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Royals Recall Noah Cameron For MLB Debut

By Anthony Franco | April 30, 2025 at 10:00am CDT

April 30: The Royals have formally announced Cameron’s recall from Omaha. They’ve also reinstated infielder Tyler Tolbert from the bereavement list. Righty Jonathan Bowlan and infielder Nick Loftin were optioned to Triple-A in a pair of corresponding moves.

April 29: Left-hander Noah Cameron is listed as the Royals’ probable starter for Wednesday evening’s game against the Rays. He’ll go opposite Drew Rasmussen in his major league debut. Cameron was added to the 40-man roster last November, but Kansas City will need to recall him while making a corresponding active roster move involving a pitcher.

This would have been Cole Ragans’ turn through the starting five. The star southpaw was pulled early from his most recent start with left groin tightness. He’s evidently not ready to go on normal rest, but the Royals haven’t placed him on the injured list. Jaylon Thompson of The Kansas City Star reports that the team is optimistic that Ragans will not require an IL stint. He’s scheduled for a bullpen session in the coming days and could start one of the games during the weekend series against the Orioles.

The delay opens the opportunity for Cameron’s first major league call. The 6’3″ lefty was a seventh-round pick in 2021. He hadn’t pitched during his draft year at the University of Central Arkansas because of Tommy John surgery. Cameron has impressed since entering professional ball, emerging as one of the team’s better pitching prospects in the process. Baseball America ranked him eighth overall in the K.C. system during the offseason. BA credits Cameron with a plus changeup as the headliner of a solid, if not overpowering, four-pitch arsenal.

Cameron doesn’t have huge velocity. His fastball averaged 92 MPH during his Triple-A work last year. It’s closer to 93 this season. Cameron mixes his pitches fairly regularly. It has worked against minor league competition. He turned in a 3.08 earned run average with a near-28% strikeout rate between the top two minor league levels last season. He has been similarly effective through five starts with Triple-A Omaha this year. Cameron has fanned 30.3% of opponents while working to a 3.22 ERA across 22 1/3 frames. He has gotten ground-balls at a career-high 58.5% clip.

If Ragans does require an injured list stint, Cameron would probably be the top choice to step into the rotation. Assuming Ragans can avoid the IL, Cameron will likely head back to Omaha after the spot start. Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha, Kris Bubic and Michael Lorenzen round out the rotation. The Royals have been without Alec Marsh and Kyle Wright all season. Wright, who missed all of last season rehabbing shoulder surgery, is the closer of that duo to a return. Anne Rogers of MLB.com relays that Wright will begin a minor league rehab stint this week.

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8 Comments

  1. Canuckleball

    6 months ago

    Talent’s just flooding into KC these days…

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  2. showmebb

    6 months ago

    Could also be a showcase for a potential trade for a bat.

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  3. This one belongs to the Reds

    6 months ago

    Are they expecting rain?

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  4. LordD99

    6 months ago

    After watching baseball for over half a century, I still wonder how players can be “recalled” for their MLB debut.

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    • Canuckleball

      6 months ago

      After a 5 second google search…

      —–
      “Recalled” is a technical term, meaning that the player was on optional assignment and is being recalled from that assignment to the active roster. The opposite of this is to be “optioned”, meaning that the player is removed from the active roster and placed on optional assignment.
      —–

      Back in spring training, the kids are with the big club and are then sent to the minors to start the year. They are being recalled, in a sense, to their default position, which was with the club.

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      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        6 months ago

        The definition (and snark) are much appreciated.

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  5. Thomas L

    6 months ago

    Nick Loftin seems to have been at Omaha all season? Was that a rehab assignment and he’s now off rehab and just down there? Or something else I’m missing?

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  6. WestVillageTiger

    6 months ago

    Six and a third of one-hit ball and a win in a shutout. Nice debut!

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