeared in 10 games during Spring Training as a Minor League camp transplant and batted .300 (3- for-10) with one home run... Spent the entire season with Triple-A Nashville, slashing .271/.362/.461 (91-for-336, .823 OPS) with 27 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 47 RBI and 46 walks to 71 strikeouts while playing the majority of the year at shortstop (70 games, 67 starts)... Following a slow start to the season through May, he slashed .303/.365/.636 (20-for-66, 1.001 OPS) in June with eight doubles and four home runs in 20 games... Finished the season on a .315/.397/.492 (39-for-124, .889 OPS) clip from Aug. 1-end of the year, collecting 11 doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI with 17 walks over his final 38 games of the season.