Tyler Cropley #79

Tyler resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with his wife, Taylor, and their son, Trey, who was born Feb. 14, 2023... Transferred to the University of Iowa in 2017, where he was a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award as a senior and was a First-Team All-Big Ten selection after leading the Hawkeyes in batting average (.342)...Attended Iowa Western Community College from 2015-16, where he led the team to a 106-22 record over two seasons, winning back-to-back conference titles and finished fourth at the NJCAA World Series in 2016...Was a three-time high school all-state selection at Bishop Heelan Catholic High School in Sioux City, Iowa, and had his No. 2 retired in December 2023...was all-state and all-division in football and he placed third in Class 3A in long jump as a senior.

2023

Also got the start in Houston on Sept. 23 and caught all 9.0 innings as the Royals won 3-2 at Minute Maid Park in Game 2 of an eventual three-game sweep... Spent most of the year with Double-A Northwest Arkansas, where he played in 43 games and slashed .234/.329/.359 (34-for-145), with 10 of his 34 hits going for extra bases, including six doubles and four home runs...he played in two games with Triple-A Omaha. 

2022

Earned his first invitation to Major League Spring Training in 2022 with Kansas City...Appeared in just 36 games across three levels of Kansas City’s minor league system due to injury, with stops in Arizona (two games), Low-A Columbia (three) and Northwest Arkansas (31).

2021

Appeared in 26 games for Double-A Northwest Arkansas, posting a .325 on-base percentage...Hit his first Double-A home run May 23 at Springfield.