Royals' Christian Binford: Gives up seven earned runs over 4.1 innings

Binford was rocked in his first start of the season against Double-A Frisco on Saturday, giving up seven earned runs on eleven hits and a walk over 4.1 innings. He now holds a bloated 14.54 ERA on the young season.

Binford was similarly hit hard this spring as he posted a 11.25 ERA over four innings of work. The 6-6 righty is coming off his age-22 season in which he compiled a 5.82 ERA over 119 innings with Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha. Interestingly, before reaching the Triple-A level, Winford had not posted an ERA above 3.60 over 300 plus innings. The 23-year-old will need to show in 2016 he can carry over his single and Double-A statistics into the Triple-A level in order to build his resume for a potential call up to the big leagues down the road.