Chris Dwyer will be doing a lot of traveling in the next month of so.First, the Swampscott native – who just signed a contract with the Kansas City Royals with a $1.45 million bonus – shipped out to Sunprise, Ariz., which is near Tempe, early Friday morning for some extended “summer” training. Then, when he’s done with that, he’ll head to the Royals’ rookie team in Idaho Falls, Idaho, for what’s left of the minor league season there.All of this became a reality for Dwyer – a former football and baseball standout for St. Mary’s High – Thursday when he signed the deal with Kansas City, which had drafted him in the fourth round this past June out of Clemson University.Dwyer joins a long line of both Swampscott residents (the most recent being Tim Keily) and St. Mary’s athletes (including Tony Conigliaro, Skip Falasca, and Derek Dana) to sign professional contracts.The lefthanded pitcher, who as a quarterback, helped the Spartans win a Division 3A Super Bowl title before leaving to attend the Salisbury prep school, led the Tigers this past spring in games started (17). He also struck out 95 patters, 42 looking, and opponents hit .236 against him.Dwyer says one of the reasons he’s successful in getting so many called strike threes is his curveball – which he calls is strongest asset.”I’d say I have a pretty good curve,” he said, while also noting that, when he has to, he can get it up to 90-94 on the gun with his fastball.In fact, he even considers himself a strikeout pitcher, “both looking and swinging. Lots of swings and misses on my curveball.”The draft happens in early June, just as the NCAA playoffs are wrapping up, and Dwyer said – at the time – that he didn’t want to speculate on whether, or when, he’d be taken, preferring to concentrate on getting his team to the College World Series.”You can’t predict it,” he said. “It’s too hard to predict. I was pitching in games, and it was getting close.”Not now?”I’m pretty excited,” he said. “It was a goal of mine.”The Royals haven’t exactly been among baseball’s elite teams in the past 20 years. Their last world championship was in 1985, and they’ve fallen on extreme hard times in the last decade.But, “they’re back on track,” Dwyer said. “They’re trying to get back to where they used to be, 10 years ago.”He joins an organization that already has what many consider one of the best young pitchers in the game – righthander Zack Greinke, who is 11-7 thus far this season, but has a 2.43 ERA.Dwyer, who says his career at Clemson is likely over, nonetheless said it was enjoyable.”It was fun going down south and playing for (coach) Jack Leggett,” he said.Dwyer said the coaches he played for at both St. Mary’s and Swampscott had a tremendous impact on him.”At St. Mary’s, there was (former baseball coach) Bill Norcross,” he said. “I spent a lot of time working out with him for four years.”Also,” he said, “there was (football coach) Mike Stellato. Those are two guys I played for who were good coaches. Also, there was Jeff Newhall (his American Legion coach in Swampscott). He’s a good guy.”