@Royals: The names have been chosen. Here are a few. #PlayersWeekend

Posted Aug 6, 2019, 5:56 PM UTC

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FistaclesOP•

Duffy and Gordon switching nicknames has me in stitches.

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van_morrissey•

Also "Island boy" lol.

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rockchalk88•

If I had to wager a guess, it was just a social media mistake

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kcriotmakersalvaDONG•

It's not. I thought it was at first as well, but they are switching.

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ConstantQuarreling•

Lots of 80-grade name choices. Love Mondi going with Ace :')

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themarkster09Cool Whit•

lots of people seem to have a problem with it, which I don’t get

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ConstantQuarreling•

They probably don't understand it's paying homage to Yo.

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themarkster09Cool Whit•

I’m going to assume it’s paying homage since I’ve never heard Mondi be referred to as that, I think that it’s pretty damn cool

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ConstantQuarreling•

https://royals.mlblogs.com/mondesi-keeps-running-e292ddb25e8a

Yeah Yordano meant a lot to Mondi. The man's even got a tattoo for him.

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YOUREABOT•

I really hope Duffy and Gordon swapped names for the day. And Scoots McGoots... I'd buy that shirt

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FistaclesOP•

Looks like they did they replied to my tweet

https://twitter.com/Royals/status/1158799269832396800?s=19

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rockchalk88•

Is Mondesi honoring Yordano with his nick name?

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construction5747•

Yes. They were very close. Sam Mellinger just tweeted out an article about it

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Izzi_Skyy•

Staumont got Staumont as his nickname?

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Strahlinjimmy govern is our best prospect since george brett•

does jorge lopez main pichu?

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tesnic6my moutaka•

I need a Scoots McGoots shirt stat. Also the Duffman on no. 4 because it’d really fuck with people lol

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