2023 – A new beginning for the Royals. Matt Quatraro era begins. A year to see which of our young players will make up the core going forward. Can Bobby Witt Jr become a superstar SS or will go to the hot corner? Will Brady Singer take the next step forward? Will Salvy be Salvy? Will Big Vin or Pratto take first base? Will they find a position for MJ? Who else emerges from the youth movement? Not to mention the development of the new downtown stadium.
Free Agents/Trades Acquisitions
Jordan Lyles, RHP
Ryan Yarbrough, LHP
Josh Taylor, LHP
Aroldis Chapman, LHP
Top 10 Prospects from Baseball America
1. Gavin Cross, OF
2. Cayden Wallace, 3B
3. Drew Waters, OF
4. Ben Kudrna, RHP
5. Frank Mozzicato, LHP
6. Maikel Garcia, SS
7. Tyler Gentry, OF
8. Nick Loftin, OF/3B
9. Angel Zerpa, LHP
10. Carter Jensen, C [Reply]
You just have to let these young guys play! Massey and Pratto are athletes, period! I hope they stick with Eaton in the outfield or 3rd as he is an athlete too. We need ballplayers who know how to win and we have some here already.....just have to play them! [Reply]
Originally Posted by tyreekthefreak:
You just have to let these young guys play! Massey and Pratto are athletes, period! I hope they stick with Eaton in the outfield or 3rd as he is an athlete too. We need ballplayers who know how to win and we have some here already.....just have to play them!
Eaton is utility backup I'd think...
Personally I think Nick Loftin is the 3rd baseman before this year is over. [Reply]
Nick Loftin's power profile at AAA is nice and has been improving. It's weird, because when they drafted him I and most others saw them aiming for a do-everything, versatile fielder, high-average, line-drive hitter (Whit Merrifield, Michael Young, D.J. LeMahieu).
And he's really profiling more like a traditional corner bat (.250-260 BA, .350ish OBP, .500 SLG).
If Massey continues to hit, and Garcia sticks, I'm not sure that Loftin has a spot on the IF... but if he succeeds you'd have a pretty great young corps of hitters to build from:
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Nick Loftin's power profile at AAA is nice and has been improving. It's weird, because when they drafted him I and most others saw them aiming for a do-everything, versatile fielder, high-average, line-drive hitter (Whit Merrifield, Michael Young, D.J. LeMahieu).
And he's really profiling more like a traditional corner bat (.250-260 BA, .350ish OBP, .500 SLG).
If Massey continues to hit, and Garcia sticks, I'm not sure that Loftin has a spot on the IF... but if he succeeds you'd have a pretty great young corps of hitters to build from:
Dude has elite speed (some metrics say fastest sprint speed in baseball) and he’s hitting .228 with that. Guys like Dyson and Billy Hamilton were .260 hitters as regulars. I guess they made more consistent contact, SMH [Reply]
If the offense holds up the rest of the year, then I'd like to see a couple of moves in the off-season to bring in some quality pitchers. Next year could really be exciting. [Reply]
