- Full name Christopher Sweeney
- Born 09/12/1991 in Mountain Top, PA
- Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 185 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School King's College
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Technically, Sweeney is a retread hoping to get a second shot at affiliated ball. But the nondrafted free agent the Royals signed out of NCAA Division III King (Pa.) College in 2013 had just 69 at-bats before he was released. As a senior, Sweeney led all D-III hitters with a .496 average, a .942 slugging percentage and 114 total bases. This season with Evansville was the first time he had batted more than 250 times in a season. Sweeney responded by hitting .297/.369/.577 with 21 home runs as a 23-year-old, showing an all-fields approach and impressive power. "He runs a 6.6(-second) 60-yard dash (which is double-plus on the scouting scale) and he has a right fielder's arm," Evansville manager Andy McCauley said. "He just needed at-bats." Because of his limited at-bats, Sweeney's pitch recognition is behind some of his contemporaries, but his hand-eye coordination makes up for some of those deficiencies.