Brown Inks Free Agent Contract With Royals

KANSAS CITY – Former UNCP lefthander Rudy Brown – a middle reliever who proved instrumental to the success of the Braves baseball program over the last two years – has signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals, the Major League Baseball organization announced Thursday afternoon.

Brown, a Salisbury native and former Surry Community College standout, compiled a 7-5 record, a 4.00 earned run average and a pair of saves in two seasons in Pembroke. He put an exclamation point on his short stay with the Braves this past season, registering a 4-3 mark with a 2.85 ERA as UNCP's primary set-up man, striking out 53 batters and walking just 15 in 41 innings of work.

Brown will join a host of other prospects at the Royals' training camp in Arizona. Following the evaluation process, he will be assigned to a team in Kansas City's minor league system.