page_title: Nick Dini
section_title: Professional career
hierarchical_section_title: Nick Dini / Professional career
caption_attribution_description: English: Nick Dini at bat for the Omaha Storm Chasers
context_page_description: Nicholas Carl Dini is an American professional baseball catcher in the Kansas City Royals organization. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals.
context_section_description: Dini was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round of the 2015 MLB draft. After signing, Dini was assigned to the rookie-league Idaho Falls Chukars and hit .316 with four home runs and 29 RBIs in his first season of professional baseball. In 2016, Dini appeared in only 20 games with four different minor league teams due to injuries, batting .319 with nine RBIs. Dini began the 2017 season with the Class A Lexington Legends and was promoted to the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals hitting a combined .302 batting average with four home runs and 36 RBIs. He was selected by the Royals to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Surprise Saguaros following the end of the season. He started 2018 with Northwest Arkansas and was named a reserve to the Texas League All-Star Game, batting .239 in 80 games before being promoted to the AAA Omaha Storm Chasers for the rest of the season. He hit .333 with three home runs and six RBIs in 14 games with Omaha. Dini was non-roster invitee to Royals spring training in 2019, but did not make the team out of camp and was assigned to AAA.
caption: Dini in 2019 with the Omaha Storm Chasers
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