The 2023 MLB Draft has concluded, but Eric Kennedy has signed a post-draft free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals.

Kennedy, son of Julie (Vogler) and Dave Kennedy and grandson of Curt and Marge Vogler of Rock Port, Missouri, is a left fielder for the University of Texas. He will be 24 in September, but the redshirt senior did produce for the Longhorns with added power this year, smacking 17 home runs and hitting .306/.378/.588.

Eric has two older brothers, Ben and Nick, both of whom played baseball at Texas. Ben played from 2014 to 2016 and Nick played from 2016 to 2017 before he was drafted in the fifth round by the Colorado Rockies in the 2017 June draft.