Tyson Guerrero #78

Guerrero resides in Chehalis, Wash...Ranked third among qualified Pac-12 pitchers and led his team with a 2.96 ERA (18 ER in 54.2 IP) as a redshirt sophomore at the University of Washington in 2021...Spent the 2020 season at Lower Columbia College (Wash.), where he went 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA and 20 strikeouts in two starts, including 15 strikeouts in a 6.0-inning start...Was a two-way player at Washington State University in 2019, where he went 1-2 with a 3.63 ERA (14 ER in 34.2 IP) in 19 outings and hit .277 (26-for-94)...Graduated from W.F. West HS (Wash.) in 2018, where he earned Evergreen Conference MVP honors as a junior in 2017 after posting a 1.02 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 27.1 innings…That included a 15-strikeout game, a no-hitter and a 12-strikeout game to lead his team to the 2A state title game…He went 7-0 with a 1.17 ERA and threw a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts in the third-place game of the state playoffs as a senior.

2024

Split the season between Triple-A Omaha (five starts) and Double-A Northwest Arkansas (22 games, 20 starts), combining to go 4-9 with a 4.54 ERA (62 ER in 123.0 IP), 123 strikeouts (9.0 K/9) and 57 walks (4.2 BB/9)...His 123 strikeouts were tied for second-highest among Royals farmhands, behind only Noah Cameron’s 149, and set a new career high after recording 121 in 2023 with Northwest Arkansas and High-A Quad Cities...Didn’t allow a run over three starts totaling 19.0 scoreless innings from July 24-Aug. 4, letting up just four hits with 15 strikeouts and five walks, earning himself Texas League Pitcher of the Week honors for the week of July 29-Aug. 4...Struggled to find his footing across his five Triple-A starts, as he surrendered 20 earned runs over 20.2 innings (8.71 ERA), but his penultimate start was a 5.2-inning, one-run gem at Louisville on Sept. 17, during which he struck out seven batters without issuing a walk.