Alec Mills

Mills played college baseball at the University of Tennessee at Martin. After his junior year he was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 22nd round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.^[1] He signed with the Royals and made his professional debut with the Idaho Falls Chukars. He spent 2013 with the Lexington Legends, 2014 with Idaho Falls and Lexington and 2015 with the Wilmington Blue Rocks.^[2] The Royals added him to their 40-man roster after the season.^[3]

Mills began the 2016 season with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Class AA Texas League.^[4] The Royals promoted Mills to the major leagues on May 18,^[5] and he made his major league debut that day.

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Kansas City Royals current roster

Active roster	0 Terrance Gore 1 Jarrod Dyson 2 Alcides Escobar 4 Alex Gordon 6 Lorenzo Cain 8 Mike Moustakas 9 Drew Butera 11 Bubba Starling 13 Salvador Pérez 14 Billy Burns 15 Whit Merrifield 16 Paulo Orlando 17 Wade Davis 19 Cheslor Cuthbert 24 Christian Colón 27 Raúl A. Mondesí 30 Yordano Ventura 31 Ian Kennedy 32 Chris Young 33 Brian Flynn 35 Eric Hosmer 38 Jorge Bonifacio 40 Kelvin Herrera 41 Danny Duffy 45 Kyle Zimmer 48 Joakim Soria 50 Miguel Almonte 51 Jason Vargas 54 Scott Alexander 60 Hunter Dozier 61 Kevin McCarthy 63 Alec Mills 64 Matt Strahm 66 Mike Minor -- Samir Duenez -- Andrew Edwards -- Cam Gallagher -- Jake Junis -- Ramón Torres

Coaching staff	Manager 3 Ned Yost Bench 22 Don Wakamatsu First base 81 Rusty Kuntz Third base 23 Mike Jirschele Hitting 21 Dale Sveum Pitching 58 Dave Eiland Bullpen 57 Doug Henry Catching 28 Pedro Grifol Bullpen catcher 88 Cody Clark

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